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4840399 Andrew Chadwick

Bus stop names have changed in NaPTAN data - is there still a post office here?

4815204 Andrew Chadwick

The middle #-shape of sidewalks need adding here, along with crossings where peoplw would actually cross.

Also need to check tags, since I think footway=sidewalk is missing from a lot of them, and there were a few sidewalk=separate tags on the sidewalks themselves.

Honestly, this is probably too much detail for most residential estates while we're still getting the pavements mapped on major roads. I'll still be prioritising those over this area. They do join up the park, shops, churches, and major road though, and this old 1930s(?) estate at least has interestingly shaped pavements to map.

4835278 Andrew Chadwick

Alignments are a bit of a mess here. Needs some work using Bing+Cadastral Parcels.

4818203 Andrew Chadwick

Need to survey sidewalks across Folly Bridge #SurveyMe

4740744 Andrew Chadwick

These are now designated as School Street(s), according to the County Council website. In other words, there are now additional restrictions around school opening and closing times, which should be signposted on the roads already.

Need to find the road extents, then tag the relevant bits of road with the tags we decide on.

See the main discussion thread at note/4671909 #OxonSchoolStreets2025

4740774 Andrew Chadwick

This road (which bit?) is now designated as School Street(s), according to the County Council website. In other words, there are now additional restrictions around school opening and closing times, which should be signposted on the road already.

Need to find the road extents, then tag the relevant bits of road with the tags we decide on.

See the main discussion thread at note/4671909 #OxonSchoolStreets2025

4818204 Andrew Chadwick

Is there an ASL here?

4806279 Andrew Chadwick

This junction has traffic islands both sides on St Aldates, and preceding the turn into Thames St from N-bound St Aldates.

The road ways need splitting, particularly for the North-to-South St Aldates direction, which is really a straight-through.

It's a lot of work to redo route and turn-restriction relations though, and we should at least wait till the crossings and sidewalks are complete.

4807889 Andrew Chadwick

Does this road connect to the 4 terrace properties further to the WNW?

4779478 Andrew Chadwick

New "offroad segregated track" here, between Frenchay Road and St Margaret's Road. I don't know which side. It's apparently not a good setup[1], and I'd suggest

highway=footway
footway=sidewalk
bicycle=yes

rather than highway=cycleway+cycleway=sidewalk because of that. There's a distinction to be made.

We probably should be reserving h=c for genuinely better bits of cycle infrastructure, meaning routes free of obstructions and utility poles, and separated crossings with the "elephants' footprint" markings[2] that join up better stuff. Not just bits of paint on an existing footway=sidewalk that was built as a h=f.

[1] https://www.cyclox.org/index.php/2025/05/28/two-cheers-for-the-woodstock-road-improvements/ "The bad"

[2] osm.wiki/Crossings_in_the_United_Kingdom