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I just added some max_speed= tags for #OpenStreetMap in Bloomington, Indiana. (urbanists.social)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I just added some max_speed= tags for #OpenStreetMap in Bloomington, Indiana.

Our city code has a default speed limit 25 mph. Exceptions are published in a table in the city code.

It seems possible that adding the correct lower-than-default speed limits from city code to OpenStreetMap could reduce the likelihood that routing algorithms would route car traffic there, which could in turn keep the street safer for other road users.

Ref: https://library.municode.com/in/bloomington/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT15VETR_CH15.24SPRE

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

@markstos @pleaseclap @bloomington_in without knowing the local area, I was thinking not that there might be basically parallel routes with different speed limits, and car routing would choose the higher limit option, while bike routing chooses the lower limit option. But with the assumption that the limits reflect something else about the road condition and how comfortable biking is, the routing algorithm now has a better signal to choose the better route