[OSM-talk] Bike / Pedestrian directions on the MQ Open sites

[ant]

Hi,

On 06.03.2011 17:15, Cartinus wrote:
> Experience teaches us that unless something consumes a not so common tag, it
> won't get tagged much. Once a tag is consumed by something highly visible
> like a renderer or a router it's use will increase.
>
> Meanwhile if the MQ bike router would know about except=bicycle and someone
> complains about it not ignoring a certain turn restriction, we can tell them
> to fix the tagging / have the tagging fixed. If it would ignore all turn
> restrictions when doing bikerouting, then there is no way of creating valid
> routes in countries where the turn restrictions are valid for bicycles.
>

Is this tag supported in MQ routing?

> Oh, on what is your assumption based that in most countries turn restrictions
> don't apply to bicycles? Did you check may countries?
>

OK, my assumption was wrong. I was just annoyed by the fact that the 
router detoured me around the crossing I always ride over straightly. 
The situation: Cars (and all other vehicles using the roadway) are not 
allowed to go straight on. BUT there is a combined cycle track/sidewalk 
next to it, with its own crossing and its own traffic signals. The turn 
restriction does not legally apply to cyclists and pedestrians crossing 
the road this way.
This is the problem: When turn restrictions are practically circumvented 
by separate cycle tracks that are not mapped, their application for 
bicycle routing is based on nothing (hence my suggestion to enforce it 
only with cycleway=lane, which indicates that bikes do use the roadway).

cheers
ant