[Talk-GB] London bus lanes

[Dave F]

I believe visibility of the lanes isn't necessarily the problem, but the 
tagging scheme. Actually, I should say schemes; quite difficult to 
memorise the differences. And that's before finding out if taxis, 
motorbike, bicycles or even cars are permitted.

Dave F.

On 24/02/2016 18:02, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I was slightly surprised to find that bus lane tagging in London is 
> very patchy!
>
> Bus lanes are easy to spot, even from imagery:
>
> 1. They are on roads with bus routes (see Andy's Transport map)
> 2. They have thick white lines separating them from the general lanes
> 3. They are often painted red/brown
> 4. They often have big bus-shaped objects in them
>
> The simplest way of tagging them is just busway=lane . (But you can 
> add lanes:bus:forward=1 and stuff like that if you really want to. 
> Lots more at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bus_lanes .)
>
> I'll add a few over the next couple of days - it would be smashing if 
> others wanted to join in.
>
> cheers
> Richard
>
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