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Bus lane tagging schemes in use in OSM

There are two schemas in common use in OpenStreetMap for representing  bus lanes on normal roads: the busway=* scheme, and the lanes:psv=* scheme.


The busway=* scheme

Artículo principal: busway=*

This scheme indicates the presence of at least one bus lane on one or more sides of the road. The "opposite" term indicates a contra-flow lane, i.e. one where the direction of bus traffic is opposite to the direction of other traffic. The side of the road can be indicated with :left and :right suffixes.

Tag Number of uses
busway=lane, opposite_lane, ...
busway:left=lane, opposite_lane, ...
busway:right=lane, opposite_lane, ...

The lanes:psv=* scheme

Artículo principal: lanes:psv=*

This scheme provides a count of the lanes reserved for public service vehicles (which include buses). It can specify the bus lane's direction relative to the direction in which the way is drawn.


Tag Number of uses
lanes:psv=<count>

lanes:psv:forward=<count>
lanes:psv:backward=<count>

lanes:bus=<count>

lanes:bus:forward=<count>
lanes:bus:backward=<count>

This scheme can denote taxi-specific lanes too: its lanes: prefix forms

Examples

Photo "busway=*" scheme "lanes:psv=*" scheme
Buslane 2.jpg highway=secondary
oneway=yes
busway=lane
cycleway=share_busway
highway=secondary
oneway=yes
lanes:psv=1
cycleway=share_busway
Buslane 1.jpg
into town Monday to Friday 6 - 9 clock
out of town Mon through Fri from 14 to 18 clock
highway=secondary
busway=lane
cycleway=share_busway
highway=secondary
lanes=4
lanes:psv=2
lanes:psv:forward:conditional=1 @ (Mo-Fr 06:00-09:00)
lanes:psv:backward:conditional=1 @ (Mo-Fr 14:00-18:00)

Which scheme to use?

The purposes of these schemes are similar, and with the exception of directly capturing information about the contraflow nature of a lane, the lanes:psv scheme logically implies the entirety of the busway scheme. The directional details of these schemes are literally orthogonal. Both schemes can be used together, but for maintanability it's probably best to pick one and stick with it.

  • The busway scheme is simpler, and older. It says nothing about usage of the lane by taxis or other classes of Public Service Vehicle.
  • The lanes:psv scheme is broader in scope, including taxis and other classes of Public Service Vehicle if used as given. It can be limited to just buses by using an alternative tag key, lanes:bus. It does not directly capture the detail that a bus lane is contraflow, but that can be inferred from the simultaneous presence of a oneway=* tag on the way.
  • More recently written pages which are kept up to date, such as lanes=*, favour the lanes:psv scheme.

Cycle lanes

When a bus lane is shared with a cycleway=*, this is denoted with specific values in the cycleway scheme: cycleway=share_busway and cycleway=opposite_share_busway. Opposite carries the meaning that cycle traffic is contraflow, and with [...]_share_busway it implies that the buses also travel in the opposite direction to the bulk of traffic.

See also

  • Buses - the original "buses" topic, from where some of this information was moved.
  • Lanes - the new :lanes suffix, for capturing even more lane-specific information.