[Tagging] How are busways mapped, which are not guideways?

[Andrew Harvey]

When you say busway is that just a road that only busses are allowed to
use, and specifically signposted for busses? if so then the suggested you
noted of highway=* + bus=designated + access=no would be correct.

On Sun, 18 Oct 2020 at 17:12, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenberg at gmail.com>
wrote:

> There is an approved tag for bus guideways, where specially-designed buses
> are guided by a rail:
>
> 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
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dbus_guideway)
>
> There is also a somewhat common tag service=busway which has been used
> 2500 times, and can be added to highway=service
>
> 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:
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway=busway
>
> 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.
>
> -- Joseph Eisenberg
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