On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Nathan Edgars II <nerou...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Anthony wrote: > >I wouldn't suggest tagging a road with bicycle=yes if bicycles are only > >permitted in a bike lane either. How's a router supposed to know how to > >handle turns if it thinks the bikes are allowed to use the road? > > When you cycle, how do *you* handle a (left) turn? In Florida you have > two options - move over to the left like any other driver, or stop on > the right and cross the entire roadway. The router will tell you to > turn left, and you'll choose how to do that. > It seems to me that the latter isn't always available, at least not safely and legally. Granted, I don't know of any roads (in Florida or otherwise) where bicycles are permitted, but they are only permitted to use the shoulder, so I can't think of an example off the top of my head. But what if there's something like this: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&ll=28.058596,-82.503741&spn=0.00152,0.001778&t=k&z=19 If bicycles are only permitted to use the shoulder, that means they can't use the left turning lane, and instead have to go to the next traffic light and make a U-turn. If bicycles are allowed to use the roadway, then they can get in the left turning lane and make the turn directly.
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