Hey all, again and again there are discussions about which parts of a street (sidewalks and cycle paths, parking lanes, carriageway) should be considered when determining the width of a street. There does not seem to be a consensus and therefore information on street widths is difficult to interpret or is not even mapped. The following variants are common/are discussed:
1) Width of the actual carriageway, without parking lanes and sidewalks 2) Width between curbs / edges of the road without sidewalks, but with parked cars when they are on street 3) Width including sidewalks / roadside paths I tend to option 2): - The width can be clearly defined and measured - The width of the actual carriageway can be determined by using "parking:lane" scheme correctly (or alternatively/supplementarily by specifying the width of parking lanes). "width:carriageway" (or "width:lanes", if there are marked lanes) also could be used to map this width directly. - The width of roadside paths can optionally be specified with "sidewalk:width" etc. Wouldn't it be time to document a recommendation in the Wiki to reduce further ambiguities? Which variant is the most recommendable? Anyway, the width of a street is a significant value to evaluate its suitability or safety for certain modes of transport or to determine the speed that can be expected there. Thanks for your comments, Alex
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