[Tagging] Disabled access on footpaths

[Javier Sánchez Portero]

https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/mobility_scooter=yes

Small usage, but seems appropiate to me.

Regards.

El jue., 10 jun. 2021 16:45, Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging <
tagging at openstreetmap.org> escribió:

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> Jun 10, 2021, 15:21 by pla16021 at gmail.com:
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> I'm starting to map a new (ish) nature reserve which has permissive access
> footpaths (that
> bit is easy), and some of those footpaths are suitable for wheelchair
> users.  I'm guessing
> some will also be accessible to mobility scooters (I will ask them, but I
> don't expect sensible
> answers).  Various rambling groups are pushing for better disabled access
> on footpaths
> and bridleways, and UK legislation almost requires it. So...
>
> 1) How do we tag that a footpath/bridleway is legally (and practically)
> accessible to
> wheelchairs and, possibly, mobility scooters?  I think they need to be
> covered
> independently as legislation doesn't draw a distinction but the situation
> on the
> ground might permit wheelchairs but not mobility scooters.  So
> wheelchair=yes
> probably isn't the right way to go.
>
> wheelchair=yes is a fitting to describe that way is accessible for
> wheelchairs
> (no idea how to tag theoretical case of way accessible to wheelchairs but
> where
> using them is forbidden)
>
> marking access for mobility scooters - no idea which extra tag would be
> fitting
>
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> 2) The nature reserve states that some of the paths have "shallow
> gradients" and
> "compacted gravel surfaces suited to wheelchair users."  Did we ever
> settle on a
> definition of gravel type that would fit this?
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> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:surface%3Dcompacted may fit
> "A mixture of larger (e.g., gravel) and smaller (e.g., sand) parts,
> compacted (e.g., with a roller),
> so the surface is more stable than loose gravel."
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