[Tagging] Busways

[Richard Mann]

I know nothing about busways (other than that they're a ridiculous
waste of money, but that's another story!)

RIchard

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 5:14 PM, David Earl <david at frankieandshadow.com> wrote:
> The Cambridgeshire busway is tagged highway=bus_guideway (actuaklly it is
> currently tagged highway=construction, construction=bus_guideway because it
> is delayed).
>
> We had a long discussion about this at the time.
>
> This busway is somewhat different from what's been described below because
> it is a very special kind of road, which has some aspects ion common with a
> railway (it has a track and has specially adapted buses running on it; but
> is it signalled as signed as a road). There are other examples in Essen
> Germany and Auckland New Zealand I believe.
>
> It certainly isn't just a service road to which buses have access. Those
> (short) sections (of the Cambridgeshire busway) without the trackbed I think
> are not service either, they are unclassified roads to which buses only have
> access - they aren't like a service road in an industrial estate or car
> park.
>
> David
>
> On 15/11/2010 09:41, Richard Mann wrote:
>>
>> I generally agree with this approach.
>>
>> When buses and bikes share a lane, I'd probably stick to cycleway=lane
>> for the moment, or possibly cycleway=bus_lane.
>>
>> Richard
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 6:09 PM, esperanza<esperanza at no-log.org>  wrote:
>>>
>>> How to tag busways ?
>>> I added some cases in this wiki page :
>>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bus
>>> on this model :
>>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bicycle
>>> I add also a busway page :
>>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:busway
>>>
>>> Is it right to use busway or should we use another tag ? (like psv ?)
>>> Should we open a proposed feature for "busway" and "share_busway" ?
>>>
>>> Please tell me if one of this case if not well tagged and if I'm wrong :
>>>
>>> (1) Separate busway track
>>>
>>> highway=service
>>> service=bus (or psv ?)
>>> access=no
>>> psv=yes (or bus=yes ?)
>>> bicycle=yes/no
>>>
>>> if needed oneway=yes
>>>
>>> (A) Bus lanes in bidirectional motor car roads
>>>
>>> (A1) cycle lanes on left and right sides of the road (open to bicycles)
>>> highway=*
>>> busway=lane
>>> cycleway=share_busway
>>>
>>> (A2) Oneway bus lane on right side of the road only.
>>> highway=*
>>> busway:right (or left)=lane
>>>
>>> (B) Bus lanes in oneway motor car roads
>>>
>>> (B1) Oneway bus lane on opposite way of the oneway road.
>>> highway=*
>>> oneway=yes
>>> busway=opposite_lane
>>>
>>> (B2) Bus lanes in oneway motor car roads
>>> highway=*
>>> oneway=yes
>>> busway=opposite_lane
>>> busway:right=lane
>>>
>>> (B3) Bus lanes on left and right sides of the oneway road.
>>> 2 ways
>>>
>>> highway=*
>>> oneway=yes
>>>
>>> and
>>> highway=service
>>> service=bus
>>> psv=yes
>>> access=no
>>> oneway=yes
>>> bicycle=yes/no
>>>
>>>
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