Continuous Sidewalk
A continuous sidewalk crossing (or blended crossing) is an intersection of a sidewalk and a crossroad where vehicles have to cross the sidewalk to continue.
Continuous sidewalk can have legal implication, for instance in France a car driver crossing a sidewalk must give way to others.
This page is a draft, please use and experiment.
How to tag
There are multiple features that can be tagged:
Junction
The easiest way to tag a continuous sidewalk is to use
continuous_sidewalk=yes
on the node marking the intersection between the road and the sidewalk.
This tag implies the layout of the junction (kerbs, traffic calming, continuous sidewalk surface, etc.) and the legal implication (e.g., give way) if any.
For more details mapping:
To tag the length of the continuous sidewalk you can use the same tag on the way of the road and the footway from the start to the end of the crossing.
Or use the combination:
highway=footway
footway=sidewalk
sidewalk=continuous
For junctions of a road and a cycleway where the cycleway is continuous use on the intersection node:
continuous_cycleway=yes
on the way:
highway=cycleway
cycleway=continuous
Examples
| Ref | Image Example | What to tag | How to tag |
|---|---|---|---|
| N1 | On road/footway intersection node only | Add continuous_sidewalk=yes on the intersection node between the sidewalk way and the road. | |
| N2 | Continuous cycleway on intersection node of a cycleway | Add continuous_sidewalk=yes on the intersection node between the cycleway and the road. | |
| W1 | On the way of the footway way | Add continuous_sidewalk=yes on the footway way making the intersection. | |
| W2 | Continuous cycleway on the cycleway way | Add continuous_sidewalk=yes on the cycleway way making the intersection. | |
| W3 | Continuous sidewalk on road way | Add continuous_sidewalk=yes on the road way making the intersection. |
Traffic calming
One purpose of a continuous sidewalk is to slow car traffic for the safety of pedestrians.
This can be map on the node or on the way (in the length of the bump) with:
traffic_calming=continuous_sidewalk
Use this tag only if there is a real traffic calming layout, if no kerbs and no elavation change, it should not be considered as such.
Don't use traffic_calming=table for continuous sidewalk, the layout is different.
Kerbs
Continuous sidewalk have no kerbs on the way of pedestrians but have kerbs on the way of vehicles. This can be tagged on nodes or ways with:
kerb=*|no|flush|lowered
And with laterelized version kerb:right=* and kerb:left=*
Examples
Example of this tag pattern can be found around this node this node.
See also
- sidewalk=*
- cycleway=*
- traffic_calming=*
- kerb=*