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

[Florimond Berthoux]

Hi,

I'm always suspicious about tags with underscore in it, because they often
mix different features together.
My examples are parking, bicycle_parking, motorcycle_parking. In Paris
there are parking shared between bicycle and motorcycle, and parking shared
between bicycle and dock less vehicles (scooters).
Creating a new key for each combination would be awful.

So I prefer to split the amenity "you can pay someone there to have a ride"
and what kind of vehicles you can find there.
That could looks like this:
amenity=taxi
taxi:motorcycle=yes
taxi:car=yes
taxi:tricycle=yes
...

(or other more British words ;)


Le jeu. 20 févr. 2020 à 08:50, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenberg at gmail.com>
a écrit :

> 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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Florimond Berthoux
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