In the United States, the rules aren't quite as permissive (for
example, authorities are allowed to forbid foot traffic), but in
practice, I'm not aware of a single case where a residential street
actually prohibits foot traffic. (I'm aware of one near me that's
*tagged* as such, but I think it's a double tagging error: it's not a
residential street, and the user who tagged it misinterpreted a "don't
cross" sign at the intersection as "foot traffic prohibited".)
If you want to make this useful in the US, limit it to the situations
where foot traffic is likely to be prohibited: things like bridges,
tunnels, cuttings, and embankments.
--
Mark
On Thu, 14 Feb 2019 16:05:56 +0100
Rory McCann <r...@technomancy.org> wrote:
> I can't find any issue on Github for this feature.
>
> But in Ireland (& I think UK), all public roads except motorways, are
> foot=yes. Legally you can walk on the road, even if there is not
> footpath ("sidewalk"). I think this adds bloat and quests which will
> annoy mappers.
>
> On 14/02/2019 10:26, Florian Lohoff wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > i am seeing a growing number of changesets setting foot=yes
> > on all kinds of roads e.g. residential
> >
> > https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/403719315
> >
> > Commit message is:
> >
> > "Add whether roads are accessible for pedestrians"
> >
> > All residentials are accessible to pedestrians so i a bit puzzled
> > what this challenge is good for. It just adds redundant tags to
> > all roads.
> >
> > Flo
>
>
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