[Talk-us] 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 many new proposed (national) United States Bicycle Routes yet to be added to OSM.  Some of these are realignments or extensions to existing routes, most are brand new alignments.

It is expected these might be AASHTO-approved in July.  It now makes sense for OSM to do what we've been doing for many years, entering the routes (tagged proposed=yes) using applications provided to AASHTO by the respective state Departments of Transportation who publish / promote them as the states now ask AASHTO for official approval.  (AASHTO has kindly provided to OSM explicit permission for us to enter these; their entry while proposed follows established OSM precedent).  After approval, simply remove proposed=yes from each route (renderers "do the right thing" over days-to-weeks).  Instructions and links to route maps and turn-by-turn instructions are at:

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

Remaining Spring 2021 AASHTO ballots for new USBRs are:

California (2 routes):
	USBR 50 California (new alignment):  not difficult, quite minor, really, some small-scale realignment
	USBR 66 California (new alignment):  about 25% entered, a great start!  (Let's get to the Colorado River/Needles)

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 (2 routes remain to be realigned / extended, 4 have been entered):
	USBR 70 Utah (realignment)
	USBR 79 Utah (extension of existing USBR)

Washington (4 routes):
	USBR 20 Washington (new)
	USBR 40 Washington (new)
	USBR 81 Washington (new)
	USBR 281 Washington (new)

It would be great if OSM's terrific volunteers could enter these route data by the time AASHTO releases their results of their votes on the ballot (in weeks) and likely approves these.  Keeping our wiki updated (especially state route wikis in Ohio) is important if you can do that, too.  Please update route status in the Proposed section with red, yellow or green "status colors" as well as adding BrowseRelation entries as new relations are created for new routes.

Thank you for any contributions you might make to improve the USBRS in OSM.  I am happy to offer guidance if the wiki still leaves you with questions.  Happy Mapping!

SteveA