WikiProject Iceland/Cycleways

Contents 1 Cycleway tagging 1.1 Cycleway 1.2 Rules for cycleways in Reykjavík 2 Other map features important to cyclists 2.1 Details about cycleways 2.2 Points of interest 2.2.1 Bench 2.2.2 Trash 2.2.3 Crossings 2.2.4 Other amenities 3 TODO 4 Hjólavefsjá.is 4.1 TODO list for hjólavefsjá.is 5 External links

Cycleway tagging

Cycleway

To describe infrstructure designed mainly for cyclists. See also: Cycle routes.

Key	Value	Element	Comment	Rendering	Photo
cycleway	lane		A lane is a route that lies within the roadway
cycleway	opposite		Used on ways with oneway=yes where it is permitted to cycle in both directions. Note - such streets are common in Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark, for example, but are rare in the UK (although they do exist): often, instead, actually the street is two-way as normal for its whole length except for the very short section past the no-entry sign at the end, where cycles are excepted from the no-entry by means of a short lane separated by an island. This is called a "cycle plug". In some places this has been represented as very short oneway Way at the end with an adjacent cycleway, forming a little triangle with the road they join to, or sometimes with a short oneway Way with cycleway=opposite_lane or opposite_track.
cycleway	opposite_lane		Used on ways with oneway=yes that have a cycling lane going the opposite direction of normal traffic flow (a "contraflow" lane)
cycleway	opposite_track		Used on ways with oneway=yes that have a cycling track going the opposite direction of normal traffic flow
cycleway	shared		Cyclists share space with other traffic on this highway.
cycleway	share_busway		There is a bus lane that cyclists are permitted to use.
cycleway	shared_lane		Cyclists share a lane with motor vehicles, but there are markings indicating that they should share the lane with motorists.
cycleway	sharrow		As shared_lane, and the marking is the on-road shared-lane marking called a "sharrow"[1].
cycleway	track		A track is a route that is separate from the road.+oneway=yes if needed.
cycleway	user defined		All commonly used values according to Tagwatch

This table is a wiki template with a default description in English. Editable here.

The only example (sure?) of a cycle lane in Iceland is the temporary one at Hverfisgata. An example of a cycle track is the path along the coast at the back of Reykjavik airport. Only some cycle tracks are explicitly marked for bikes with the bike symbol (e.g. back of airport), while other paths are used by bikes and pedestrians but don't have any markings (e.g. the path beside Miklabraut).

Rules for cycleways in Reykjavík

• When the bike symbol is present, these are tagged as Tag:highway=cycleway and also have Tag:foot=designated and Tag:segregated=yes. These paths will be rendered with blue line on the slippymap.
• Where there is no sign on the road showing that bikes are permitted, use Tag:highway=path with Tag:bicycle=yes and Tag:foot=yes. These will be rendered with a red line.
• It is also useful to have Tag:surface=paved, and to mark bridges and tunnels with Tag:bridge=yes and Tag:tunnel=yes.

Other map features important to cyclists

Please expand this section with proposed tags, description, and English and Icelandic names of the subject. For tags not related to cycling see Is:Map Features. Discuss suggestions on the talk-is mailing-list.

Details about cycleways

• mjóir moldarstígar
• singeltrack slóðir sem líkast mest mjóum (moldar)göngustígur, en henta til að hjóla nokkuð hratt ef maður hefur þá út af fyrir sig.
• gangstétt sem ekki er upp við opnanlega hurði, né morandi í útkeyrslum með lélegan sýnileika
• hefðbundin borgargangstétt
• hjólavísar ( Eitthvað hefur þetta verið merkt á Langholtsvegi, og Einarsnesi ?)
• hjólastígur sem er varasamur
• hjólarein sem er varasöm
• aðskilin hjólarein / hjólastíg ( gjarnan við hlið gangstéttar)
• Gangbrautir
  • Ljósastýrð og ekki
  • Morandi í 5 til 7 beygjum til að komast yfir
  • úrtfærslur sem henta vel fyrir hjól með kerrur
  • fyrir Kristianiuhjól (eða almennara ladcykel upp á dönsku), og snjóruðningstæki
• Svipað og sér tegund /attribute fyrir jarðgöng/brú.
• Venjuleg gata /vegur sem hentar sérstaklega vel til hjólreiða í bland við og í samstarfi við aðra umferð.

Points of interest

Bench

• Tag:amenity=bench

Trash

• Tag:amenity=waste_basket
• Tag:waste=trash

Crossings

• Key:crossing

Other amenities

• Tag:amenity=bicycle parking
• Tag:amenity=bicycle rental
• Tag:amenity=drinking water drinking fountains, e.g. on cycle track by Seabraut.
• Tag:shop=bicycle

TODO

• Mark cyclestores as Tag:shop=bicycle, list from [2]
  • On the map:
    • Markið
    • GÁP
    • Örninn
    • Borgarhjól
    • Kría
  • Not on the map yet:
    • BYKO
    • Europris
    • Everest
    • Hagkaup
    • Húsasmiðjan
    • Hvellur
    • Intersport
    • Útilíf

Hjólavefsjá.is

The website hjólavefsjá.is was opened by members of the OpenStreetMap project in Iceland after a blog entry by Gísli Marteinn Baldursson, a member of Reykjavík City Council. There is real interest from within the city to develop an online cycle route planner and we want OpenStreetMap to be the first choice of tools for such a project. This is also a great opportunity to introduce open data to public officials and hopefully get them to donate some useful data to OSM. A discussion about hjólavefsjá.is takes place at the talk-is mailing list (see archives).

TODO list for hjólavefsjá.is

External links

• Hjólavefsjá.is cyclemap for Reykjavík
• The Reykjavík area shown on the Cyclemap layer