I see that quite a few major roads in Ontario are getting paved shoulders, plenty wide enough for cyclists, despite not being marked as bike lanes/routes.
An example of this is HWY7/12 in Port Perry - all new shoulders.
There is a tag: cycleway=shoulder, which gives me reason to think that we should be doing this.
What say you guys?
Update: Bike Ottawa has some guidance on the matter. I'll be using the cycleway=soulder tag for roads that have SMOOTH and WIDE shoulders that would work well for cyclists.
4 Comments
Coehill@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
I love to see other mappers of bike infrastructure in Ontario. There's an active mapper in Kitchener-Waterloo but other than that, it sometimes feels like I'm the only one.
Now if only we could get more Panoramax mappers in Ontario...
I map shoulders with StreetComplete.
toaster@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 2y
Paved shoulders usable by cyclists are a feature in the StreetComplete app so I'd say go for it! Thanks for sharing the Bike Ottawa guidelines.
ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 2y
What are the rules or recommendations for cycling on shoulders?
Personally, I tend to avoid them because they're often littered with debris and cracks, and often end without notice, requiring a sudden lane change into the actual road.
Showroom7561@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y
Yeah, that could be said of any road gutter, a.k.a. bike lane. LOL
I'm going to go with what Bike Ottawa says on the matter:
"Shoulder, not signed as a bike lane
A single line of paint delineates the shoulder. No signage or bike symbols present. Map if there is enough space to bike, i.e. at least 2-3ft wide Parking on the shoulder is typically permitted.
use: cycleway:left/right/both=shoulder" SOURCE