[OSM-talk] highway=bus_guideway approved - after a "run-off ballot" :-)

[Ulf Lamping]

Hi!

The second voting round of the bus guideway tag has ended at 
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Bus_guideway.

As adding the feature itself wasn't really questioned after the first 
voting, this second round was about finding the best tag for it. The 
following was voted:

highway=busway
approve=3
disapprove=16
neutral=4

highway=bus_guideway
approve=14
disapprove=4
neutral=5

railway=busway
approve=9
disapprove=10
neutral=4

Now, how to sum up this? If I simply use +1 for approval, 0 for neutral 
and -1 for disapproval, this sums up to:

highway=busway -> -13
highway=bus_guideway -> +10
railway=busway -> -1

So as I see it, we should use highway=bus_guideway from now on.

I've cleaned up the proposal (e.g. moved voting to the discussion page), 
moved it from the proposed to the approved page and added it to map 
features.

Regards, ULFL

P.S: We really need a photo here, to distinguish from normal bus lanes. 
Please add a photo to the wiki if you have one!!!