[Tagging] iD adding highway=footway to all railway/public_transport=platform ways and relations

[Jo]

a platform, whether tagged as public_transport=platform, highway=platform
or railway=platform is always accessible and routeable for pedestrians. So
no need to explicitly tag them with highway=footway or foot=yes or
something of that nature.

Polyglot

On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 6:28 PM Nick Bolten <nbolten at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm confused, because these two statements seem incompatible. If it's
> redundant, how can it also have a conflict like different address
> restrictions? I'd like to know how, as a data consumer, I should reliably
> interpret existing platforms without the tag added by iD.
>
> Taking a step back, can anyone name an instance where a linear transit
> platform is not a footway?
>
> On Thu, May 23, 2019, 12:49 AM Markus <selfishseahorse at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I agree that adding highway=footway to platforms is not only
>> redundant, but (as pointed out by Michael) is bad because platforms
>> often have different access restrictions than highway=footway. iD's
>> validation rule should be removed.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Markus
>>
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