Re: [talk-au] Distinguishing between low-friction and high-friction shared paths

2016-04-05 Thread Simon Slater
On Mon, 4 Apr 2016 04:28:45 PM Sam Russell wrote: > NSW's specifications for bicycle infrastructure areā€¦ interesting. Slightly off-topic ... a Dutch planner comparing cycleways in Holland and Australia said that in Holland the cyclists are protected by barriers like the parked cars or even a g

Re: [talk-au] Distinguishing between low-friction and high-friction shared paths

2016-04-03 Thread Sam Russell
I'll raise you bicycle=designated ;; width=0.15 ;; in City of Sydney two years ago even... old South Sydney Council playing funny buggers with the regulations to make cycling lawful either side of a major road where the lane-width footpath was breached by a cul-de-sac. NSW's specifications for bic

Re: [talk-au] Distinguishing between low-friction and high-friction shared paths

2016-04-03 Thread Ian Sergeant
Well, for NSW at least there are some guidelines for what constitutes a cycleway.. http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/business-industry/partners-suppliers/documents/technical-manuals/nswbicyclev12aa_i.pdf In other states, that permit cycling on footpaths, it also makes sense to distinguish what is a footp

Re: [talk-au] Distinguishing between low-friction and high-friction shared paths

2016-04-02 Thread Sam Russell
On 3/09/2015 1:35 PM, Chris wrote: >* Hello, I am new to this group and have a question about pedestrian and *>* bicycle shared paths. I can't find anything in the archives. *>>* In NSW, shared paths fall into two broad categories: * You're confusing highway= and bicycle=yes / bicycle=designated w

Re: [talk-au] Distinguishing between low-friction and high-friction shared paths

2015-09-02 Thread Andrew Harvey
I agree with what Warin said, but perhaps footway=sidewalk http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:footway%3Dsidewalk could be added as a tag for case (1), since these are basically sidewalks which have been repurposed as shared sidewalk/cycleway? On 3 September 2015 at 13:35, Chris wrote: > Hello

Re: [talk-au] Distinguishing between low-friction and high-friction shared paths

2015-09-02 Thread Warin
On 3/09/2015 1:35 PM, Chris wrote: Hello, I am new to this group and have a question about pedestrian and bicycle shared paths. I can't find anything in the archives. In NSW, shared paths fall into two broad categories: (1) Sidewalk footpaths that have been designated as shared paths. In urba

[talk-au] Distinguishing between low-friction and high-friction shared paths

2015-09-02 Thread Chris
Hello, I am new to this group and have a question about pedestrian and bicycle shared paths. I can't find anything in the archives. In NSW, shared paths fall into two broad categories: (1) Sidewalk footpaths that have been designated as shared paths. In urban areas these often have poor continuit