[Tagging] The use of highway=busway at bus stations

[stevea]

My understanding is that highway=busway is for roadways DEDICATED TO buses (and only buses).  Indeed, our wiki calls this "a dedicated roadway for bus rapid transit systems."  Although (as Clay says) the tag also designates roadways "of high importance to bus passengers" by re-stating what is said in our wiki:

(highway=busway is) "applied to carriageways that maintain a high level of importance specifically for bus passengers, but are not meant to be used by motorists, pedestrians, or cyclists. In other words, this tag should only apply to roadways used for passenger transport."

I know it's a bit pedantic to quote our wiki here on this list.  However, I find Vincent's "two possible tagging schemes" as redundant with one another:  it seems his #2 doesn't express any additional meaning than his #1.  I'd stick with #1 only, as I find #2 cumbersome, redundant and incorrect — busses DO have access.

Besides, highway=busway isn't a "new tag," it's been around for many years, even if its wiki page hasn't.

SteveA

> On Jul 17, 2021, at 2:51 PM, Clay Smalley <claysmalley at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> My understanding is that highway=busway is for roadways of high importance to bus passengers, so it seems like that would be proper for roadways inside bus stations. A roadway leading to a bus garage, for example, should probably remain highway=service + access=no + bus=designated. 
> 
> On Sat, Jul 17, 2021, 4:42 PM Vincent van Duijnhoven <vvanduijnhoven at outlook.com> wrote:
> Since the acceptance of highway=busway, a re-tagging operation has started. The wiki page however has room for interpretation about the use of highway=busway on dedicated bus stations like this one (single, road side bus bays excluded). Atleast in the Netherlands, I see a lot of roads which are part of bus stations beeing re-tagged to highway=busway which started a discussion.
> 
> There are now two possible tagging schemes available for those roads:
> 1) highway=busway
> 2) highway=service + access=no + bus=dedicated
> 
> Is there any concesus/ shared idea on which one should be used considering this new tag? These bus stations are often roads where only busses are allowed so in that sense they are busways, atleast that is how I see it. 
> 
> Greetings,
> Vincent