[Tagging] Motorcycle taxis, pedicabs

[Timeo Gut]

Good day,

Despite these modes of transport being used by billions of people there 
still isn't really any established or properly documented way to map 
them in OSM yet.

A proposal to introduce the tag amenity=motorcycle_taxi 
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Tag:amenity%3Dmotorcycle_taxi> 
was rejected quite strongly.

There is a very minor usage of 
taxi_type=motorcycle/auto_rickshaw/cycle_rickshaw but there hasn't been 
any formal proposal for this.


On 2022-09-25 20:23, Dolly Andriatsiferana wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> In Madagascar we have all of these :
>
> - motorcyle taxis (ojek/boda boda...)
> - bicycle taxis
> - auto rickshaws (tuk tuk/bajaj)
> - cycle rickshaws
> - human pulled rickshaws (pousse pousse)
>
> Tried to search the wiki, this mailing lists
> , taginfo... but havent found proper tags.
>
> Has the OSM data model evolved since and are there proper ways to tag 
> these? Do these fall under amenity=taxi?
>
>
> Le ven. 20 sept. 2019, 04:57, Joseph Eisenberg 
> <joseph.eisenberg at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
>     In Yogjakarta (Indonesia) you can hire 5 different rides with
>     different names
>
>     1) taxi (motorcar) - called a “taksi”
>     2) pedicab (pedaled tricycle) - called a “becak”
>     3) motorcycle “taxi” - called a “Ojek” (a private motorcycle is a
>     “motor)
>     4) auto rickshaw - called a “bemo” or “bajai”
>     5) horse-drawn carriage - called a “dokar” or “andong” depending
>     on if 2 or 4 wheels. These are becoming rare now, so I haven’t
>     mentioned them before.
>
>     A horse-drawn carriage can hold 8 people with luggage, but a
>     motorcycle only carried 1 or 2 without luggage, so they are quite
>     different features. And the bicycle rickshaw/pedicab won’t go up
>     hills and can’t carry too much weight. I believe they deserve
>     different tags.
>
>     Joseph
>
>     On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 10:21 AM Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>         On 19/09/19 15:02, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>         On Thu, 19 Sep 2019 at 13:57, Joseph Eisenberg
>>         <joseph.eisenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>             Is "pedicab" the best British English / International
>>             English term for
>>             these hired tricycles vehicles? 
>>
>>
>>         That's what I've always known them as.
>>
>>             There are also "motorcycle rickshaws", called "tuk-tuk"
>>             in Thailand
>>             and "bemo" or "bajai" here in Indonesia. They are 3
>>             wheeled vehicles
>>             with 1 or 2 covered bench seats in the back, and the
>>             front is like
>>             part of a motorcycle.
>>
>>             These probably need a different tag. Is there a standard
>>             British
>>             English term for these? 
>>
>
>         As they are not common in the UK (someone rode a tuk-tuk back
>         from India so there is at least one there) they don't have a
>         common term.
>
>         I have had a local English speaker use the term ""  in
>         Yogyakarta, but that could have been for my benefit.
>
>         If the local 'taxi' is a horse and carriage .. then so be it.
>
>         Possibly the kind of taxi needs to be indicated? As noted on
>         the wiki for taxi people are already trying to tag this.
>
>         taxi_vehicle=car/motorbike/tuk_tuk/* may be a way forward??
>         This keeps the local use with the differences.
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