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

[Mateusz Konieczny]

Oct 18, 2020, 08:08 by joseph.eisenberg at gmail.com:

> There is an approved tag for bus guideways, where specially-designed buses are guided by a rail: 
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> 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> )
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It seems a good tagging for me.

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> There is also a somewhat common tag service=busway which has been used 2500 times, and can be added to highway=service
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This also makes sense.

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> 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
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> 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.
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> -- Joseph Eisenberg
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I see no significant benefit from introducing new highway type, especially given need to support
new highway value everywhere - but at least it would not cause widespread breakage as such
road are of a minor importance.
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