Driveways in construction look like railways

[RicoElectrico]

Expected behavior

The style of highway=construction construction=service service=driveway is different enough from minor railways (e.g. railway=rail service=yard).

Actual behavior

They're visually too similar

Screenshots with links illustrating the problem

https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/50.056987/19.086589

[dch0ph]

I suspect this is a "won't fix". I do find the construction rendering a bit jarring - it does stand out / "use more ink", whereas "in construction" roads etc. are generally less prominent ("use less ink") then normal roads. But it would be quite challenge to develop a new consistent style for construction.

Realistically in construction minor service roads are not easily confused with railways from the context.

[Vectorial1024]

I have seen maps that handles "roads in construction" with dashed road outlines, but when put into osm-carto it might be ambiguous with tunnels since tunnels also have dashed outlines.

Another approach to this could be to somehow make the railway paths have a "thicker" outline, so that railways differentiates from motor-vehicle roads more. Or, make the railway stripes longer to make it obvious those are railways.

[dch0ph]

Another approach to this could be to somehow make the railway paths have a "thicker" outline, so that railways differentiates from motor-vehicle roads more. Or, make the railway stripes longer to make it obvious those are railways.

I don't think this is a viable route - the railway render works well as it stands, so changing it to address a relatively minor issue seems a non-starter.

Personally I feel more viable option to evaluate would be dropping the (thin) casing on construction renders. You could also try reducing the opacity of the white "fill". If I understand the ordering correctly, construction types have low priority and so junctions should be rendered sensibly.

[imagico]

Using the landuse=construction color instead of the dark gray for construction on white/gray road types would significantly decrease this problem - see also #4731.