Draft:Proposal:Key:give way

Key:give_way
Proposal status:	Draft (under way)
Proposed by:	LordGarySugar
Tagging:	give_way=minor, give_way=crossing, give_way=all, give_way=shared_space, give_way=narrow Data item
Applies to:
Definition:	Tagging to represent what function a highway=give_way performs
Statistics:
Draft started:	2026-01-23

Tagging

Key	Value	Description	Image	Count
give_way	minor	Similar to stop=minor, where traffic must give way to other road users at a junction or merge. On a cycleway: The cycleway ends at a road or crosses a road and cyclists must give way to traffic.	Top left: Minor road must give way when merging Top right: Cycleway must give way to other cycleway. Bottom left: Cycleway must give way to road. Bottom right: Minor road must give way at T-junction	give_way=minor $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
give_way	traffic_calming	Traffic must give way to oncoming traffic as part of a traffic_calming=chicane or traffic_calming=choker installation. priority=* can also be tagged on the traffic calming node.	Top left: Give way to oncoming traffic, but not pedestrians. Top right: Give way to oncoming traffic. Bottom left: Give way to oncoming traffic at chicane. Bottom right: Give way to oncoming traffic, but not to minor road on left.	give_way=traffic_calming $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
give_way	crossing	Traffic must give way to pedestrians, cyclists etc that are crossing the road. At crossings where pedestrians have priority by default,highway=give_way should not be mapped.	Give way to cycle/foot crossing. If there were no give way markings, cars would have priority.	give_way=crossing $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
give_way	narrow	Road users must give way to oncoming traffic because the road is too narrow, due to a bridge, tunnel or other non-traffic-calming feature. Some narrow bridges or tunnels may have a give way sign at both ends (give way to vehicles that are already using the narrow section). priority=* can also be tagged on the ways comprising the narrow bridge or tunnel.	3 examples of give way to oncoming traffic over narrow bridge	give_way=narrow $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
give_way	all	Similar to stop=all, a junction where all directions entering a junction have to give way to other users. These can be mapped with a give way node on the junction node (with direction=all), or separate give way nodes on each approaching road (with direction=forward/backward).	Crossroads with give way signs affecting all directions.	give_way=all $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
give_way	shared_space	On a cycleway: cyclists must give way to pedestrians as the segregated cycleway becomes shared with pedestrians or a pedestrian area On a road: a road enters a pedestrian area and road users must give way to pedestrians	A cycleway passes through a pedestrianised area, and cyclists must give way to pedestrians.	give_way=shared_space $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
give_way	railway / level_crossing?	Road users must give way to railway vehicles at a railway=railrailway=narrow_gaugerailway=tramrailway=light_railrailway=miniature		give_way=railway $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo

Existing give_way values to ignore

Key	Value	Description	Count
give_way	no	Almost exclusively tagged on crossing nodes/ways in Hong Kong - preferably local cleanup needed to replace this tag with something else	give_way=no $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
give_way	yes	Sporadic tagging worldwide on a variety of features, including on roads. Cleanup would be ideal.	give_way=yes $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo

Features/Pages affected

• highway=give_way

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