[Tagging] Exclusive access rights

[Martin Vonwald]

2012/10/29 Ole Nielsen <on-osm at xs4all.nl>:
> Here is a simple proposal that avoids confusion with the existing access
> restrictions.
>
> special_use_lanes = no | no | hgv
>
> (or "special_use:lanes = .." to be consistent with other lanes tags)
>
> Values can be 'no' (no special limitations apply to this lane), 'hgv',
> 'psv', 'hov' etc.
>
> "special_use_lanes" is just a suggestion, other words not making an
> association to "access" could also be used. Other ideas: "special_lanes",
> "exclusive_use_lanes"
>
> Would this be a useful way forward?

I thought about that also but I'm not sure if I want to go down that
road. Any new key raises the (already present) risk of being
inconsistent. Just imagine hgv:lanes=yes|no and
special_use:lanes=no|hgv on the same way.

I'm not sure if there's a simple solution to this problem.

Martin