On Thu, 23 Jan 2020 at 22:51, Sebastian Spiess <mapp...@consebt.de> wrote:
> Hi, > > your case 1 appears to me like a parking lane. With or without cycle lane > this is a common occurrence in most suburbs. I've asked about parking lanes > some time ago. > The parking lane is separate though, it's not shared with the cycle lane. So it's existence doesn't change the fact there is a cycle lane here. So you'd just also add the parking lane tags. Some people have been adding the tag cycleway:lane=doorzone where the cyclelane exists within the door zone of a parking lane. > > case 2 - what is the lane between the two continuous lines for? > It's just a buffer between the cyclist and vehicles. > case 3 - this is where I ask me at what width does a shoulder start being > a shoulder? > In real life the shoulder refers to anything outside of the solid painted line but before the gutter, even if it's too narrow for a car I'd still consider it a shoulder. I think https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:shoulder should still be used if not wide enough for a car, and let shoulder:width indicate that. > case 4 - have not notices that one. > I searched for at least 15 minutes before finding one! > > I give you case 5 - similar to case 3 but with markings to indicate > bicycle use, on junctions there are even green cycle lanes. > https://www.openstreetmap.org/edit#map=20/-32.78641/151.92969 > That looks like case 2 to me. It's a shoulder but it doubles as a cycle lane. > > Case 5 was the reason I've raise the question. Following your cases I > would tag it (shouder=yes, cycleway=lane) I do recall signs with bikes on > them along the road, which I would interpret as official cycle way? However > I noticed that there was no line marked on the outside of the road. > > > I think that the shoulder tag is more important on higher level roads and > rural roads. In urban areas, residential roads I would use the parking lane > tags. > Sure there is a grey area in between, so I'd go with whichever best describes it's primary use.
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