[talk-au] Practicality of mapping high-speed motor-traffic routes as cycle routes

Hi all, I’ve noticed many motorway shoulders in Australia (especially in Sydney) being mapped as cycle routes on OSM. Although this seems to be a common approach for motorways/other high-speed roads in Australia of which cycling is allowed on, I can hardly imagine it to be of any practical use

Re: [talk-au] Practicality of mapping high-speed motor-traffic routes as cycle routes

path in > Melbourne hangs under the freeway might appear incorrect but is not). > > Ewen > > On Mon, 13 Apr 2020 at 18:20, Dongchen Yue <mailto:yuedongche...@gmail.com>> wrote: > Hi all, > > I’ve noticed many motorway shoulders in Australia (especially in Sy

Re: [talk-au] Practicality of mapping high-speed motor-traffic routes as cycle routes

> dedicated bicycle signage and infrastructure. > > Who says it's not recommended to cycle on the motorway? I've never seen a > sign to say this. Whether it's common or not is irrelevant we mostly map the > infrastructure on the ground not the traffic level of the road. >