diff --git a/include/osm/osm_common.h b/include/osm/osm_common.h
index 921e276d4c7768c91d7e0c040e91b2084cd613b1..843ffcc27e1c43f141539c0016cecb165f24d800 100644
--- a/include/osm/osm_common.h
+++ b/include/osm/osm_common.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef _OSM_COMMON_H
 #define _OSM_COMMON_H
 
-#define DEFAULT_LANE_WIDTH   3.0
+#define DEFAULT_LANE_WIDTH   4.0
 #define DEFAULT_MIN_RADIUS   5.0
 #define MIN_ROAD_LENGTH      0.5
 
diff --git a/src/osm/osm_way.cpp b/src/osm/osm_way.cpp
index 5b97dfcbdfef54257a4c63056d4836f98bc0c3c0..e07adfe28af8245eccd017b0eb4b6fe958dc25d8 100644
--- a/src/osm/osm_way.cpp
+++ b/src/osm/osm_way.cpp
@@ -84,11 +84,12 @@ COSMWay::COSMWay(const osmium::Way &way,COSMMap *parent)
       this->num_backward_lanes=std::stoi(std::string(value));
   }
   // get the road width
-  value=way.get_value_by_key("width");
-  if(value==NULL)
-    this->lane_width=-1.0;
-  else
-    this->lane_width=std::stof(std::string(value))/(this->num_forward_lanes+this->num_backward_lanes);
+//  value=way.get_value_by_key("width");
+//  if(value==NULL)
+//    this->lane_width=-1.0;
+//  else
+//    this->lane_width=std::stof(std::string(value))/(this->num_forward_lanes+this->num_backward_lanes);
+  this->lane_width=DEFAULT_LANE_WIDTH;
   // get the lane constraints
   this->load_lane_restrictions(way);
   // create and add the way