Key:parking:lane:both

The keys beginning with parking:lane: and parking:condition: are used for describing parking permissions and different no parking / no halting streches.

The original proposal, its discussion page, and an example gallery contain more examples.

Basics

For every road, one can have either

• parking:lane:both=* : when the situation is equal on both sides of the road

or one, or both of

• parking:lane:left=* : describing the parking allowance or prohibition on the left side of the way in the way direction
• parking:lane:right=* : likewise, on the right side of the way in the way direction

Values

These keys can have the following values:

Some vehicles allowed

These values imply that at least some vehicles are allowed to park.

• inline: they must park parallel to the road
• diagonal: they must park diagonally
• orthogonal: they must park at a straight angle, i.e. the front or back of the vehicle pointing straight towards the road center line.

Various prohibitions

• no_parking: no regular road user is allowed to park on the road. They may stop, though, to for example pick up/drop off a passenger, unload cargo or for other reasons as laid out in the local legislation.
• no_stopping: no regular road user is allowed to stop their vehicle, except when traffic conditions require him to do so.
• fire_lane: in countries where such exist, an extra sign indicating a lane that must be kept clear for possible fire engines, or other emergency vehicles: in a sense equal to, but stricter than a no_stopping.

Parking conditions

Often, when roadside parking is allowed, there are no conditions attached, except in many urban areas. These attributes are tagged with keys beginning with parking:condition:, i.e.

• parking:condition:both=* when the condition is equal on both sides of the road

or one or both of

• parking:condition:left=*
• parking:condition:right=*

Values

The condition tags are known to have the following values:

• free: parking is free of charge and parking length is not limited, either
• disc: parking is free of charge, but the vehicle must have a properly set up parking disc
• ticket: one must pay for the parking. The maximum parking time may be limited, too.
• residents: parking is only allowed to local residents with a special parking permit for that area

The following values are also in use in some cases, but require more tags to describe the implied details:

• no_parking: a strecth of road that normally allows parking, but where parking is prohibited for some part of the day.
• no_stopping: a road that normally allows parking, or stopping, but where stopping is prohibited for some part of the day.

Part time conditions

When the condition for parking is valid for some part of the day only, you need to use one more tag, that is, any of:

• parking:condition:both:time_interval=*
• parking:condition:left:time_interval=*
• parking:condition:right:time_interval=*