Low-traffic neighbourhoods

Low-traffic neighborhoods are not mapped explicitly in OpenStreetMap as it is quite subjective.

But anything specific can be mapped, in particular:

• legal rules such as speed limits - with maxspeed=*
• access restrictions using access=*, vehicle=*, bicycle=*, foot=*, motor_vehicle=* and other access tags
  • for example vehicle=destination + bicycle=yes means that transit traffic is forbidden for all vehicles except bicycles
• highway=living_street is used for special streets where pedestrians have legal right of way and priority over vehicles
• highway=pedestrian is for streets where vehicle traffic is completely eliminated or extremely restricted
• barrier=* is used for variety of barriers
  • barrier=bollard for bollards
  • barrier=planter for structures containing plants that allow pedestrians, wheelchairs and bikes through but not cars (these are common in experimental or trial schemes, see image here for an example)
  • And more, see Key:barrier for a listing of more documented values
• traffic_calming=* for variety of devices to reduce speed of vehicles
  • traffic_calming=bump A short bump, with extent, in the direction of travel, of about 30 cm or shorter.
  • traffic_calming=hump Similar to a bump, but longer in direction of travel, with total length of usually 2–4 meters, generally with a continuously rounded shape.
  • traffic_calming=table A speed table used for encouraging traffic to drive slower. More gradual than speed humps and speed bumps.
  • traffic_calming=island An island is a small area that temporarily separates two different directions of traffic.
  • And more, see Key:traffic_calming for a listing of more documented values

External links

• talk-gb mailing list post about low-traffic neighborhoods, their tagging in OSM and some GB-specific experimental resources for mapping them