Something about some HOV access tags I've seen have been bothering me.
Some of the interstates through Atlanta have designated HOV-only lanes. In
looking at the attributes on them, someone has added
hov:lanes=designated|yes|yes|yes|yes {etc.} to them.
However, after reviewing the wiki for the "designated" tag, it doesn't
appear to _exclude_ other modes of transport--just using the
hov:lanes=designated tag on the leftmost lane still implies that non-HOV
transportation is allowed. For example, motorcycles are allowed, but
single-passenger cars are not, but the current tagging doesn't appear to
prohibit single-passenger cars, if I'm reading the wiki right.
Reading up on the access tag leads me to think that it would be better to
include access:lanes=no|yes|yes|yes|yes {etc.} to preclude non-HOV traffic,
as well as add motorcycle:lanes=yes|yes|yes|yes|yes {etc.}
For example, the section of northbound I-75/I-85 under this marker
http://osm.org/go/ZQqq80Lkl-?layers=N&m=
currently has the tag
hov:lanes=designated|yes|yes|yes|yes|yes|yes
Am I correct in thinking that it would be right to add these tags, too:
access:lanes=no|yes|yes|yes|yes|yes|yes
motorcycle:lanes=yes|yes|yes|yes|yes|yes|yes
Thanks for any feedback!
--jack
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