[Talk-us] sidewalks and trails

[Nathan Edgars II]

On 5/3/2011 8:39 PM, PJ Houser wrote:
> Sidewalks as separate ways.
>
> I am working on some multi-use paths that travel on sidewalks for some
> portions, like the I-205 corridor in Portland, Oregon. Mapping sidewalks
> as a separate way is now an approved practice, and I'd like to do this
> for the parts of the trail that become a sidewalk for awhile. However,
> the approved tagging is highway=footway, footway=sidewalk. The trails
> I'm working on are multi-use, thus they should be highway=path, so would
> I need to add path=sidewalk to indicate they are a sidewalk?

If it's truly a sidewalk (rather than a sidepath) it should probably be 
highway=footway, with bicycle=yes (or bicycle=designated?) if bikes are 
allowed.