[Tagging] "width" on streets: Time for a recommendation

Mateusz Konieczny matkoniecz at tutanota.com
Tue Sep 15 09:04:10 UTC 2020




Sep 14, 2020, 20:34 by supaplex at riseup.net:

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> Hey all,
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> again and again there are discussions about which parts of a      street (sidewalks and cycle paths, parking lanes, carriageway)      should be considered when determining the width of a street. There      does not seem to be a consensus and therefore information on      street widths is difficult to interpret or is not even mapped. The      following variants are common/are discussed:
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> 1) Width of the actual carriageway, without parking lanes and      sidewalks
>  2) Width between curbs / edges of the road without sidewalks, but      with parked cars when they are on street
>  3) Width including sidewalks / roadside paths
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> I tend to option 2):
>  - The width can be clearly defined and measured
>  - The width of the actual carriageway can be determined by using      "parking:lane" scheme correctly (or alternatively/supplementarily      by specifying the width of parking lanes). "width:carriageway" (or      "width:lanes", if there are marked lanes) also could be used to      map this width directly.
>  - The width of roadside paths can optionally be specified with      "sidewalk:width" etc.
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> Wouldn't it be time to document a recommendation in the Wiki to      reduce further ambiguities? Which variant is the most      recommendable? Anyway, the width of a street is a significant      value to evaluate its suitability or safety for certain modes of      transport or to determine the speed that can be expected there.
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> Thanks for your comments,
>  Alex
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I would also expect (2)
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