[Tagging] Free of charge segments of formally paid road

[Paul Johnson]

On Wed, Jun 1, 2022 at 6:39 PM stevea <steveaOSM at softworkers.com> wrote:

> On Jun 1, 2022, at 3:41 PM, Kevin Kenny <kevin.b.kenny at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I've never tried to map "toll waived for intracity travel" - I just call
> the whole thing a toll road and don't trouble to map the exception. Let
> people be pleasantly surprised.
>
> Especially as 1) "Zero is an actual value" (i.e. it can be a "toll road"
> but for intercity the total is $0.00) and 2) toll booths are becoming
> obsolete with transponders and license plate readers, this is a very
> likable, workable approach for map database tagging:  call the whole thing
> a toll road and don't trouble to map the exception, letting people be
> pleasantly surprised (if / as / when the toll is zero).  This accommodates
> both the "free intercity travel" aspect, yet also captures that the
> intercity portion is tolled (included in total distance traveled to be
> charged) when outside the city limits.


I see this as potentially weird for consumers, as toll=yes/no are the
typical values, with the fee=* being the cost.  This gets particularly
complicated as there's platepay, cash and PIKEPASS schedules for 2 to 5+
axles that vary kinda wildly and change somewhat frequently (and outside
the Oklahoma area, demand tolling is a thing so tolls change by traffic
volume).

That said, intracity free gaps are common here, we just tag those toll=no
for the free segments.  This comes up on Oklahoma turnpikes and Kansas
state cycleways (which are typically toll except within city limits).
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