[OSM-newbies] pedestrian or footway?

[Charlotte Wolter]

Paul,

         No city planner was involved in the development of Venice. 
It was done in the 1910s or 1920s, before city planners did much in LA.
         As for lacking appeal, the walk streets of Venice are 
very-expensive, difficult-to-obtain places to live. Of course, the 
fact that the walk streets end at the Pacific Ocean  and Venice Beach 
might have something to do with it.

--C


At 02:48 PM 11/10/2009, you wrote:
>Charlotte Wolter wrote:
>
> >          I'm working on an area of LA, Venice, where we have a
> > phenomenon called locally "walk streets." These "streets" are, in
> > fact, wide sidewalks. Houses front onto these sidewalks. There is no
> > access for cars, and bike riding is not encouraged (but not
> > prohibited) because the "walk street" can have many pedestrians at
> > times. Residents who have cars, access the houses and parking via
> > alleys behind the houses.
>
>highway=pedestrian
>bicycle=destination
>
>Though I question your city planner's desicion to allow alleyway access
>to homes via car; to date no high density development that has attempted
>this in the US has been successful, usually it dies a horrible death
>when the alleyways get congested.  Exclusively car-free
>communities have been far more successful in the US by comparison; I
>think LA needs to address the underlying problem of moving more people
>instead of moving more vehicles before they can even think about
>high-density development.
>
> >          I was busily converting these from "residential street" to
> > "pedestrian," when I came across work by someone else who was using
> > "footway." Which do you think is correct?  I don't care (though I
> > think the dotted red line for "footway" looks cooler on the rendered
> > map than the grey of "pedestrian"). I just want to get it right.
>
>Don't tag for the renderer, you can always run your own renderer to get
>the appearance you want for your map.
>
>
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