One of the most significant shared space street schemes in the country (at least, the one that got the most publicity) is Exhibition Road. Here's part of it: http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/34401602 and it's mapped as living street even though it is not residential.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhibition_Road Should it be changed also? Regards, *Paul* On 1 October 2017 at 23:17, Colin Smale <[email protected]> wrote: > And here's a road that wants to be a shared space but isn't there yet... > > > https://www.facebook.com/NHnieuws/videos/1627424217288914/ > > The goal of reducing the traffic speed has been achieved, apparently. > > > On 2017-10-01 20:16, Richard Mann wrote: > > The classic shared space scheme in Haren: > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/53.17312/6.60310 > > has no tags that I can see. > > I'd go for something like shared_space=yes for the moment. It's a > "special" type of traffic calming. > > On Sun, Oct 1, 2017 at 6:14 PM, Colin Smale <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Just like in the UK, the councils here make it up as they go along; a >> "shared space" has no special legal status, unlike a "woonerf". >> >> A general principle which has proved its worth is that to make things >> safer, you remove the safety features. Like white lines and kerbs. Everyone >> moans a bit, but in the mean time you slow down and watch out just that >> little bit more... Hence shared spaces, an apparent free-for-all that works >> well. >> >> On 2017-10-01 18:57, Andy Townsend wrote: >> >> Not an answer, but a suggestion where there might be a bit more info... >> >> The Netherlands forum https://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewforum.php?id=12 >> might be worth a read, since the shared space concept was pioneered there; >> https://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=54843 is directly about >> "shared_space" but a search for "woonerf" (aka "home zone") gets a whole >> bunch more hits. >> >> Best Regards, >> >> Andy >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-GB mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-GB mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >> > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > >
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