[Talk-GB] London bus lanes

[Philip Barnes]

On Thu Feb 25 13:24:40 2016 GMT, Dave F 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.

And days/times of operation.

Phil (trigpoint)

 
> 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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