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Am 23.06.2011 00:27, schrieb Simon Poole: > Am 23.06.2011 00:04, schrieb Nathan Edgars II: >> SimonPoole wrote: >>> In some countries (ie Germany, Switzerland) bicycle=designated has the >>> implication that the way has to be used by bicycles (in Germany it's >>> "slightly" more complicated), I assume that's not the case in the states. >>> >> Depends on the state (and sometimes the city): >> http://bicycledriving.org/law/guide-to-improving-laws#sidepath >> I can't see any way to tag a mandatory sidepath correctly with access tags, >> since one is presumably allowed to use the roadway to make a turn that can't >> be made from the sidepath (so bicycle=destination is incorrect). > > In general in German speaking Europe, the requirement to use what ever is > signposted as a mandatory cycleway goes only as far as it is actually going in > your direction. So you are always allowed to use a junction or similar to > leave > the cycleway and go wherever necessary if the cycleway can't get you there. It > is difficult to compare the European situation to the states, since road > layout > and use tends to be very very different, and mandatory sidepath usage is more > similar to having to ride on the side of the road than mandatory cycleway > usage > (which are very often completely separate ways). > > Just a further remark: instead of "designated", "official" is in use in > Germany > to indicate mandatory use cycleways that are really really mandatory (as I > said, > Germany is "slightly" more complicated). +1 I stopped using foot/cycleway and only use path/track with access tags. In Germany, I found several occasions where the administration was not sure about it and from on direction a motor_vehicle=no and from the other foot/bicycle=official is signed. cu colliar -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEAREIAAYFAk4Eb+UACgkQalWTFLzqsCvQBwCfVIj5jG58fBeAjoN6UUHCVZXz 0skAniUiIliayUI7/fSQM3DeRU8wBThs =nAPH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
