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Classify ways by level of pedestrian/cyclist sharing

Source: R/osmactive.R
classify_shared_use.Rd

Ways on which bicycles and pedestrians share space are classified as "Shared Footway". According to

Usage

classify_shared_use(osm)

Arguments

osm

An sf object with the road network

Value

An sf object with the classified cycle network

Details

tagging includes:

  • highway=path (signposted foot and bicycle path, no dividing line)

    • foot=designated

    • bicycle=designated

    • segregated=no

  • highway=path (Signposted foot and bicycle path with dividing line.)

    • segregated=yes

  • highway=pedestrian (A way intended for pedestrians)

Examples

osm = osm_edinburgh
cycle_network = get_cycling_network(osm)
cycle_network_shared = classify_shared_use(cycle_network)
table(cycle_network_shared$cycle_pedestrian_separation)
#> 
#>     Shared Footway (segregated) Shared Footway (not segregated) 
#>                               5                               3 
#>                         Unknown 
#>                              59 
plot(cycle_network_shared["cycle_pedestrian_separation"])

# interactive map:
# mapview::mapview(cycle_network_shared, zcol = "cycle_pedestrian_separation")