Re: [Talk-GB] How closely do we map lamp posts?
On 02/09/2020 22:37, Lester Caine wrote: > On 02/09/2020 19:00, Dave F via Talk-GB wrote: >> I don't know the area. but they look like the existing posts to me. >> Has the cycle path been realigned around them to provide better vision >> splays/ stopping room to motorists? >> >> https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.7730673,-1.2396435,3a,56.4y,188.18h,85.12t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCSZk4LPVkVJecufviv4kzw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 >> >> I believe it's something to do with building regs. Existing posts have >> to be one of the last items to be decommissioned, usually by newly >> installed ones. Similar happened on one of the London CS ways, where >> everyone got their knickers in a twist over it. > > The fact that a neatly finished cycleway surface now has to be dug up so > that the electric supply can be moved to a new location and the lamp > pole moved is just another example of the complete waste of money many > of these 'improvements' result in? Actually another question is just why > the kerb to the footpath and the cycleway had to be moved at all? It no > longer lines up with the next section anyway. > I see this fairly often. Usually the local council who are responsible for the highway lay the new cycle lane, but cannot move the lamp posts as UK Power Networks(?) have to deal with them and the associated cabling. In Greater London we also have bus stops "left" on cycle tracks at new bus stop bypasses, until Transport for London's contractors can move them. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] How closely do we map lamp posts?
I already answered your last point. Good to see the give way is against the motor vehicles. On 02/09/2020 22:37, Lester Caine wrote: On 02/09/2020 19:00, Dave F via Talk-GB wrote: I don't know the area. but they look like the existing posts to me. Has the cycle path been realigned around them to provide better vision splays/ stopping room to motorists? https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.7730673,-1.2396435,3a,56.4y,188.18h,85.12t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCSZk4LPVkVJecufviv4kzw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 I believe it's something to do with building regs. Existing posts have to be one of the last items to be decommissioned, usually by newly installed ones. Similar happened on one of the London CS ways, where everyone got their knickers in a twist over it. The fact that a neatly finished cycleway surface now has to be dug up so that the electric supply can be moved to a new location and the lamp pole moved is just another example of the complete waste of money many of these 'improvements' result in? Actually another question is just why the kerb to the footpath and the cycleway had to be moved at all? It no longer lines up with the next section anyway. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] How closely do we map lamp posts?
On 02/09/2020 19:00, Dave F via Talk-GB wrote: I don't know the area. but they look like the existing posts to me. Has the cycle path been realigned around them to provide better vision splays/ stopping room to motorists? https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.7730673,-1.2396435,3a,56.4y,188.18h,85.12t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCSZk4LPVkVJecufviv4kzw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 I believe it's something to do with building regs. Existing posts have to be one of the last items to be decommissioned, usually by newly installed ones. Similar happened on one of the London CS ways, where everyone got their knickers in a twist over it. The fact that a neatly finished cycleway surface now has to be dug up so that the electric supply can be moved to a new location and the lamp pole moved is just another example of the complete waste of money many of these 'improvements' result in? Actually another question is just why the kerb to the footpath and the cycleway had to be moved at all? It no longer lines up with the next section anyway. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - https://lsces.uk/wiki/Contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - https://lsces.uk Model Engineers Digital Workshop - https://medw.uk Rainbow Digital Media - https://rainbowdigitalmedia.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] How closely do we map lamp posts?
I don't know the area. but they look like the existing posts to me. Has the cycle path been realigned around them to provide better vision splays/ stopping room to motorists? https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.7730673,-1.2396435,3a,56.4y,188.18h,85.12t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCSZk4LPVkVJecufviv4kzw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 I believe it's something to do with building regs. Existing posts have to be one of the last items to be decommissioned, usually by newly installed ones. Similar happened on one of the London CS ways, where everyone got their knickers in a twist over it. DaveF On 02/09/2020 18:27, Lester Caine wrote: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-53999106 One does wonder about the competence of builders at times? ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
[Talk-GB] How closely do we map lamp posts?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-53999106 One does wonder about the competence of builders at times? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - https://lsces.uk/wiki/Contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - https://lsces.uk Model Engineers Digital Workshop - https://medw.uk Rainbow Digital Media - https://rainbowdigitalmedia.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
