[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Tag:amenity=motorcycle_taxi

[Joseph Eisenberg]

This new tag is meant for motorcycles (2 wheeled vehicles), not
3-wheel tuk-tuks and similar vehicles, which are enclosed and provide
a separate seating are for passengers. They are more similar to
4-wheel motorcar taxis than to motorcycles.

Yes, some places (like the Phillipines) have suggested using
amenity=taxi for motorcycles, 3-wheeled bicycles, 3-wheeled motor
vehicles etc, so that they will be rendered, but I believe this is
misusing the term "taxi", which is widely understood to refer to a
motorcar taxi in most countries and languages.

That would be similar to using highway=bus_stop for taxis by arguing
that they are both publically available forms of passenger
transportation, even though a bus runs on a fixed schedule and route
and carries many different people, while a taxi is hired privately and
goes directly to your destination.

- Joseph Eisenberg



On 2/20/20, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:
> Am Do., 20. Feb. 2020 um 10:23 Uhr schrieb Volker Schmidt
> <voschix at gmail.com
>>:
>
>> Do we have any idea how many amenity=taxi already in OSM are in fact
>> toctocs or similar?
>> I suspect that this number is huge, and introducing a new tag for them
>> will only create confusion, as we have no way of migrating the toktoks
>> tagged as taxies to the new key.
>>
>
>
> until someone decided to discourage it, the wiki stated to use amenity=taxi
> with motorcycle=yes, motorcar=no for motorbike based taxi stands.
>
> Cheers
> Martin
>