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

[Graeme Fitzpatrick]

On Tue, 26 Apr 2022 at 14:37, Minh Nguyen <minh at nguyen.cincinnati.oh.us>
wrote:

> But more specific access tags like vehicle=yes are already adequate for
> achieving this override. Between a
> footway that all of creation may trample upon and a footway that *only*
> allows pedestrians and "all land-based vehicles" to traverse -- that's a
> difference without a distinction.
>

Spilling a bit more ink on a reasonably closely related topic ...

Just in the process of mapping beach access roads, which are there for
lifeguards, other emergency vehicles & a *very* few, specially allowed,
privately owned vehicles to drive onto the beach.

I've done them as:

highway=service
service=driveway
access=yes (because anybody can walk down there?)
foot=yes
motor_vehicle=private
emergency=designated

Would that be right, or would access=yes be saying that anybody can drive
on them, despite MV=private?

 Thanks

Graeme
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