[OSM-talk] definition of the main highway-tag

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2009/8/5 Apollinaris Schoell <aschoell at gmail.com>:
>>
>> As far as I have understood by reading English Wikipedia you have
>> different classes (Freeway, Interstate, Numbered Highways) where at
>> least Freeway and Interstate are motorways. Those seem to have
>> unambiguous signs. May I suppose that I would not be allowed to ride
>> my bike on any of these, even if the average speed on all lanes of the
>> 405 in LA is 5 mph at rush hour?
>
> wrong assumption. In california and oregon and maybe other states too there
> are some freeways which do allow bikes.
> usually in rural areas without alternative routes.

I already expected something like this ;-). Do you also have freeways
with traffic lights or access not via ramps?
Are you tagging them as motorways or trunks (or even primary?) on
these parts where bicycles are allowed?

cheers,
Martin