[Tagging] Meaning of access=yes on highway=footway?

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

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> On 24 Apr 2022, at 20:28, Florian Lohoff <f at zz.de> wrote:
> 
> The difference for footway/pedestrian is that pedestrian (areas)
> are used in shopping areas, town centres.



or for example in parks, in front of churches, on squares, etc., it is not necessarily a shopping related feature 


> Besides that they are
> by default the same access tag wise:
> 
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_tags_for_routing/Access_restrictions#Germany


these tables get the picture up to a certain point, but I guess you would agree with me that the assumption for highway=pedestrian is that there are typically exceptions (taxis, delivery, city cleaning, residents at least at certain times, maybe disabled drivers, etc.) while on a sidewalk footway or signposted footway exceptions for motor vehicles are extremely rare to almost nonexistent 

Cheers Martin