[talk-au] definition of PSV (Public Service Vehicles) in Australia

[Ben Kelley]

Hi.

I'm not sure if this helps, but a "bus lane" allows buses, taxis, 
bicycles and hire cars. A "bus only lane" allows only buses (not taxis 
and hire cars). (Neither allow rental cars.)

The psv wiki page suggests tagging individual types if necessary, but 
implies that a taxi is a PSV.

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:psv

I think you should probably put taxi=no for a "bus only lane" but not 
for a "bus lane".

IANAL but I'd guess that ride share services are not taxis in this context.

  - Ben.

On 27/6/2022 11:10 am, stevea wrote:
> On Jun 26, 2022, at 5:57 PM, David Vidovic via Talk-au 
> <talk-au at openstreetmap.org> wrote:
>> In regards to PSV (Public Service Vehicles), I understand this 
>> encompasses buses/coaches.
>>
>> For a "bus only" way such as a bus bay, I see common tagging 
>> [access=no] + [psv=yes] used.
>>
>> Does anyone know if a Taxi is considered a "public service vehicle" 
>> and therefore able use the busy bay way? Or does [access=no] 
>> inherently prevent this and it would need a separate [taxi=yes] tag?
>
> It might be controversial to say so, but "taxis" meant (until maybe a 
> decade ago, with the uprising of the Uber's of the world, which are, 
> in many places, "not /de jure/ taxis" but are rather "/de facto/ 
> taxis") a legally-regulated car-for-hire (not "rental, YOU drive," 
> rather "hail one" (or solicit a ride for a fare at a taxi stand)).
>
>
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