[Talk-us] New US Bicycle Routes (USBRs) are proposed

[stevea]

On July 3, 2021 at 8:15:46 AM PDT, Volker Schmidt <voschix at gmail.com> wrote:
> Adding some questions:
These are all good questions!

> How to tag longitudinal rumble strips (separating the main carriageway from the shoulder)?
Our wiki says "longitudinally placed rumble strips to alert drivers that they are leaving their lane...are generally not mapped by OSM." [1]

> How do you tag shoulder width?
shoulder:width=4 (for four meters, for example)

> Is there an established practice to tag lateral protection on bridges (on that route in some places there was only were low lateral protection on bridges)
Not really, although there is a proposal (inactive since 2007!) here [2] for additional structures on bridges, which might be better extended to include such "lateral protection."  Take a look at the Golden Gate Bridge sidewalks (East and West, [3]) where some rather detailed tagging is included, although none seems to indicate the "suicide prevention measures" (my choice of words) that the Bridge District has taken to make the bridge safer for pedestrians and cyclists.

> Would it make sense to tag (perceived) dangers/hazards at this point? This may come handy when considering implementation costs. I am thinking of missing shoulders on freeway bridges, or bad to very bad road surfaces.
These are absolutely more helpful.  Tags like shoulder=no, surface=* and smoothness=* are especially welcome additional tags quite useful to cyclists.  The recently-Approved hazard=* key can also be used to indicate areas (as nodes or ways) where specificity might even cause a cyclist or router to avoid an area or re-route.  Although, on USBRs, such hazards are virtually or actually unknown, as USBRs are designed to be "safer and more comfortable" for cyclists (while recommending that they be utilized by adult riders with good, confident cycling skills on public roads sometimes shared with automobile traffic).

BTW, the list of USBRs yet-to-enter for the Spring 2021 AASHTO Round has shrunk in the last few days:  in addition to USBR 66 in California needing completion (thanks again, Volker, for whatever you might add!) remaining are six routes in Ohio, the single route in Indiana, and USBRs 20 and 81 in Washington state (both are seeded); Utah is complete — big thanks to user:Aweech!  We're about halfway done entering these, keep up the great work, everybody who does so!

SteveA

[1] https://wiki.osm.org/wiki/Tag:traffic_calming%3Drumble_strip
[2] https://wiki.osm.org/wiki/Relations/Proposed/Bridges_and_Tunnels
[3] https://www.osm.org/way/368049578#map=15/37.8201/-122.4788