Re: [Tagging] Bus pullout?

2011-12-07 Thread Richard Mann
A bus bay means 1) less sidewalk (usually) 2) buses pulling out and hitting overtaking cyclists 3) buses swinging their noses over the edge of the pavement threatening unwary passengers 4) buses stopping further from the kerb because they've misjudged it, so you can't step from the kerb to the bus

Re: [Tagging] Bus pullout?

2011-12-07 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2011/12/7 Richard Mann richard.mann.westoxf...@gmail.com: A bus bay means 1) less sidewalk (usually) in here usually not. The space is usually taken from lateral parking space, not from the sidewalk. 2) buses pulling out and hitting overtaking cyclists pulling out busses do have the right

Re: [Tagging] Bus pullout?

2011-12-07 Thread Richard Mann
Paul asked; I answered out of courtesy. It was off-topic so I'm not going to discuss further. Richard On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: 2011/12/7 Richard Mann richard.mann.westoxf...@gmail.com: A bus bay means 1) less sidewalk (usually)

Re: [Tagging] Bus pullout?

2011-12-07 Thread John F. Eldredge
Richard Mann richard.mann.westoxf...@gmail.com wrote: A bus bay means 1) less sidewalk (usually) 2) buses pulling out and hitting overtaking cyclists 3) buses swinging their noses over the edge of the pavement threatening unwary passengers 4) buses stopping further from the kerb because

Re: [Tagging] Bus pullout?

2011-12-06 Thread Richard Mann
They are called bus bays in EN-GB. I'd probably add a suitable tag (bay=yes, maybe) to the highway=bus_stop node (and maybe to a node on the road on the lines of busway:right=bay or some such). But I haven't tagged any (might be something to do with the negative value I associate with them...)

Re: [Tagging] Bus pullout?

2011-12-06 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On 12/6/2011 4:11 AM, Richard Mann wrote: They are called bus bays in EN-GB. I'd probably add a suitable tag (bay=yes, maybe) to the highway=bus_stop node (and maybe to a node on the road on the lines of busway:right=bay or some such). But would highway=bus_stop be correct if no buses

Re: [Tagging] Bus pullout?

2011-12-06 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tue, 2011-12-06 at 09:11 +, Richard Mann wrote: But I haven't tagged any (might be something to do with the negative value I associate with them...) Curious what negative value this is? signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

[Tagging] Bus pullout?

2011-12-05 Thread Nathan Edgars II
Is there a way to tag a bus pullout that may or may not currently be served by buses? Here's an example of what I mean: http://g.co/maps/9abbu ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Bus pullout?

2011-12-05 Thread Jo
You mean that spot where the bus can get out of the way of the other traffic to load/unload passengers? We have many of them here. I don't tend to tag the specifically, they look a bit like a rather short extra lane... Jo 2011/12/6 Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com Is there a way to tag a