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

Eugene Alvin Villar seav80 at gmail.com
Thu Feb 20 12:20:07 UTC 2020


As a person from the Philippines who uses these "motorcycle taxis" (we call
them tricycles here and they are basically motorcycles with an attached
sidecar for passengers), I am in favor of having a new top-level tag for
these "taxi" stations. The reason why we used "taxi" here is that this was
the closest comparable equivalent tag for such public transport amenities.

However, I would prefer a value that is something else than
"motorcycle_taxi" and that is because in some other areas, instead of
motorcycles, they use (pedaled) bicycles instead. These are called pedicabs
(but in other parts of the country, tricycles may be called pedicabs as
well) and are effectively equivalent to the traditional motorcycle
tricycles as a form of public transportation. The only difference is one is
human-powered while the other is engine-powered.

Furthermore, we actually have "real" motorcycle-based ride-hailing taxi
services here (one such service is called Angkas: https://angkas.com/ ) and
I think using "motorcycle_taxi" as a tag value would be confusing.


On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 3:50 PM Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenberg at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I would like to formally request comments on the proposal for
> amenity=motorcycle_taxi:
>
> "A place where motorcycle taxis wait for passengers"
>
>
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Tag:amenity%3Dmotorcycle_taxi
>
> In many countries, motorcycles for hire are much more common than
> automobile taxis.
>
> In these places, motorcycle drivers wait at stands, often with a small
> shelter, and they can be hired to take one or more passengers to
> various destinations. A fare is paid for a one-way trip. The passenger
> usually rides behind the driver. In some countries two or even three
> passengers can be carried on one motorcycle "taxi".
>
> Motorcycle taxis are also known as "motos" or "bike taxi", or by other
> local names, such as "ojek" here in Indonesia and in Singapore,
> "boda-boda" in Uganda, and "okada" in Nigeria.
>
> While some have proposed using amenity=taxi plus additional tags for
> motorcycle taxi stands, this is quite confusing for travelers who
> generally expect a "taxi" to be 4-wheeled motorcar capable of carrying
> 4 people and luggage. So a different tag is proposed to avoid
> confusion and more precisely tag these features.
>
> - Joseph Eisenberg
>
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