[Tagging] automated edits seem to remove crossing=zebra drastically

[Jeremy Harris]

On 16/09/2020 14:26, Matthew Woehlke wrote:
> On 16/09/2020 05.57, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
>> I noticed that crossing=zebra tag usage is drastically shrinking while
>> the
>> very generic crossing=marked, which was quite unpopular before (2013-2018
>> below 6000 uses) now went through the roof and is leading the tagstats
>> with
>> more than 1 million uses. What do you think about it, shouldn't we be
>> encouraging people to use more specific tags like crossing=zebra or
>> crossing=traffic_signals instead?
> 
> My understanding is that crossing=zebra is deprecated in favor of
> crossing=uncontrolled / crossing=traffic_signals. In particular, my
> understanding is that they are synonymous for (almost¹) all practical
> purposes. (Also, that crossing=marked is not desired either...)
> 
> Please explain how crossing=marked is "very generic" and what value
> crossing=zebra adds.

In the UK, at least, there is a legal distinction: motor traffic
is required to give way to pedestrians *waiting to cross* at a
zebra crossing; this does not apply for crossings that are marked
(and have feature useful to pedestrians such as refuge islands
and dropped kerbs).

I could imagine, for example, sight-challenged pedestrians wanting
to know about zebra-crossings specifically.


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Cheers,
  Jeremy