<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I use the hov:lanes style tagging where there is no physical barrier. See the lanes section [1] on the same wiki page that you linked.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">[1] <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:hov#hov:lanes=*" class="">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:hov#hov:lanes=*</a><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Sep 23, 2023, at 10:09 PM, Saikrishna Arcot <<a href="mailto:saiarcot895@gmail.com" class="">saiarcot895@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div class=""><p class="">Hi,</p><p class="">I see that currently, for <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1007590306#map=16/47.7016/-122.1782" class="">one
part of the I-405 express lane</a> in Kirkland, WA, the express
lanes are mapped as a separate way, even though there's no
physical separation from the regular travel lanes except for a
double solid white line. I think the accepted practice is that if
there's no physical separation, then the lanes/road should be one
single way, and not split out; however, the <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:hov" class="">HOV wiki page</a>
says that if entry/exit is permitted only at certain points, then
it's recommended to map it as a separate way. For these express
lanes, entry/exit is not permitted across the double solid white
line, and only in the dashed line areas, but it's not a single
point; it can be a quarter-mile long.</p><p class="">In this case, should the express lanes on this road be fully
separated out into its own ways, or should this be part of the
main road?<br class="">
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Saikrishna Arcot</pre>
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