[OSM-newbies] Streets closed to vehicle traffic

[Chris Mcnally]

Thanks. I checked the features page on the wiki and you are correct 
highway=pedestrian is the right designation. I've fixed my edits.

Thanks!

Chris Mcnally

Jonathan Bennett wrote:
> Chris Mcnally wrote:
>   
>> Hi, I need some advice.
>>
>> Around the Financial district in Lower Manhattan, New York, many of the 
>> former streets have become pedestrian only ways, at least for a portion 
>> of them. Wall Street, for example, has sections that are pedestrian 
>> only.  I've split the ways and labeled them highway=footway. Is this the 
>> proper way to tag the ways?
>>     
>
> highway=pedestrian is probably better -- it makes it clear it's a
> roadway rather than a narrow footway.
>
>   
>> There are other places where gates or movable bollards are set up to 
>> block most traffic, but certain vehicles can go through. I've seen on 
>> the features page that there are tags for gates, but should such a road 
>> be classified differently as well?
>>     
>
> put barrier=bollard on a node in the appropriate places, and tag the way
> with access=no and the types of traffic that are allowed access, e.g.
> taxi=yes
>