Tag:busway=opposite

This feature has been labeled as deprecated. The recommended replacement is: oneway:bus=*.
The reason is documented in Deprecated features. You are still free to continue to use or interpret this tag as you see fit since OpenStreetMap does not have “banned features”.
Under no circumstances should you (semi-)automatically change “deprecated” tags to something else in the database on a large scale without conforming to the automated edits code of conduct. Any such change will be reverted.

busway=opposite was a rarely used tag to denote one-way exceptions for buses when a bus lane doesn't exist (where you'd use the similarly deprecated busway=opposite_lane instead). This makes it the bus equivalent for cycleway=opposite, also deprecated.

The alternative to denote contraflow traffic for buses is the already more common oneway:bus=no.

Deprecation follow-up

Deprecation vote

This tag has been formally deprecated by a community vote on 2024-11-15.

Transition stats

• Use history of the busway=oppositetag: https://taghistory.raifer.tech/#***/busway/opposite
• Use history of busway=opposite and oneway:bus=* tags: https://taghistory.raifer.tech/#***/busway/opposite&***/oneway:bus/*/

Tasks

Please help the community to transition from busway=opposite_lane to oneway:bus=no with the following tasks:

Documentation

Task	English	Every other language	Comment
Update busway=opposite wiki page	yes	no
Update oneway:bus=* wiki page	yes	no
Update the deprecated features page	yes	N/A
Update every other mentioning the busway=opposite tag (listed here) excluding users & discussion pages	no	no
Update Changelog	no	N/A
[Please add any documentation that might be relevant]	N/A	N/A
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Tools

See https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/busway=opposite_lane#projects for more details about the tools using this tag.

Mission	Task	busway=opposite tag deprecated	oneway:bus=* tag supported	URL of the request	Comment
For every editorː change preset	Update JOSM preset	no	N/A	Please replace this cell with the specific URL of the request made on https://josm.openstreetmap.de/report
	Update iD preset	no	N/A	Please replace this cell with the specific URL of the request made on https://github.com/openstreetmap/id-tagging-schema/issues
	Update Vespucci preset	no	N/A	Please replace this cell with the specific URL of the request made on https://github.com/simonpoole/beautified-JOSM-preset
For every Q/A toolsː suggest to enforce the proposal	Create a JOSM/Validator preset	no	N/A	Please replace this cell with the specific URL of the request made
	Other toolsː suggest to enforce the proposal	Update Organic Maps preset	Unknown	N/A	Please replace this cell with the specific URL of the request made on https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/issues
	Osmose	Unkown	N/A	Unkown	N/A
	MapRoulette	Unkown	N/A	Unkown	N/A
	MapComplete	Unkown	N/A	Unkown	N/A
	Public Transport Network Analysis	Unkown	N/A	Unkown	N/A
	[Please add any editor, tool, search engine, router, render or other project that might be relevant]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
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Render

See https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/busway=opposite#projects to find out which renders are using this tag.

Mission	Task	busway=opposite tag deprecated	oneway:bus=* tag supported	URL of the request	Comment
[Please add any render that might be relevant]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
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