Bus Lane Feature Type

Information about the Bus Lane Feature Type, including a description, use cases for the data, and key attribution.

The Bus Lane Feature Type can be found in the Transport Network Collection of the OS NGD Transport Theme. It provides line geometry depicting the approximate centreline of bus lanes. This tells you where bus lane infrastructure is located and gives you key information about Bus Lane features. Attribution provided for each Bus Lane feature also includes a description of the type of bus lane and whether it permits cycling.

Please note, the Bus Lane Feature Type is not a topologically structured routable network. Bus Lane features will be disconnected from one another, as is often the nature of bus lane infrastructure in the real world.

Use cases

You can use bus lane data to:

• Understand where bus lane infrastructure is located

• Visualise the extent and distribution of bus lanes

• Gain key information about Bus Lane features to support asset management of bus lane infrastructure

Key attribution

Key attribution for the Bus Lane Feature Type includes:

• Description: Provides a description of the type of bus lane and its segregation from the carriageway, as well as whether the bus lane permits shared usage for cycling (for example, 'Marking Segregated Bus Lane' and 'Physically Segregated Bus And Cycle Lane').

• Modal Width: Provides an indication of the most representative width of the majority of the bus lane.

• Minimum Width​: Provides an indication of the narrowest point along the bus lane.

• Direction: Indicates the direction of travel within the bus lane.

• Link ID: Provides a reference to the Road Link the Bus Lane feature is related to.

• Side Of Road: Indicates which side of the Road Link the Bus Lane feature is present on.

• Parent ID: This is the identifier for the whole Bus Lane feature. Continuous Bus Lane features have been broken into separate bus lane links in line with the start and end of Road Links to enable a one-to-one relationship. The Parent ID attribute is used to join individual bus lane links back together to create the full Bus Lane feature.

Example visualisation showing Bus Lane features. A background map has been included to provide context.