Proposal:Footpath types and Sidewalk parts

Footpath types and Sidewalk parts
Proposal status:	Draft (under way)
Proposed by:	Kovposch
Draft started:	2022-06-17

Proposal

Add more non-motorized pathway types, and sidewalk parts.

Rationale

This allows them to be rendered and queried by consumers with different level of significance.

Connectors

footway=link is defined differently from Proposed features/Tag:footway=link here. virtual=yes will be used. The reason is to allow tagging of physically separated and significant length virtual=no footway=link between parts of a sidewalk. (eg perhaps separated by pillars, landscaping, tunnels, and other structures)

It can be used for linear highway=* needed for routing within an omnidirectional highway=* + area=yes to distinguish them from other physical ways.

Other use case:

• Multiple boarding points for ferry https://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=74905
• Car trains?

Other extended uses:

• River continuing in a lake (cf NHD Flowline using artificial_path for linear waterway representation inside other waterbody features https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/how-to-tag-an-inclined-way-with-flat-areas-along-it-which-enable-wheelchair-users-to-rest/2131/12 --- example https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Silvia-Terziotti/publication/348937526/figure/fig3/AS:986429387710467@1612194501381/Example-of-artificial-path-features-in-Lake-Fannie-in-Minnesota-Source-data-are-from-the.png )
• Section between a culvert and an exposed water channel

Sidewalk parts

There is no tagging for narrow or not normally used sidewalks.

• Terminology on "carriage-walk" or "service-walk" is conflicting on whether they refer to the perpendicular connection from the roadway to the main sidewalk and house, or the narrow parallel walkway.
  • "carriage walk" for the the cross-connection https://www.wfbvillage.gov/DocumentCenter/View/149/Carriage-Walk-PDF
  • "carriage walk" for the narrow parallel walkway; "courtesy walk" for the cross-connection https://www.chicago.gov/dam/city/depts/cdot/StreetandSitePlanDesignStandards407.pdf#page=walk
  • "catwalk" for the narrow parallel walkway ; "courtesy walk" for the cross-connection https://apps.dot.illinois.gov/eplan/desenv/030912/60P99-009/PLANS/11X17-030912-60P99-009-013-006.pdf
  • "catwalk" / "landing step" (for boarding & alighting the vehicle) for the narrow parallel walkway; "courtesy walk" for the cross-connection https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/cdot/sdwlk/general/SCSP_FAQ_2014-05-19.pdf

• Should not be routed along bus stops set aside along the verge (where there may be queues and shelters blocking the way), which may exist isolated on a road without or further separated with the main sidewalk. They are also common on "bypass" or "island" layout of bus stops along highway=cycleway .

(Note: sidewalk=continous is planned to be deprecated in Proposed features/Crosswalk clean-up)

Crossings and sidepaths

highway=path and highway=cycleway will have *=sidepath and *=crossing approved to match highway=footway + footway=*. Similarly for cycleway=separate on roads to sidewalk=separate.

Pedestrian lane

pedestrian_lane=* was previously rejected for not conforming to footway=* and cycleway=*.

Tagging

Connectors

• footway=link
  • include perpendicular "service-walk"/"carriage-walk" to the main sidewalk
• cycleway=link
• path=link

Ends

• virtual=yes

Crossing

• cycleway=crossing
• path=crossing

Sidepath

• cycleway=sidepath
• path=sidepath
• cycleway=separate

Sidewalk parts

• sidewalk=* or usage=*
  • *=main
  • roadside=* (more descriptive than *=catwalk )
  • TBD *=service or service=yes narrow, usually for maintenance only, not intended to be very usable by the public
  • *=platform (TBD interaction with highway=platform )

Pedestrian lane

footway=lane similar usage as cycleway=lane

See also foot:lanes=*

Examples

"service-walk"/"carriage-walk"

Catwalk

Connection to bus stop

Cross-passageway between pillars, landscaping,structures

Auxiliary sidewalk along the median for maintenance

External discussions

Previous discussions

• https://discord.com/channels/413070382636072960/428214296695144458/820706144090980432

• Sidewalks#As_a_pedestrian_lane_on_the_road https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/pedestrian-lane-on-the-road/97086

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