On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 4:34 PM, Karl Newman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 4:11 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Class I is the separated bike path, with a physical separation between the >> bicycle path and vehicle traffic, or on a route which other vehicle traffic >> doesn't follwo. This one is easy, you trace in the path, and make it >> highway=cycleway; cycleway=track. It's just the same as drawing in separate >> roads for divided roads. >> >> Class II is the bike lane with its own lane markings, but it is >> immediately adjacent the vehicle lanes. This also seems to be pretty clear: >> just add a cycleway=lane tag to the road it is part of, right? >> >> Class III is a "shared use" facility with the cars, it just has the green >> "bicycle route" signs occasionally. Hopefully it has a wide outside lane, >> but not always. How do you put this one in? do you add a >> bicycle=designated tag to the road, or what? >> > I have been classifying Class I & II cycleways in San Francisco using the above method. I haven't got on to the Class III type but bicycle=designated seems appropriate to me. I think your suggestions line up with how I would tag it, too. I'm curious > where you heard about the Class I, II, III designations, though. I'm a > California native and occasional bike rider and I've never heard of these. > > Karl > Here's the detail on their classification in California. I'm not sure if the same is used elsewhere in the US though: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=shc&group=00001-01000&file=890-894.2 Will
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