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

[Jarek Piórkowski]

On Thu, 20 Feb 2020 at 02:49, 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"
> ...
> 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.

We could credit travellers with some knowledge of local norms, and use
secondary tags to clarify when necessary.

As a Canadian, a restaurant will always give free tap water if I am a
dining there. When I travel in Europe, that's not necessarily the
case. Should I suggest a tag amenity=restaurant_with_paid_water?

Similarly I would not expect people to suggest a
highway=secondary_but_extremely_bicycle_unfriendly tag for when they
visit Canada and are used to western European norms of what
highway=secondary looks like. Some of the differences can be tagged
with secondary tags, like cycleway=no, maxspeed, width, lanes...

Ideas of what constitutes a bus station, a train halt, a doctor's
office, toilets, supermarkets, etc will similarly also differ
worldwide.

--Jarek