2011/3/6 Paul Johnson <ba...@ursamundi.org>: >> for motorways it is generally assumed that bikes can't use them, there >> you should look for bicycle=yes IMHO. For trunk roads (and other roads >> as well) there is also the tag motorroad=yes which prohibits cycling. > > As has been repeatedly pointed out, most North American states and > provinces permit bicycles on motorways and trunks, and where they're > not, they're explicitly posted otherwise.
Last time I read a discussion about bicycles on interstates the only known spot where they were allowed in the US was some few miles on one rural interstate highway (where there was if I recall right no other alternative route for many miles). For trunk roads the situation is different, but the nature of motorways is to restrict traffic for slow vehicles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highway_systems_with_full_control_of_access_and_no_cross_traffic the wiki states for the USA http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway motorway = "Limited access freeway with interchanges." In my reading every highway which is not limited access should not be tagged as motorway, be it in north america or elsewhere. cheers, Martin _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
