[Talk-GB] Allowed access and Tags for roads with traffic restrictions

SK53 sk53.osm at gmail.com
Fri Mar 10 11:44:39 UTC 2017


Hi Sara,

I'm sure I've got similar photos. From memory Houndsgate & Church Gate are
roads with such restrictions. I notice these have recently had the access
tag changed from access=no to access=yes: I think the former way more
accurately documented the scenario.

Generally, you can do one of three things: assume standard access (no
access tag or access=yes) and add specific restrictions, or remove standard
access (access=no) and add explicit permissions, or avoid using a standard
access tag and use a mix of restrictions and permissions.

In Nottingham we tend to do the latter, for instance Friar Lane
<http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/30596442> is restricted to buses,
wheelchair accessible taxis and disabled drivers. All other motor vehicles
are not permitted. Bicycles, pedestrians, horses etc are allowed implicitly.

Another example is St Peter's Gate
<http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/46640041>.

I presume most of the streets you are referring to have a reasonable amount
of traffic, so although they are signed as "Pedestrian Streets" they should
be mapped as highway=unclassified.

Some additional comments:

   - access=no will be rendered with a dashed grey line.
   - foot and access:foot mean the same thing (same applies for other tags)
   - current widely available routers may not allow all the settings to be
   tested.

HTH,

Jerry Clough

On 9 March 2017 at 17:37, Sara Coy <Sara.Coy at leicester.gov.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I’m updating roads in Leicester city centre. There are some recent
> restrictions on motor traffic, with the creation of ‘bus/ taxi/ cycle only’
> sections of road. Please can someone recommend what the ‘Allowed Access’
> and  ‘Tags’ should be for roads in the scenarios below:
>
> 1.Pedestrian Zone – no motor traffic, except buses, taxis and for loading.
>
> 2. Cycle, Bus, Taxi only.
>
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>
> Apologies for this basic query – just want to ensure we do this right!
>
> Thanks, Sara.
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