diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 9f1ae8e82..b2b53e6c9 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
         <script src='js/id/format/xml.js'></script>
 
         <script src='js/id/graph/entity.js'></script>
-        <script src='js/id/graph/way.js'></script>
         <script src='js/id/graph/graph.js'></script>
         <script src='js/id/graph/history.js'></script>
         <script src='js/id/connection.js'></script>
diff --git a/js/id/graph/entity.js b/js/id/graph/entity.js
index 3c7749411..e484458c0 100644
--- a/js/id/graph/entity.js
+++ b/js/id/graph/entity.js
@@ -34,11 +34,23 @@ iD.Entity.prototype = {
 };
 
 iD.Node = function(attrs) {
-    return iD.Entity(_.extend({}, attrs || {}, {type: 'node'}));
+    return iD.Entity(_.extend({}, attrs || {}, {type: 'node', tags: {}}));
 };
 
 iD.Way = function(attrs) {
-    return iD.Entity(_.extend({}, attrs || {}, {type: 'way', nodes: []}));
+    return iD.Entity(_.extend({}, attrs || {}, {type: 'way', nodes: [], tags: {}}));
+};
+
+iD.Way.isOneWay = function(d) {
+    return !!(d.tags.oneway && d.tags.oneway === 'yes');
+};
+
+iD.Way.isClosed = function(d) {
+    return (!d.nodes.length) || d.nodes[d.nodes.length - 1].id === d.nodes[0].id;
+};
+
+iD.Way.isArea = function(d) {
+    return iD.Way.isClosed(d) || (d.tags.area && d.tags.area === 'yes');
 };
 
 iD.Relation = function(attrs) {
diff --git a/js/id/graph/way.js b/js/id/graph/way.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 81590be45..000000000
--- a/js/id/graph/way.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-// Way
-// wiki: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Way
-//
-// Ways can either be open or closed. A closed way is such that the
-// last node is the first node.
-//
-// If a a way is _closed_, it is assumed to be an area unless it has a
-// `highway` or `barrier` tag and is not also tagged `area`.
-
-iD.Way.isClosed = function(w) {
-    return (!w.nodes.length) || w.nodes[w.nodes.length - 1].id === w.nodes[0].id;
-};
diff --git a/js/id/renderer/map.js b/js/id/renderer/map.js
index cacf85f02..4c5dc0ea8 100644
--- a/js/id/renderer/map.js
+++ b/js/id/renderer/map.js
@@ -133,10 +133,6 @@ iD.Map = function() {
 
     function classActive(d) { return d.id === selection; }
 
-    function isArea(a) {
-        return iD.Way.isClosed(a) || (a.tags.area && a.tags.area === 'yes');
-    }
-
     function drawVector(only) {
         if (surface.style(transformProp) != 'none') return;
         var all = [], ways = [], areas = [], points = [], waynodes = [],
@@ -160,7 +156,7 @@ iD.Map = function() {
             var a = all[i];
             if (a.type === 'way') {
                 a._line = nodeline(a);
-                if (isArea(a)) areas.push(a);
+                if (iD.Way.isArea(a)) areas.push(a);
                 else ways.push(a);
             } else if (a._poi) {
                 points.push(a);
@@ -256,7 +252,6 @@ iD.Map = function() {
         markers.select('image').attr('xlink:href', iD.Style.markerimage);
     }
 
-    function isOneWay(d) { return d.tags.oneway && d.tags.oneway === 'yes'; }
     function drawStrokes(ways, filter) {
         var strokes = g.stroke.selectAll('path')
             .filter(filter)
@@ -273,7 +268,7 @@ iD.Map = function() {
 
         // Determine the lengths of oneway paths
         var lengths = {},
-            oneways = strokes.filter(isOneWay).each(function(d) {
+            oneways = strokes.filter(iD.Way.isOneWay).each(function(d) {
                 lengths[d.id] = Math.floor(this.getTotalLength() / alength);
             }).data();
 
diff --git a/test/index.html b/test/index.html
index 6441b0eba..cba65727f 100644
--- a/test/index.html
+++ b/test/index.html
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
     <script src='../js/id/format/xml.js'></script>
 
     <script src='../js/id/graph/entity.js'></script>
-    <script src='../js/id/graph/way.js'></script>
     <script src='../js/id/graph/graph.js'></script>
     <script src='../js/id/graph/history.js'></script>
     <script src='../js/id/connection.js'></script>
diff --git a/test/spec/graph/way.js b/test/spec/graph/way.js
index 099de038d..13f9f5d49 100644
--- a/test/spec/graph/way.js
+++ b/test/spec/graph/way.js
@@ -1,14 +1,24 @@
 describe('Way', function() {
-  var way;
+    describe('#isClosed', function() {
+        it('is not closed with two distinct nodes', function() {
+            var open_way = { type: 'way', nodes: [{id: 'n1'}, {id: 'n2'}] };
+            expect(iD.Way.isClosed(open_way)).to.equal(false);
+        });
+        it('is not closed with a node loop', function() {
+            var closed_way = { type: 'way', nodes: [{id: 'n1'}, {id: 'n2'}, {id: 'n1'}] };
+            expect(iD.Way.isClosed(closed_way)).to.equal(true);
+        });
+    });
 
-  beforeEach(function() {
-      way = { type: 'way', nodes: [{id: 'n1'}, {id: 'n2'}] };
-  });
-
-
-  describe('#isClosed', function() {
-      it('is not closed with two distinct nodes ', function() {
-          expect(iD.Way.isClosed(way)).to.equal(false);
-      });
-  });
+    describe('#isOneWay', function() {
+        it('is not oneway without any tags', function() {
+            expect(iD.Way.isOneWay(iD.Way())).to.eql(false);
+        });
+        it('is not oneway oneway=no', function() {
+            expect(iD.Way.isOneWay(iD.Way({ tags: { oneway: 'no' } }))).to.eql(false);
+        });
+        it('is oneway oneway=yes', function() {
+            expect(iD.Way.isOneWay(iD.Way({ tags: { oneway: 'yes' } }))).to.eql(false);
+        });
+    });
 });