[Talk-GB] Advice on footpaths - when should they be separate, when not?

[Andy Street]

On Mon, 1 Dec 2014 11:39:48 +0000
Stuart Reynolds <stuart at travelinesoutheast.org.uk> wrote:

> My inclination would be to rip out the footpath and rely on the
> sidewalk tag, except that seems extreme and it isn’t wrong per se.

I'd say that it is wrong on the basis that it implies that you may only
cross where the path shares a node with another way.

When mapping pedestrian access I always use the sidewalk tag except:

* Where there is a physical barrier between the pavement and the road.
* Where the pavement is separate from the rest of the highway - grass
  that you can step over in a single stride is still a sidewalk but
  anything greater is a path in its own right.

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Regards,

Andy Street