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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I’ve just posted this on the Wiki discussion page (<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Tag:highway%3Dpedestrian#.22For_town_centres_and_civic_areas.22">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Tag:highway%3Dpedestrian#.22For_town_centres_and_civic_areas.22</a>)
but the thread is a little old and I know not everyone reads the Wiki anyway…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I’m wondering at what point, if at all, a highway=footway becomes highway=pedestrian (i.e., a pedestrian area)?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have an example (<a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/365487665#map=18/52.44601/-1.81904">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/365487665#map=18/52.44601/-1.81904</a>) of a sidewalk that has been mapped as a pedestrian area. It is certainly
quite wide (around 7-8 m in places) and is located within a town centre/civic area. It even has painted markings (since COVID-19 pandemic began) splitting the direction of travel for pedestrians - though this is, of course, entirely ignored by everyone walking
there. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">However, it is, fundamentally, just a wide paved area for pedestrians that runs parallel and adjacent to the main carriageway (road) – i.e. a sidewalk.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Do we define particularly wide sidewalks as pedestrian areas? They do seem to match most of the criteria listed on the Wiki but it doesn’t seem to quite fit for me.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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