<div dir="auto">Thanks everyone for your thoughts. I was looking for a different answer to the StreetComplete question (as 'no' seemed wrong) but Jerry's example shows how different these could be, so probably best mapped separately.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Tom</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 17 Dec 2021, 16:33 SK53, <<a href="mailto:sk53.osm@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">sk53.osm@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>This is, indeed, the most practical solution. It was why Dad made a significant contribution to restoring the handrail on the steps of our local church.</div><div><br></div><div>The council are so strapped for cash that even if it was on their land, I suspect it would be a low priority. It is actually on one of the university campuses.<br></div><div>Irritating short runs of steps seem to be a common feature of 60s campuses in general, and not all have ramp bypasses.</div><div><br></div><div>I think the idea of adding a short bypassing loop footway (trail_visibility=low, surface=grass, informal=yes, with a suitable note makes a lot of sense. It's certainly based on ground survey.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks all,</div><div><br></div><div>Jerry<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 17 Dec 2021 at 15:56, Martin Wynne <<a href="mailto:martin@85a.uk" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">martin@85a.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 17/12/2021 14:20, David Woolley wrote:<br>
> It would seem to me that this would probably justify contacting the <br>
> council and suggesting the steps be replaced with a ramp, as, <br>
> presumably, the steps are there to increase accessibility, but they seem <br>
> to be doing the reverse.<br>
<br>
Better to suggest adding a handrail - ramps are difficult in icy weather.<br>
<br>
Martin.<br>
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