This page describes how the road network in ANYWAYS is structured and how its properties affect routing and traffic assignment.

OpenStreetMap data model

ANYWAYS uses OpenStreetMap (OSM) as the underlying source for its road network.

The road network in ANYWAYS follows the same core data model and tagging concepts as OpenStreetMap, including:

• Roads represented as ways
• Connectivity defined at intersections
• Properties such as direction, access, and speed derived from OSM tags

This means that:

• Road segment properties in ANYWAYS correspond closely to OSM tags
• Familiar OSM concepts (e.g. one-way streets, access restrictions, speed limits) behave as expected
• Edits in ANYWAYS modify the network state derived from OSM data

Not all OSM tags are necessarily used for routing or simulation, and some tags may be interpreted or simplified to support traffic assignment.

Road segments

The road network consists of road segments connected at intersections.

Each road segment represents a directed or bidirectional section of road and has a set of properties that influence:

• Whether the segment can be used
• Which vehicles can use it
• How costly it is to traverse

Road segments are the fundamental units used by the route planner.

Direction