Oregon and Fort Vancouver bicycle access to freeways updated
Posted by Baloo Uriza on 26 March 2011 in English.osm.org/browse/changeset/7670923
All motorways in Oregon and Vancouver, WA have been explicitly tagged bicycle=yes or bicycle=no based on Oregon state law as published by ODOT (in Oregon) or local knowledge based on signage (to the best of my knowledge in Vancouver). The following locations in this area are tagged bicycle=no:
* I 5 from I 205 in Salmon Creek to OR 217 both ways.
* I 5 from South Medford to North Medford both ways.
* US 26 from the PGE Park exit to I 405 both ways.
* US 30 from 26th Avenue to I 405 both ways.
* I 84 from I 5 to 122nd Avenue eastbound.
* I 84 from Wood Village to I 5 westbound.
* I 205 from OR 43 to WA 14 both ways.
* I 405, entire length, both ways.
The rest of I 5 in Oregon (and the southbound approach to I 205 in Washington based on several "BICYCLES MUST USE I 205" sign on I 5) is posted bicycle=yes, as is the rest of I 84, I 82, and US 26. There are no freeway portions of US 30 that permit bicycles (as the only freeway portion of US 30 is the above mentioned section). WA 14 is tagged bicycle=yes due to lack of signage and having personally used that segment by bicycle without WSP getting involved, as was a small portion of WA 500. Motorway links connecting to segments closed to bicycles were also tagged bicycle=no, whereas links that connect to open sections were tagged bicycle=yes.
I also changed a couple sections that were improperly tagged as motorway to trunk based on local knowledge (part of US 97 and part of OR 22).
In addition to the source:url for that changeset, the actual OAR (Oregon Administrative Rule) is available at http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/BIKEPED/docs/freeway_ban.pdf
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