OpenStreetMap
Anybody knows what is the best tag for a bicycle shared lane (aka an entire street that is also designated as a cycleway)? Although this is apparently uncommon in Europe (or it would be liste din the tags), it is frequent at least in Quebec (a sizeable portion of the Route Verte network are shared lanes). I've been using bicycle=designated for those, but the cycle map does not recognize them, and cycleway=designated appears to have an entirely different meaning (just WHAT it is exactly, though, I am not clear). Will the cycle map pick up ANY cycleway=* tag? If so I'd be happy to use cycleway=shared. Otherwise, who should be contacted to point out this issue?
Discussion
Comment from Richard on 7 November 2008 at 08:20
The majority of the National Cycle Network in the UK is on-road in this way, so I'd be tempted to tag as either ncn=yes or rcn=yes (depending on whether you consider the Route Verte national or regional).
Comment from acrosscanadatrails on 7 November 2008 at 10:28
Because part of the Route Verte is also part of the Trans Canada Trail, it would be best to have it regional. However, all of the Trans Canada Trail segments can be connected with a relation route, so i think the biggest difference is visual, for when your looking at the cyclemap. .. the Regional Route needs to stand out more than the local routes and much more than the smaller connecting paths, but on a further zoom out, (canada wide, the TCT should be shown to the same extent that the Trans Canada Highway, and major highways are shown. (1 line superimposed ontop of the Route Verte Network)
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Similar to in Nova Scotia, how they have announced that the Trans Canada Trail will become more of a Trans Canada Trail (Network of trails), the TCT in Quebec might just become like that. PEI is already like that, (not 1 solid line)
...So it makes it further confusing :)
Maybe that helped? ... maybe not :)
P.S. Canada doesn't have a National Cycle Network... but does have provincial Cycle Networks. The TCT is run provincially (just with a common sticker)
Can anyone help on this delema?
Comment from Circeus on 7 November 2008 at 17:08
For some reason I've tagged that as network=rcn, ref=*. I know I had a reason but I can't find it again.
I don't think the many designated lanes (not all of which are even actually marked) in Quebec city can take one o those tags, though.
Comment from Richard on 8 November 2008 at 00:05
lcn?!