Busmiles.uk
Busmiles.uk is a free online service that users can use for tracking mileage on buses within UK & Ireland.
Description
Busmiles is a platform for bus enthusiasts to log their journeys and gain insights from them. The service heavily relies on bustimes.org, which aggregates data from various UK transport open data sources.
Busmiles offers a paid tier that includes additional features, one of which is the ‘Snap to roads’ functionality. This feature uses a brouter routing engine based on a modified car-vario profile. Their modifications include support for tags like bus=yes, psv=yes, bus=designated, psv=designated, along with combinations involving motor_vehicle=private, access=private, motor_vehicle=no, and access=no. They welcome any suggestions on whether this tagging is correct or if adjustments are needed, as the documentation isn’t always comprehensive and they’ve implemented what seems most effective.
Most users employ the ‘Snap to roads’ feature alongside custom services, as many of the routes sourced from bustimes.org already include routing tracks. This reliance on custom routing means they don’t use bus route relations, as users are creating unique services that aren’t standardised.
Tagging service roads in bus stations
The vehicle entrances to many bus stations have a no entry sign (TSRGD diagram 616), or an all vehicles prohibited sign (TSRGD diagram 617) with an "except buses" plate.
The access restrictions implied by this are vehicle=no (with sign 616 or sign 617) + bus=designated. If there is also a signed exception for taxis, also add taxi=designated.
Please do not tag these roads as psv=yes UNLESS the entrance signage explicitly mentions PSVs. Some users have also mistakenly added motor_vehicle=designated in the belief that it means "access only for designated motor vehicles", however it actually means "designated for use by all motor vehicles as a legal right of way", which is highly unlikely to be the case.
See Also
- Community forum discussion New edits by “busmiles” affiliated people in the UK