Contraflow bus lanes

Map Editors Community Ireland
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Hi guys, this report has brought up an issue about contraflow bus lanes. Taxis are not allowed to use them so in my eyes we have two options:

  1. Remove Taxi from the Driving Restrictions (which will leave us with a Bus only direction)
  2. Stop mapping them (map streets as one way)

What are your thoughts?

UR Permalink: https://www.waze.com/editor/?env=row&lon=-7.61693&lat=53.69903&zoom=4&mapUpdateRequest=11989924

NTA taxis & bus lanes: https://www.nationaltransport.ie/taxi-and-bus-licensing/taxi/operating-an-spsv/bus-lanes/

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I vote to map them as two-way, but with the correct (bus-only) restrictions in the bus-only direction. There aren’t too many of them, but I think a few might have been mapped on the (misguided but understandable) assumption that taxis can use any bus lanes (including contraflow ones)

++David

3

Thanks David, I’m leaning towards that option too.

4

I’m currently fixing these bus lanes - and spotted R840 Earlsfort Tce being split in 2 segments. Do you happen to remember if there is a particular reason? Maybe restrictions were not per direction back in the day?

Permalink: https://www.waze.com/editor/?env=row&lon=-6.25805&lat=53.33537&zoom=6&segments=252737727,252737498

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I noticed somebody adding the northbound segment for Earlsfort Terrace quite a while ago, but this might have been before we could do restrictions based on vehicle type (or, like you say, maybe it wasn’t possible to set per-direction restrictions at the time). I think this one is worth cleaning up by making the street be a single segment with a suitable restriction for the northbound direction.

++David

6

Ok, I’ve updated the segments in question.