Mario Salvini wrote: > Martin Koppenhoefer schrieb: >> 2009/6/10 Shaun McDonald <sh...@shaunmcdonald.me.uk>: >> >>> In my eyes, that road would be simply tagged with highway=cycleway. >>> >> there are some main differences though: usually they are normal >> streets changed in designation. That is cars are allowed but don't >> have the priority and must drive very slowly, they have >> pavements/sidewalks, they are wide like streets, the give priority to >> bicycles on crossings, etc. all of which is not the case for >> cycleways. >> >> Martin >> > yes, it's all about designation. "normal roads" are designated for > motor_vehicles. But these roads are only designated for bicycles. > That's why it's highway=cycleway + motor_vehicle=yes (instead of an > implied motor_vehicle=designated for "normal roads".
A designated route would be one where there's signs specifically suggesting a way as a preferred route; no such implied designation exists (access=designated is NOT the default). It simply means the way is the designated route for a particular class (such as emergency=designated for Disaster Response Routes in Canada). bicycle=designated would simply mean the jurisdiction in question has installed "bike route" signs, regardless of accomodations made. Salem has quite a few designated bicycle routes, only one could be construed to be a bicycle boulevard, but no special accomodation for cyclists has been made (ie, on-street parking still exists, 4-way stops along the designated route have not been changed to 2-way stops favoring the designated route, etc.) I can even think of a couple motorways in the pacific northwest that would qualify for bicycle=designated (US-26 between downtown's Canyon Road and Beaverton's Canyon Road; the Trans Canada Highway north of Saanich, BC; the Trans Canada Highway west of North Vancouver, parts of Washington's I5...)
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