[Tagging] Is a sidewalk always adjacent to a traversable road?

[Nathan Edgars II]

On 8/24/2011 8:59 PM, Anthony wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Nathan Edgars II<neroute2 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> On 8/24/2011 8:07 PM, Anthony wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 4:37 AM, Nathan Edgars II<neroute2 at gmail.com>
>>>   wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 8/24/2011 3:44 AM, Simone Saviolo wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Secondly, I'm not sure that the
>>>>> way of the crossing would be a highway=footway. Isn't that supposed to
>>>>> be a separate "carriageway"?
>>>>
>>>> How is this not a separate linear object?
>>>>
>>>> http://maps.google.com/maps?q=orlando&hl=en&ll=28.535671,-81.374757&spn=0.001046,0.002575&gl=us&t=k&z=20&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=28.535671,-81.374757&panoid=DE6JLCTtWf6zny20lLARPw&cbp=12,188.61,,0,8.06
>>>
>>> A vehicle could travel between the two.
>>>
>> The two what? I'm talking about the object represented by
>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/67386026 .
>
> And you're asking how it is not separate from what?
>
I'm confused by this whole thread, not least by your apparent answering 
of your own question with two more. If you want to know exactly what 
Simone Saviolo meant, don't ask me.