Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenb...@gmail.com> writes: >> The question asked is "Is this street accessible for pedestrians here?". >> It doesn't ask for the user's opinion on how safe it is. >> > > I believe this is the wrong question. It should be “Are pedestrians legally > prohibited from walking along this road?”
Agreed. The tag is about legal access and therefore a question intended to set the tag must be phrased that way, clearly enough that app users who *do not understand the tagging rules* will answer correctly. FWIW, around me pedestrians may walk on almost any road except Interstate Highways, and perhaps a few other roads that feel like that (which would then be tagged individually as foot=no, bicycle=no, horse=no, and perhaps the not really existing farm_equipment=no). Not long ago I saw a bicyclist on the side of a road that is clearly trunk: 2 lanes each way, divided, traffic lights every 1.5 miles or so, posted 45 mph with typical speeds 65 mph. Very unsuual, but not prohibited. And Paul has a good point that riding on that road on the right side of the breakdown lane is arguably safer than on a lower-class road that's far narrower. A bicycle example, but applies equally to pedestrians. I can see that there might be a frustration about OSM not having tags that represent "would a prudent person think it's scary to walk here", but the usual OSM response is to look for an existing tag and if not define one. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
