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 <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 19/09/19 15:02, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 19 Sep 2019 at 13:57, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenb...@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. > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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