[Talk-GB] London bus lanes

[Amaroussi (OpenStreetMap)]

Hi,

I currently aim to use lanes:psv where taxis are allowed, but due to major projects, nothing beats surveying at present.

— Amaroussi

> On 25 Feb 2016, at 13:24, Dave F <davefoxfac63 at btinternet.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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