# When there are nodes for both directions of a divided road **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [December 18, 2020, 5:16am UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/when-there-are-nodes-for-both-directions-of-a-divided-road/22053 "2020-12-18T05:16:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wes](https://community.citystrides.com/user_avatar/community.citystrides.com/wes/32/1054_2.png) [@wes](https://community.citystrides.com/u/wes)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 5:16am UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/when-there-are-nodes-for-both-directions-of-a-divided-road/22053/1 "2020-12-18T05:16:31Z")
![Screen Shot 2020-12-17 at 9.13.05 PM](https://d25dflut6m8e53.cloudfront.net/original/2X/9/9508c390f7c0bae2e94dda7f7c2a6a0bbc1d7f21.jpeg) This screenshot shows a short section where a road is briefly divided. Nodes are shown are both sides. Do both sides need to be run? Will going through once satisfy? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![petje](https://community.citystrides.com/user_avatar/community.citystrides.com/petje/32/2348_2.png) [@petje](https://community.citystrides.com/u/petje)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 7:24am UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/when-there-are-nodes-for-both-directions-of-a-divided-road/22053/2 "2020-12-18T07:24:40Z")
It’s your choice, CS ill check to nodes to green if you are close enough. something around 20 meters. Your example is one street for me, i wouldn’t double it. It’s just seperate drivelanes of one street. ---
**Author:** ![kevincharlespels](https://community.citystrides.com/user_avatar/community.citystrides.com/kevincharlespels/32/2536_2.png) [@kevincharlespels](https://community.citystrides.com/u/kevincharlespels)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/when-there-are-nodes-for-both-directions-of-a-divided-road/22053/3 "2020-12-18T13:15:33Z")
I try to always run against traffic especially in cities, so personally I would just loop around. But run down the median if you want to eat the nodes most efficiently 😅 ---
**Author:** ![8f7162110d9eeaf907ab](https://community.citystrides.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/8/ad7895/32.png) [@8f7162110d9eeaf907ab](https://community.citystrides.com/u/8f7162110d9eeaf907ab)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/when-there-are-nodes-for-both-directions-of-a-divided-road/22053/4 "2020-12-18T14:00:11Z")
I used to run down the median in these situations, but after going a few km with trucks rushing past at 60km/h only for GPS drift to put my track firmly on one side of the road I stopped bothering 😅. If it’s just a road with a small median I consider it done if I’ve run one side, if there’s a park or significant space between the lanes I’ll run both sides. For collecting streets it’s enough to get 90% of nodes, so you could probably grab the one in your example by just running the nodier side 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ericjrw](https://community.citystrides.com/user_avatar/community.citystrides.com/ericjrw/32/1065_2.png) [@ericjrw](https://community.citystrides.com/u/ericjrw)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/when-there-are-nodes-for-both-directions-of-a-divided-road/22053/5 "2020-12-18T16:39:00Z")
> [@petje](#): > > something around 20 meters Exact number is 25m ( See “Making them count” @ [About the Node, Street, and City Data](https://community.citystrides.com/t/about-the-node-street-and-city-data/19802) ). For me, I have done both methods above, run both sides, towards oncoming traffic and walked medians (they are usually overgrown, and I don’t trust running where I can’t see). One thing I didn’t see mentioned, is you only need 90% of the nodes to “complete” the street. depending how many total nodes are on 42st St, running one side of that median may be enough. But I have seen many people who want “all the nodes to be green”, and lines on every street of the life map. In fact, that is my goal too.