Ed Loach wrote: > Gustav wrote: > >> I would say that a chicane is designed to slow down traffic >> (much like a speed bump) and make a road less suitable for >> through traffic, without blocking access for any vehicles >> that are able to use the road on either side. This barrier >> is constructed to in such a way that cars which are able to >> use the road, are unable to pass the barrier. > > A good point, so I rechecked the photograph. It isn't clear, but > cars may be able to drive as far as the barrier on the far side (and > if so I'd probably tag it as highway=service), but in the foreground > there is only paving slabs which suggests it is for pedestrians and > cyclists only (so I'd probably tag it as something like > highway=cycleway/foot=yes, or whatever the actual case is) - in > which case the chicane would be to slow down the cyclists which > would be the only through traffic. A bollard doesn't slow down > cyclists in the same way (at least if they aim correctly <g>).
I'm not sure about the size on Miriams image, but the barrier on my image is just passable by pedestrians and bicycles. The picture was taken here: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=49.85424&lon=8.56903&zoom=17&layers=0B00FTF and all barriers of that kind i've seen look like they are placed there to stop pedestrians (and especially kids) to run from a living area to the next high traffic street Frank ___________________________________________________________ Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm. Hier gelangen Sie zum neuen Yahoo! Mail: http://mail.yahoo.de _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
