Quick Poll: Lane count

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By the way, the older dual-use lanes in this city begin quite abruptly; I’ve nearly collided into a parked car after coming around a curve. On a more recent conversion of Central Parkway to a dual-use lane, the city put up warning signs and markings ahead of the parking spaces that make it pretty clear that the right lane isn’t a travel lane during parking hours:

A marking on the right lane says Caution Parked Cars. A warning sign says Right Lane Ends Except 7 AM to 9 AM Monday to Friday. Below it, a regulatory sign says No Stopping No Parking Any Time, but further down there are signs allowing parking between 7 AM and 9 PM weekdays. (© 2019 realadamp, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
A marking on the right lane says Caution Parked Cars. A warning sign says Right Lane Ends Except 7 AM to 9 AM Monday to Friday. Below it, a regulatory sign says No Stopping No Parking Any Time, but further down there are signs allowing parking between 7 AM and 9 PM weekdays. (© 2019 realadamp, CC BY-SA 4.0.)1920×1440 390 KB

Central Parkway frequently alternates between a dedicated parking lane and a dual use lane. The conversion initially caused a lot of confusion despite the temporary signs they put up to educate the public:

Two diagrams of diagrammatic parking signs. The sign on the left says Park Next to Bike Lane and depicts three lanes of cars and a bike lane. The cars in the left two lanes are moving and the car in the right lane is parked, with no lane marking separating it from the travel lanes. The sign on the right says Park Next to Bike Lane Except 3–6 PM, depicting only two lanes of cars and a bike lane. The car in the left lane is moving and the car in the right lane is parked, with a standard lane divider separating the two lanes. (© 2014 City of Cincinnati, fair use for critical commentary.)
Two diagrams of diagrammatic parking signs. The sign on the left says Park Next to Bike Lane and depicts three lanes of cars and a bike lane. The cars in the left two lanes are moving and the car in the right lane is parked, with no lane marking separating it from the travel lanes. The sign on the right says Park Next to Bike Lane Except 3–6 PM, depicting only two lanes of cars and a bike lane. The car in the left lane is moving and the car in the right lane is parked, with a standard lane divider separating the two lanes. (© 2014 City of Cincinnati, fair use for critical commentary.)1001×726 108 KB

They’ve since replaced the signs with simpler diagrammatic signs. These signs have legal effect because they follow basic principles of regulatory signs, but they aren’t standard in the sense of being codified anywhere.

Along space-constrained blocks, the standard lane divider markings continue uninterrupted, but driving is prohibited during parking hours, even if the spaces are unoccupied:

A regulatory sign has three arrows side by side representing three lanes. The center lane is labeled No Stopping No Parking 7–9 AM Monday to Friday, Tow Zone. The right lane has a pictogram of a bicycle and is labeled No Stopping Anytime, Tow Zone. The right lane has a solid divider while the left lane has a standard lane divider. (© 2019 realadamp, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
A regulatory sign has three arrows side by side representing three lanes. The center lane is labeled No Stopping No Parking 7–9 AM Monday to Friday, Tow Zone. The right lane has a pictogram of a bicycle and is labeled No Stopping Anytime, Tow Zone. The right lane has a solid divider while the left lane has a standard lane divider. (© 2019 realadamp, CC BY-SA 4.0.)1920×1440 179 KB

I’d tag this as:

lanes=1
lanes:conditional=2 @ (Mo-Fr 07:00-09:00)
placement=right_of:1
parking:right=lane
parking:right:restriction:conditional=no_stopping @ (Mo-Fr 07:00-09:00)
parking:right:markings=no
cycleway:right=lane

But if driving were always allowed in the absence of parked cars, as in the original post, then it would be slightly simpler:

lanes=2
placement=right_of:1
parking:right=shared_lane
parking:right:restriction:conditional=no_stopping @ (Mo-Fr 07:00-09:00)
parking:right:markings=no
cycleway:right=lane

Along more spacious blocks, there’s a dedicated parking lane, but it’s mostly unmarked:

No marking between the travel and parking lanes, where some cars are parked. There is a marking to indicate the end of the parking lane and the beginning of a turn lane. A regulatory sign on a lamppost depicts three lanes (omitting the left two lanes). The center lane labeled as a paid parking lane. The right lane is a bike lane labeled No Stopping No Parking Anytime, Tow Zone. The right lane has a solid divider while the left lane has a standard lane divider.
No marking between the travel and parking lanes, where some cars are parked. There is a marking to indicate the end of the parking lane and the beginning of a turn lane. A regulatory sign on a lamppost depicts three lanes (omitting the left two lanes). The center lane labeled as a paid parking lane. The right lane is a bike lane labeled No Stopping No Parking Anytime, Tow Zone. The right lane has a solid divider while the left lane has a standard lane divider.1920×1440 118 KB

I’d tag this as:

lanes=3
turn:lanes=left|none|none
change:lanes=no|not_left|yes
placement=right_of:2
parking:right=lane
parking:right:fee=yes
parking:right:markings=no
cycleway:right=lane

It would be nice to indicate the relative positions of the parking and bike lanes somehow. If we do so using the *:lanes=* syntax, then these tags all get more complicated:

lanes=3
vehicle:lanes=yes|yes|yes|yes|no
bicycle:lanes=yes|no|no|no|designated
turn:lanes=left|none|none|none|through
change:lanes=no|not_left|yes|not_right|no
lane_markings:lanes=yes|yes|not_right|not_left|yes
placement=right_of:2
parking:right=lane
parking:right:fee=yes
parking:right:markings=no
cycleway:right=lane

Parking-protected bike lanes are becoming more common in the U.S., just like in Germany, so maybe some complexity is unavoidable. But I’d echo the sentiment that requiring this level of detail anywhere there’s dedicated parking would probably raise the barrier too high for most mappers to consider mapping street parking. I hope we can find a solution for the German dual-use lanes that results in reasonably simple baseline tagging for everyone.