If there's a specific intersection or stretch of road that's hazardous to a law-abiding cyclist, consider cycle_hazard=* (like cycle_hazard=door zone or cycle_hazard=bike lane to right of right turn lane).
On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Dale Puch <[email protected]> wrote: > As with many OSM tags, there are objective items to begin the > categorization. The final decision though will be at least partly > subjective. Class:bicycle is a good start. Perhaps list specific features > as a base for the ranking, then things that would drop that to lower > rankings. > > An example of what I mean for starting values. > > separate paved bike/general path = +3 > road with bike lane = +2 > road with bike route= +1 > road with a good shoulder / bike friendly sidewalk = 0 We shouldn't take sides in the debate over bike facilities. In places where use of a bike lane is mandatory, a street without one can be safer than one with, since a cyclist on the former is able to cycle defensively. (A sidepath is even worse - since it's not part of the actual road, a safe cyclist has to yield to turning traffic at every intersection and driveway.) We already tag most of the above, and a router can create its own values based on whether the user wants to ride in the gutter or in the general purpose lane. shoulder=paved seems like an obvious tag for that purpose, and I'm not sure what you mean by a 'bike friendly sidewalk'. _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
