On Mar 10, 2023, at 3:04 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: > ...they can last for several years.
In the case of Caltrain, they are an essentially-permanent feature of the train service, as passenger rail shutdowns (anticipated or not) happen "frequently enough" (not the same as "frequently") that these are given their own route-numbering subspace in the structure of the service. Saying "oh, no, it looks like we'll have to catch a 6-train" (meaning a "bus bridge" because of an accident or some such) is understood among Caltrain riders that a transfer-from-rail-to-bus is about to happen. They don't last for several years in this case, they are a "feature" of this particular rail service, and I don't think Caltrain is the only train service for whom such a thing is true. We should map them as a bus route, I would say, but they should be "associate-able" with the train service in an easy way. (That's what Caltrain does by including these busses as "600-series" trains, when they are not trains, they are busses). I like "rail_replacement_service=yes" as a good start to identify these. We can do this. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
