Gustav wrote: > I would say that a chicane is designed to slow down traffic > (much like a speed bump) and make a road less suitable for > through traffic, without blocking access for any vehicles > that are able to use the road on either side. This barrier > is constructed to in such a way that cars which are able to > use the road, are unable to pass the barrier.
A good point, so I rechecked the photograph. It isn't clear, but cars may be able to drive as far as the barrier on the far side (and if so I'd probably tag it as highway=service), but in the foreground there is only paving slabs which suggests it is for pedestrians and cyclists only (so I'd probably tag it as something like highway=cycleway/foot=yes, or whatever the actual case is) - in which case the chicane would be to slow down the cyclists which would be the only through traffic. A bollard doesn't slow down cyclists in the same way (at least if they aim correctly <g>). Ed _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
