[Tagging] Linking Sidewalks to Highways

[Jeroen Hoek]

On 22-09-2020 00:17, Clifford Snow wrote:
> It's the type of connection, going from sidewalk or dedicated bike path,
> to road where I've felt we need a highway=footway_link/cyclway_link or
> maybe footway_connector/cycleway_connector, to connect separated
> sidewalks/cycleways to the street in instances exactly like this.

There is highway=footway + footway=link proposed by SelfishSeahorse,
which suits this purpose:

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Tag:footway%3Dlink

I have been applying highway=cycleway + cycleway=link as well to see how
this feels. Some early documentation I have been preparing:

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:JeroenHoek#cycleway.3Dlink