[Tagging] edit war related to tagging of a bus-only major road

[Jo]

Maybe you can find middle ground in highway=tertiary? highway=service is a
possibility, but I'd usually use it in bus stations or on stretches that
are exclusively used by buses, that don't even have sidewalks for example.

Polyglot

On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 5:41 PM Jmapb <jmapb at gmx.com> wrote:

> On 12/9/2020 9:36 AM, Michael Tsang wrote:
>
> > Des Voeux Road Central is considered one of the most important roads
> > in the area which I
> > tagged it as highway=secondary, however another editor has repeatedly
> > changed
> > it to highway=service on the fact that that road is closed to motor
> > vehicles
> > except buses....
> >
> Hi Michael, my understanding is that this type of access restriction has
> no bearing on the correct value of the highway tag. That doesn't mean
> that a bus-only road can't be 'highway=service', but my armchair opinion
> is that this one deserves a higher classification,
> 'highway=unclassified' at minimum. Obviously a local consensus would be
> best.
>
> As far as the access tags go, from your description I imagined
> 'access=private' plus 'bus=yes', and 'foot=yes' if there's sidewalk that
> isn't mapped separately. The segment you linked to (
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/242113655 ) has tags that are a bit
> more complicated; no doubt they make sense in context. It's worth
> noting, though, that it currently allows bicycle traffic.
>
> Here's a photo showing the bus-only segment and signed restrictions --
>
> https://www.mapillary.com/app/?pKey=V6xCvni7pFMnBkHoXfZcIw&focus=photo&lat=22.28064006188889&lng=114.16016743519445&z=17&x=0.5090835219500857&y=0.5090768471784388
>
> Jason
>
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