[Talk-us] Removing US Bicycle Route tags

[Paul Johnson]

On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 5:40 PM, KerryIrons <irons54vortex at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

> I have no problem with OSM mappers putting proposed bike routes on maps but
> they should not be assigning USBR route numbers to them when they are not
> approved USBRs.  In some cases there is a process underway to get a route
> number assigned (as I noted) but in other cases there has been no project
> initiated.  Someone's perception of "this would make a good US Bicycle
> Route" is not, in my opinion, a justifiable rationale to start assigning
> route numbers at the mapper's discretion.  It would be no different if
> someone thought an existing local road should be a state route, or a state
> route should be a federal route, and then put those tags on an OSM map.
>

I believe this still falls under the category of "state=proposed", in which
the route number is the one that is most likely to be assigned.  That's
definitely the case in Oregon and Oklahoma, where USBR numbers indicated
have even been tossed around by the respective ODOTs.
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