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<div>"wild" platform - the opposite of a built, dedicated platform structure</div>
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<div>An example for both:</div>
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<div>wild - a road with a grass strip and a PT post stuck in the ground,</div>
<div>people have to use the grass strip; over time it may have an "upgrade"</div>
<div>using fine gravel to compensate for the dirt revealed by the grass stepped</div>
<div>down</div>
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<div>dedicated - a platform made of paving_stones or other solid material, may</div>
<div>be equipped with additional street furniture (shelter, tactile paving, bins, etc.)</div>
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<div>You may find wild platforms (i.e. non-dedicated ones) in secluded areas</div>
<div>with very low passenger frequency. Profit-wise such stops are usually</div>
<div>inattractive to a company, so unless they are tax sponsored they often</div>
<div>are a target of consolidation. An analogy is a wild path, e.g. when people</div>
<div>"shortcut" park meadows - it's a path for usage frequency, not because</div>
<div>it was built for or dedicated to this purpose.</div>
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<div>Tagging wild platforms is addressed by PTv2. As pointed out previously</div>
<div>platform nodes may be used to indicate these. </div>
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<div>Greetings</div>
<div>cmuelle8</div>
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<div style="margin:0 0 10px 0;"><b>Gesendet:</b> Freitag, 30. März 2018 um 08:56 Uhr<br/>
<b>Von:</b> Johnparis <okosm@johnfreed.com><br/>
<b>An:</b> "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools" <tagging@openstreetmap.org><br/>
<b>Betreff:</b> Re: [Tagging] Still RFC — Drop stop positions and platforms</div>
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<div>I don't think a tag is needed for "wild" platforms. As already noted, public_transport=platform applies to nodes already. And shelter=yes/no or bench=yes/no can be added if that's the infrastructure Christian means. (Not clear to me what exactly a "wild" platform is.)</div>
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