2009/5/17 Nic Roets <[email protected]>: > Thank you for your insights Paul. > > My suggestion is that we tag all motorways where pedestrians and cyclists > are allowed as such. Regardless of what state law says. If a motorway has a > rcn/ncn or lcn tag or is part of a cycle route relation, bicycle=yes is > implied. >
Is it not worse than that in the US as there are "Motorways" that Lorries and other commercial vehicles can't use. Generally I would suggest that Cyclists are either Mad or Stupid for using a motorway,.... Peter (A Brit) > Regards, > Nic > > On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Paul Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I noticed on >> >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_tags_for_routing/Access-Restrictions#United_States_of_America >> that there are special default restrictions for the US. >> >> This isn't entirely accurate, there is surprisingly little parity >> between states in terms of restrictions, especially in terms of bicycle >> and foot access to certain routes. Most western states allow bicycles >> and pedestrians unless otherwise posted on motorways, whereas eastern >> states tend to disallow this kind of access. If I look it up state by >> state, can we get the motorway defaults in the US to reflect this? >> >> In some cases, a route that goes via a motorway in the US often gains a >> cyclist wider shoulders, gentler grades, fewer hills and dozens to >> hundreds of miles off the alternate routes (compare RCN "WV" to I-5 to >> get from Eugene to Donald, Oregon). >> >> Or in the Portland area, there's a few connections along US-26 in >> Washington County where the shortest, safest route is the freeway (such >> as Cedar Hills to North Plains, Glencoe or Roy, all in Oregon). >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Routing mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/routing >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Routing mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/routing > > _______________________________________________ Routing mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/routing
