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<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Oct 18, 2020, 08:08 by joseph.eisenberg@gmail.com:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div dir="ltr"><div>There is an approved tag for bus guideways, where specially-designed buses are guided by a rail: <br></div><div><br></div><div>But how should ordinary busways be mapped? Right now the suggestion on highway=bus_guideway is that other busways might be mapped highway=service + bus=designated + access=no. (See <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dbus_guideway" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dbus_guideway</a>)<br></div></div></blockquote><div>It seems a good tagging for me.<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>There is also a somewhat common tag service=busway which has been used 2500 times, and can be added to highway=service<br></div></div></blockquote><div>This also makes sense.<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Alternatively, the tag highway=busway has been used a couple of dozen times, and there is a new draft proposal to use this tag instead of highway=service, for standard busways:<br></div><div><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway=busway" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway=busway</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>A new tag would require database users to adapt, but since guided busways already have a specific tag, it seems odd that other exclusive busways are mapped only as service roads.<br></div><div><br></div><div>-- Joseph Eisenberg<br></div></div></blockquote><div>I see no significant benefit from introducing new highway type, especially given need to support<br></div><div>new highway value everywhere - but at least it would not cause widespread breakage as such<br></div><div>road are of a minor importance.<br></div> </body>
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