Key:bus_bay
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A bus bay outside the main carriageway for boarding/alighting ![]() |
Group: highways |
Used on these elements |
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Useful combination |
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Status: approved![]() |
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The bus_bay=*
key can be used to indicate the presence of a bus bay. A bus bay is a designated area where buses can pull over to pick up or drop off passengers. It's often located at the side of a road or within a bus station or terminal. Bus bays help manage traffic flow and ensure that buses don’t obstruct other vehicles while they’re loading or unloading passengers.
A bus bay must be a bay outside the main carriageway (not included in lane count) and not physically separated. It does not matter whether a bus stop is placed at the bus bay or not. The only criteria a bay along a side of the road being considered a bus bay is that the purpose is to pick up and/or drop off passengers.
If the boarding place is physically separated (splits off) from the main carriageway, make a highway=service
for it and do not use this tag unless there is really a bay along the carriageway of highway=service
.
Usage
To provide information about bus bays, add the bus_bay=*
tag to the highway=*
way representing the street.
The values left
and right
depend on the direction in which the way is drawn in OpenStreetMap. A value of left
means the left-hand side of the road when looking in forward direction, while right
means the right-hand side. See Forward & backward, left & right for further explanation about directions and sides.
If the boarding place is physically separated from the street please use a separate way (e.g. highway=service
).
Values
Value | Description |
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both
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Both sides of the street have bus bays. |
right
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One bus bay on the right side of the way representing the street. |
left
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One bus bay on the left side of the way representing the street. |
Additional tags
Additional tags can be added by using the bus_bay: prefix, in combination with the :left/right/both suffix (becoming an infix here). For example:
See also
- Proposed_features/bus bay - approved proposal for this key
highway=emergency_bay
- emergency bay on a highwayhighway=passing_place
- A passing place on a single track road.parking=street_side
- a bay of a road to park cars. Some bus bays are repurposed parking bays.public_transport=stop_position
highway=bus_stop
- Bus lanes
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