Jersey barriers have a specific tapering profile; the blocks I'm thinking of are typically simple cuboids.
They also have different purposes: a Jersey barrier is meant to deflect a vehicle back into a lane of traffic when struck at an oblique angle; Hostile Vehicle Mitigation barriers are placed at right angles to the expected line of approach, and are meant to stop the vehicle altogether. John On Wed, Feb 4, 2026 at 6:01 PM Joseph Eisenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > Those look like Jersey Barriers in your example: > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:barrier%3Djersey_barrier > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2026 at 9:12 AM John Sturdy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> How should we tag rows of blocks used for Hostile Vehicle Mitigation, >> such as those shown in >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostile_vehicle_mitigation#/media/File:Dusk_at_Terminal_3_-_geograph.org.uk_-_610450.jpg >> ? >> >> The mapping instructions at >> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:barrier%3Dblock show how to map >> a block barrier across a way, but not for an area. >> >> I think barrier=blocks would be suitable --- any thoughts? >> >> John >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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