Currently taking bets on how long it will take before someone actually answers the question I posed 😂
On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 5:03 PM stevea <stevea...@softworkers.com> wrote: > My understanding (in Texas, and other states) in this case (where there is > no sidewalk and it is not legal to walk "in the roadway") is that in cases > like these, there will always be an "easement" along at least one side of > the road, where utilities (wired poles, perhaps underground piping...) are > allowed, and so, too, is granted "permission of access" to pedestrians, for > the right to walk along such easement. This isn't quite-exactly "public > property," as the easement remains a "strip" of private property along > stitched-together private parcels, but by virtue of it being "an easement," > explicit "public access" (e.g. pedestrians walking) IS allowed through such > an easement. So, for example, an access=yes tag (if not already implied) > might be appropriate to explicitly include. > > So, say you're in Texas, there is a roadway (and you are not allowed to > walk in it, lest you run afoul of "pedestrian-in-roadway" ordinances) and > there is NO sidewalk. In this case there IS an "easement" (whether > populated by utilities or not) where pedestrians are allowed, because > pedestrians must be able to use the right-of-way of the road, too. Just > not IN the roadway, but along it. (And if there are wired poles along one > side, choose that side). > > On Dec 18, 2022, at 1:43 PM, Brian M. Sperlongano <zelonew...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > What I've been told (and someone showed me the law to back it up) is > that apparently in Texas, IF there is a sidewalk, you are not allowed to > walk in the roadway. > > > > On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 4:42 PM Ivo Reano <reano...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Are you saying that in Texas you can't walk on a street that doesn't > have a sidewalk? > > Only in a city environment or also in a non-city environment? > > Or in Texas if you're on foot you're going nowhere? > > Definitely not human! > <remainder redacted for brevity> > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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