Outside London, these days I tend to use direction signs or named route signs (eg named after planets/satellites/dwarf planets in Woking, or colours in Bracknell, or the "Cycling Discoveries" signs in north Hampshire) as an indication of an LCN/RCN. In the past, I had looser criteria, and I sometimes go back and remove LCNs that I added (eg there are some I added in Wokingham in the expectation that signs would appear, but they never did).
On Tue, 15 Dec 2020, 13:28 Simon Still, <simon.st...@gmail.com> wrote: > See discussion on > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/95752985#map=18/51.46201/-0.12146&layers=C > > There appear to be a large number of sections of road in some areas of > London tagged as ‘cycle route’ that are no more than the occasional 1057 > cycle symbol painted on the road. > > They are not signed, and do not have any route numbering. > > Based on the discussion it appears > - most were added by user MacLondon > - they were the ‘lowest level’ of route designation by some councils at > some time in the past. Pick some ‘useful routes’ on ‘quiet roads’ and just > paint some symbols on them for people to follow > > Some of these appear on the last 2015 TfL cycle maps in yellow (routes > were blue) keyed as ‘other roads recommended by cyclists’ > > My opinion is > - these are not followable on the ground > - they do not meet TfL or borough quality criteria (and thus do not appear > on any more recent maps) eg - they are not shown in any way on Lambeth > councils > 2017 cycle map > https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/parking-transport-and-streets/cycling/lambeth-cycle-routes-map > - they decrease legibility of the map because they create a mass of dense > blue lines from which it’s hard to pick out genuinely useful routes. > - they probably have a negative impact on routing engines as they are > likely treated equally to actual signposted routes. > - in many cases where they do show the most direct route through > backstreets that is likely to be the busiest with rat running traffic as > it’s where google and Waze will send drivers. > > Thoughts? > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >
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