Oct 18, 2020, 08:08 by joseph.eisenb...@gmail.com: > There is an approved tag for bus guideways, where specially-designed buses > are guided by a rail: > > But how should ordinary busways be mapped? Right now the suggestion on > highway=bus_guideway is that other busways might be mapped highway=service + > bus=designated + access=no. (See > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dbus_guideway> ) > It seems a good tagging for me. > > There is also a somewhat common tag service=busway which has been used 2500 > times, and can be added to highway=service > This also makes sense. > > Alternatively, the tag highway=busway has been used a couple of dozen times, > and there is a new draft proposal to use this tag instead of highway=service, > for standard busways: > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway=busway > > A new tag would require database users to adapt, but since guided busways > already have a specific tag, it seems odd that other exclusive busways are > mapped only as service roads. > > -- Joseph Eisenberg > I see no significant benefit from introducing new highway type, especially given need to support new highway value everywhere - but at least it would not cause widespread breakage as such road are of a minor importance.
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