Legally and practically, all roads are open to pedestrians unless there is a specific prohibition. Walking is considered a basic right, and practically it is difficult to stop people from walking anywhere.
Motorways are the only exception in most countries. In rural parts of the USA even motorways are often legally accessible to bicycles and in foot; eg Interstate 8 east of San Diego, and both interstate freeways in Oregon (except in the city of Portland and in Medford) allow people on bicycles and on foot On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 10:43 PM Tobias Zwick <o...@westnordost.de> wrote: > With this information given, the question is, whether > > highway=residential + sidewalk=no > > implies a > > foot=yes > > . And with implies, I mean, that it is considered *duplicate > information* if this is tagged. Note that This is different to an > unspecified information which can with relative certainty be assumed (by > data consumers) to be X. ( See also > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/StreetComplete/FAQ#Why_does_StreetComplete_often_tag_the_absence_of_features.3F > ) > > I am unsure about this myself, it's certainly not mentioned in the wiki, > but that doesn't have to mean anything. > > What do you think? > > Tobias > > On 14/02/2019 14:25, Tobias Zwick wrote: > > Yes, there is a new quest in v10, which tags foot=yes/no. It is no > > problem to make changes on it, but let me first provide some information > > on it first, so we have a common basis to discuss: > > > > For any street that has been tagged as having no sidewalk, the > > StreetComplete asks the surveyor: > > > > "Is this street accessible for pedestrians here? > > > > This street was tagged as having no sidewalk on either side. So, the > > street is only accessible on foot if people may walk on the street > > itself or there is enough space to walk beside it." > > > > When the surveyor answers "yes", foot=yes is tagged. > > > > The rationale behind collecting this information is, that if a street is > > explicitly surveyed as having no sidewalk, it is no longer implicated > > that naturally the street is accessible on foot (foot=yes). Roads > > explicitly signed as motorroads are not the only roads that are not > > accessible on foot. > > > > And this is an important information for pedestrian routers and maybe a > > useful information for car routers (because they might want to prefer > > routes without the sidewalk=no + foot=yes combination). > > > > Tobias > > > > 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 > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Tagging mailing list > >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org > >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tagging mailing list > > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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