On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 10:02 AM, Clifford Snow <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 7:27 AM, Kerry Irons <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> The key question here, it seems to me, is whether there is any “official” >> body that claims these sections of I-5 to be a bicycle route. That might >> include bike clubs if indeed OSM decides to include “private routes” in the >> data base. I am not aware if any group that would suggest I-5 for a bike >> route in Oregon. If that is the case then it appears that this is simply >> someone claiming it to be a bike route by personal fiat. That opens the >> door to a discussion had last year about people putting personal opinion >> into OSM and designating it as a bicycle route. This seems to me to be a >> path to chaos but it is up to the OSM community to make that determination. > > > +1 > > I live in Washington State and have driven I5 a number of times. Just this > week I saw a bike on I5 for the first time I can remember. > That's rather scary, Cliff, and you *might* want to work on your situational awareness...unless the weather is truly awful, you're bound to pass at least 2 and up to a few dozen bicycles on I 5 between where they come in from I 205 north of Vancouver to Exit 100 just shy of Olympia where they have to get off and take alternate routes until Everett.
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