Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2011-01-10 Thread Alex Mauer
On 12/31/2010 04:27 PM, Anthony wrote: Any suggestions how to tag this? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:IMG_7491.JPG cycleway=lane + hazard=narrow_bridge? I know signs for “narrow bridge” [1] are common around here. A google search [2] shows several variants. I’m not sure that

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2011-01-10 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Alex Mauer ha...@hawkesnest.net wrote: On 12/31/2010 04:27 PM, Anthony wrote: Any suggestions how to tag this? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:IMG_7491.JPG cycleway=lane + hazard=narrow_bridge?  I know signs for “narrow bridge” [1] are common around

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2011-01-06 Thread Paul Johnson
On 01/04/2011 08:46 AM, Anthony wrote: On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 3:22 AM, Paul Johnson baloo-PVOPTusIyP/sroww+9z...@public.gmane.org wrote: On 01/03/2011 08:11 AM, Dave F. wrote: On 03/01/2011 03:50, Paul Johnson wrote: On 01/01/2011 07:54 AM, Dave F. wrote: Is the adjacent path shared? if

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2011-01-04 Thread Paul Johnson
On 01/03/2011 08:11 AM, Dave F. wrote: On 03/01/2011 03:50, Paul Johnson wrote: On 01/01/2011 07:54 AM, Dave F. wrote: Is the adjacent path shared? if so, note that that would be the safer passage. Most states prohibit bicycles from sidewalks, or limit their speed to a walking speed on

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2011-01-04 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 3:22 AM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: On 01/03/2011 08:11 AM, Dave F. wrote: On 03/01/2011 03:50, Paul Johnson wrote: On 01/01/2011 07:54 AM, Dave F. wrote: Is the adjacent path shared? if so, note that that would be the safer passage. Most states prohibit

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2011-01-03 Thread robert
to extend over the line into the automobile lane. Your wheels would be more-or-less atop the lane divider stripe. ---Original Email--- Subject :Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane From :mailto:o...@inbox.org Date :Sun Jan 02 22:41:09 America/Chicago 2011 On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 10

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2011-01-03 Thread Paul Johnson
On 01/02/2011 10:41 PM, Anthony wrote: On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 10:52 PM, Paul Johnson baloo-PVOPTusIyP/sroww+9z...@public.gmane.org wrote: Not having a sense of depth, I'd guess in the narrow spot it's about 4 feet wide, which is, believe it or not, the federal minimum width for bike lanes

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2011-01-03 Thread Dave F.
On 03/01/2011 03:50, Paul Johnson wrote: On 01/01/2011 07:54 AM, Dave F. wrote: Is the adjacent path shared? if so, note that that would be the safer passage. Most states prohibit bicycles from sidewalks, or limit their speed to a walking speed on sidewalks, making them useless for

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2011-01-03 Thread Dave F.
On 03/01/2011 03:53, Paul Johnson wrote: On 01/01/2011 01:28 PM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Robert Elsenaarrobert-Sr3mCESyW84k+I/owrr...@public.gmane.org wrote: hazard:bicycle is the other way round. If there is a key/value e.g. hazard=narrow then you can easily

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2011-01-03 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote: On 03/01/2011 03:50, Paul Johnson wrote: On 01/01/2011 07:54 AM, Dave F. wrote: Is the adjacent path shared? if so, note that that would be the safer passage. Most states prohibit bicycles from sidewalks, or limit their

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2011-01-03 Thread Anthony
On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 6:39 AM, rob...@elsenaar.info wrote: Google's measurement tool? http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=28.078571,-82.56522spn=0.000622,0.000912t=hz=20 Bottom left hand corner. Click the ruler. Click the start point. Click the end point.

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2011-01-03 Thread Dave F.
On 03/01/2011 14:36, Nathan Edgars II wrote: Even if the sidewalk were officially designated as a shared path, that would not make it any safer. This could degenerate into a long winded argument, so to save us a lot of typing I'll say from the outset that we should agree to disagree. Cheers

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2011-01-03 Thread Anthony
On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com wrote: Even if the sidewalk were officially designated as a shared path, that would not make it any safer. Yeah, the only way the sidewalk is a safer path would be if you slow down and yield to cars at every crosswalk. While

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2011-01-03 Thread Steve Bennett
On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: Any suggestions how to tag this? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:IMG_7491.JPG This raises an interesting philosophical question: Does OSM map what *we* consider to be a bike lane (or a park, or a service road, or a tertiary

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2011-01-03 Thread Greg Troxel
Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com writes: This raises an interesting philosophical question: Does OSM map what *we* consider to be a bike lane (or a park, or a service road, or a tertiary highway...) or what *someone else* says it is? The latter path is sometimes simpler and gives more

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2011-01-02 Thread Paul Johnson
On 01/01/2011 07:08 AM, Ed Hillsman wrote: On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Anthony osm at inbox.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging wrote: / Any suggestions how to tag this? // http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:IMG_7491.JPG/ If the lane is too narrow to function

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2011-01-02 Thread Paul Johnson
On 01/01/2011 07:54 AM, Dave F. wrote: Is the adjacent path shared? if so, note that that would be the safer passage. Most states prohibit bicycles from sidewalks, or limit their speed to a walking speed on sidewalks, making them useless for bicyclists. That, and nobody expects vehicles to be

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2011-01-02 Thread Paul Johnson
On 01/01/2011 01:28 PM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Robert Elsenaar robert-Sr3mCESyW84k+I/owrr...@public.gmane.org wrote: hazard:bicycle is the other way round. If there is a key/value e.g. hazard=narrow then you can easily use cycleway:hazard=narrow to tag the

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2011-01-02 Thread Paul Johnson
On 01/01/2011 10:52 AM, Anthony wrote: On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Greg Troxel gdt-2FjktZCtrC/qt0dzr+a...@public.gmane.org wrote: By trying to objectively tag the reality (not entirely possible of course), we also avoid all the debates about what is and isn't safe in general, and where

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2011-01-02 Thread Paul Johnson
On 12/31/2010 04:27 PM, Anthony wrote: Any suggestions how to tag this? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:IMG_7491.JPG As part of the existing way, just tag it cycleway=lane to indicate that there's a restricted lane reserved for bicycles. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2011-01-02 Thread Anthony
On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 10:52 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: Not having a sense of depth, I'd guess in the narrow spot it's about 4 feet wide, which is, believe it or not, the federal minimum width for bike lanes (though I wish Ray would hurry up and adopt Oregon's 6 foot lanes and

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2011-01-02 Thread john
. ---Original Email--- Subject :Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane From :mailto:o...@inbox.org Date :Sun Jan 02 22:41:09 America/Chicago 2011 On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 10:52 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: Not having a sense of depth, I'd guess in the narrow spot it's about 4

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2011-01-01 Thread Ed Hillsman
On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Anthony osm at inbox.org wrote: Any suggestions how to tag this? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:IMG_7491.JPG If the lane is too narrow to function safely as a bike lane, then I would break the street way at this point, code the portion of the way

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2011-01-01 Thread Anthony
On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 8:54 AM, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote: Is the adjacent path shared? if so, note that that would be the safer passage. It's a sidewalk, and it's most likely not safer because of the

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2011-01-01 Thread Greg Troxel
I agree with the notion of not having surprises, but I think going down the path of judgement about bike lanes being inadequate and not tagging them is going to lead to a mess. I lean towards saying if there is a cycle lane painted on the road (and more or less if the road authority says there

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2011-01-01 Thread Greg Troxel
I agree with the notion of not having surprises, but I think going down the path of judgement about bike lanes being inadequate and not tagging them is going to lead to a mess. I lean towards saying if there is a cycle lane painted on the road (and more or less if the road authority says there

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2011-01-01 Thread Anthony
On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Greg Troxel g...@ir.bbn.com wrote: By trying to objectively tag the reality (not entirely possible of course), we also avoid all the debates about what is and isn't safe in general, and where the dividing line is. In this case I'm not even sure it's physically

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2011-01-01 Thread john
the very brink of a canal. ---Original Email--- Subject :Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane From :mailto:o...@inbox.org Date :Sat Jan 01 10:52:48 America/Chicago 2011 On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Greg Troxel g...@ir.bbn.com wrote: By trying to objectively tag the reality

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2011-01-01 Thread Richard Welty
On 1/1/11 11:52 AM, Anthony wrote: On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Greg Troxelg...@ir.bbn.com wrote: By trying to objectively tag the reality (not entirely possible of course), we also avoid all the debates about what is and isn't safe in general, and where the dividing line is. In this case

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2011-01-01 Thread Anthony
On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Richard Welty rwe...@averillpark.net wrote: On 1/1/11 11:52 AM, Anthony wrote: On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Greg Troxelg...@ir.bbn.com  wrote: By trying to objectively tag the reality (not entirely possible of course), we also avoid all the debates about

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2011-01-01 Thread Richard Welty
On 1/1/11 12:40 PM, Anthony wrote: On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Richard Weltyrwe...@averillpark.net wrote: On 1/1/11 11:52 AM, Anthony wrote: On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Greg Troxelg...@ir.bbn.comwrote: By trying to objectively tag the reality (not entirely possible of course),

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2011-01-01 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Richard Welty rwe...@averillpark.net wrote: so the safety/hazard factor is sometimes a judgmental issue. i know that there are some freshly painted bike lanes on US 4 in East Greenbush where i'd be tempted to put something like hazard=sewer_grate if such a

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2011-01-01 Thread Robert Elsenaar
this is a beautifull set of tags that describes objectivity the shown situation. -Robert- -Oorspronkelijk bericht- From: Nathan Edgars II Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 7:49 PM To: Tag discussion, strategy and related tools Subject: Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane On Sat, Jan 1

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2011-01-01 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Robert Elsenaar rob...@elsenaar.info wrote: hazard:bicycle is the other way round. If there is a key/value e.g. hazard=narrow then you can easily use cycleway:hazard=narrow to tag the fact that the hazard tag is specificly warns for a narrow cycle-lane.

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2011-01-01 Thread Richard Welty
On 1/1/11 2:17 PM, Robert Elsenaar wrote: hazard:bicycle is the other way round. If there is a key/value e.g. hazard=narrow then you can easily use cycleway:hazard=narrow to tag the fact that the hazard tag is specificly warns for a narrow cycle-lane. highway=* cycleway:right=lane

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2011-01-01 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Sat, 01 Jan 2011 10:36:54 -0500 Greg Troxel g...@ir.bbn.com wrote: If part of the goal is advocacy for bike safety, then I think it makes sense to find a cycling organization, like http://www.bikeleague.org/ and to find out what their standards are for cycle lane safety, and then to have a

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2010-12-31 Thread Dave F.
On 31/12/2010 22:27, Anthony wrote: Any suggestions how to tag this? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:IMG_7491.JPG http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bicycle L2? Cheers Dave F. ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Tagging] designated bike lane

2010-12-31 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: Any suggestions how to tag this? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:IMG_7491.JPG cycleway=lane cycle_hazard=bike lane too narrow or unicycleway=lane (would work better if there were a bike stencil on the lane, since only the