[Tagging] Sidewalk Tagging for Routing

[Philip Barnes]

On Tue, 2015-11-24 at 09:01 +0100, Marc Gemis wrote:
> In Belgium several primary/secondary roads go through town centers
> (e.g. [1], [2]), where the maximum speed is reduced to 50 km/h (same
> as for residential roads).  Most people will cross the street where it
> is most suitable (especially near [2] where the road is even pretty
> narrow), not necessarily at marked pedestrian crossings.
> I guess Jaywalking is pretty common in Belgium.
> 
> And what about the obligation to walk on the left side of the road
> when there is no sidewalk ? Should a router take that into account and
> let you walk to the next road crossing to switch sides ? Would be
> pretty neat.

It would be very annoying. 

The rule, or recommendation as its not always the sensible thing to do,
is to walk facing oncoming traffic, its the right in the UK. Walkers
will decide what is sensible depending on the situation. 

It is not a routers job to dictate rules but to simply guide the user in
the right direction.

Phil (trigpoint)