Mark, The number refers to the total number of lanes of the way. Refer to http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:lanes for more information. They should be tagged with "lanes=2" although AFAIK it is meaningless & not required if it is a bi-directional road (as per the second example on the web page below). Would be interested in knowing if this is 'standard' practice or whether EVERY way should have a lanes tag. Craig
I'm currently doing some edits in Armidale (NSW) following my trip there for Christmas. Many of the streets and surrounding roads are labelled "lanes=1". Some of these are clearly wrong, as they have a painted line in the middle (lanes=2) - I will be changing these, but I wanted to check what to use if the road (residential or unclassified) doesn't have centre line markings. Should we use "lanes=1" only if it's narrow, or in all residential roads without lane markings? (or leave the tag off completely?) What do other people do? Mark P. ---------------------
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