[Talk-us] 19 new US Bicycle Routes (USBRS) are proposed!

[stevea]

Fellow US mappers, especially bicycle enthusiasts / those who enjoy mapping bike routes:

AASHTO's Spring 2021 round of new additions to the USBRS includes 19 (NINETEEN!) new proposed United States Bicycle Routes!  This sets a record for the largest number of routes submitted during any single round:  the USBRS is growing by leaps and bounds!  It is expected that these routes will be approved by AASHTO "around summer 2021," this might be June or July.  Until then, it makes sense for OSM to do what we've been doing for many years, entering the routes (tagged proposed=yes) using the ballots provided to AASHTO by the respective state Departments of Transportation who publish / promote them as they now ask AASHTO for official approval.  (AASHTO has kindly provided to OSM explicit permission for us to enter these; their entry while they are proposed follows established OSM precedent).  After approval, simply remove the proposed=yes tag from each route.

Instructions and links to the route maps and turn-by-turn instructions are in our USBRS wiki's Proposed section at:

https://wiki.osm.org/wiki/United_States_Bicycle_Route_System#Proposed_USBRs_in_OSM

The newly-proposed Spring 2021 AASHTO ballots for new USBRs are (drumroll, please!):

California (3 routes):
	USBR 50 California (new alignment)
	USBR 66 California (new alignment)
	USBR 95 California (northern; new alignment)
Indiana (1 route):
	USBR 235 Indiana (new)
Ohio (6 routes):
	USBR 21 Ohio (new)
	USBR 25 Ohio (new)
	USBR 30 Ohio (new)
	USBR 44 Ohio (new)
	USBR 225 Ohio (new)
	USBR 230 Ohio (new)
Utah (5 routes):  
	USBR 70 Utah (realignment)
	USBR 77 Utah (new)
	USBR 79 Utah (extension of existing USBR)
	USBR 677 Utah (new)
	USBR 679 Utah (new)
	USBR 877 Utah (new)
Washington (4 routes):
	USBR 20 Washington (new)
	USBR 40 Washington (new)
	USBR 81 Washington (new)
	USBR 281 Washington (new)

Thank you for any contributions you might make to improve the USBRS in OSM.  Happy Mapping!

SteveA