OSM tags for routing/Access restrictions

Limited access is documented in: Key:access.

Optional:

• Any road ("highway=??") with the additional tag "construction=yes", "construction=1" or "construction=true" (case-insensitive) is to be considered to be in construction and not to be routed over. It may however be displayed and used of the vehicle is found to travel along it (in case the road has been finished since it was enterred into the map). construction=yes is a proposed tag and not in widely use yet.

Default

Default-Access-Restriction for all countries.

highway=*	motorcar	motorcycle	goods	hgv	psv	moped	horse	bicycle	foot
motorway	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no
trunk	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
primary secondary tertiary unclassified residential living_street road	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
path	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes	yes	yes
bridleway	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes	no	no
cycleway	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes	no
footway pedestrian	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes

Germany

Default-Access-Restriction if not tagged on the individual street.

highway=*	motorcar	motorcycle	goods	hgv	psv	moped	horse	bicycle	foot
motorway	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	no
trunk	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	no
primary secondary tertiary unclassified residential living_street	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
path	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes	yes	yes
bridleway	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes	no	no
cycleway	no	no	no	no	no	(1)	no	yes	no
footway pedestrian	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes

(1) only rural. ( StVO §2.4 )

Belgium

highway=*	motorcar	motorcycle	goods	hgv	psv	moped	horse	bicycle	foot
motorway	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	no
trunk	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	no
primary secondary tertiary unclassified residential living_street	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
path	no	no	no	no	no	yes	yes	yes	yes
bridleway	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes	no	(1)
cycleway	no	no	no	no	no	yes	no	yes	(2)
footway	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes
pedestrian	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	(3)	yes

• (1): same note as (2) below
• (2): cycleways allow pedestrians if there is no parallel path where pedestrians can go, it's safe to assume pedestrians are allowed
• (3): usually roads with highway=pedestrian are signed with F103 [1] and that sign allows bicycles as well.
• also note there is no concept of "hgv", only "goods" vehicles

but how do you tag 'goods-vehicle'-restriction? I suppose hgv=* is the value access=* is set aside for that. What a HGV correctly is in each country, should be collect at another wiki-page.--Cbm 15:25, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

there's a "goods" tag on the access=* page as well. If there are restrictions for goods vehicles above a certain weight, then that weight is mentioned with the sign. Sure, the 3.5tons restriction often occurs, but then with some signs that means the current weight, and on others the maximum allowed total weight for that vehicle. I couldn't find any rule or traffic sign (other than that you need another driver's license if the allowed weight is over 3.5tons) which implies the definition of a "heavy-goods vehicle", hence I see no point in making a distinction in OSM in Belgium. --Eimai 16:03, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

didn't see "goods" on the access-Page. Thx :) HGV-drivers normally needs seperate driving-licences (in europe weight > 3.5t). I added both abilities in the tables now :) --Cbm 16:30, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

• psv is probably meaningless as well

The Netherlands

Default access restrictions in according to the traffic regulations in The Netherlands (Reglement verkeersregels en verkeerstekens 1990 (RVV 1990) as in force on 2008-10-07)

highway=*	motorcar	motorcycle	goods	hgv	psv	moped	horse	bicycle	foot
motorway	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	no
trunk	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	no
primary secondary tertiary unclassified residential living_street	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
path (4)	no	no	no	no	no	yes	yes	yes	yes
bridleway	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes	no	(1)
cycleway	no	no	no	no	no	no (2)	no	yes	yes (3)
footway	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes
pedestrian	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes

• (1): pedestrians are not supposed to use a bridleway, when there a road next to it. Unfortunately, the regulations seem silent on the issue of whether pedestrians can use a bridleway if no other alternative is available.
• (2): mopeds are not allowed to use cycleways indicated by the mandatory cycleway sign [2], or the optional cycleway sign [3]. There is however a sign that allows both bicycles and mopeds [4].
• (3): cycleways allow pedestrians if there is no parallel footpath where pedestrians can go, it's safe to assume pedestrians are allowed.
• (4): the regulations define a lane ("rijbaan") as any part of a road that is suitable for vehicles ("rijdende voertuigen").