Key:sidewalk
 sidewalk
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Indicates the presence or absence of a sidewalk (pavement/footway). 
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Status: de facto
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The sidewalk=* key can be used to indicate the presence or absence of a sidewalk (pavement/footway/foopath) alongside a street where the footway runs parallel to the carriageway.
This article describes the "refinement of the highway" approach to mapping sidewalks. Alternatively, sidewalks can be mapped as separate footways, see Sidewalks for details on this distinction.
Usage
To provide information about sidewalks associated with streets, add the sidewalk=* tag to the highway=* way representing the street and add any additional tags (below) describing the sidewalk.
The values left and right depend on the direction in which the way is drawn in OpenStreetMap. A value of left means the left-hand side of the road when looking in forward direction, while right means the right-hand side. See Forward & backward, left & right for more.
For footpaths besides railways (railway=*) please use a separate way (e.g. highway=footway).
Additional tags
Additional tags can be added by using the sidewalk: prefix, in combination with the :left/right/both suffix (becoming an infix here). For example:
- sidewalk:both:surface=paving_stones
- sidewalk:left:smoothness=*
- sidewalk:right:width=* / est_width=*
- sidewalk:right:bicycle=yes
- sidewalk:both:incline=*
- sidewalk:both:kerb=*
- sidewalk:both:wheelchair=*
- sidewalk:both:tactile_paving=*
- sidewalk:right:traffic_sign=*
Values
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| both | Both sides of the street have sidewalks. |
| right | One sidewalk on the right side of the way representing the street. |
| left | One sidewalk on the left side of the way representing the street. |
| none | There is no sidewalk at all. synonym to no with similar popularity |
| no | There is no sidewalk at all. synonym to none with similar popularity |
| yes | Either both sides or one side of this street have sidewalks. Use a more specific tag in preference. |
| separate | This road has a sidewalk but it is mapped using a separate way. |
See also
- footway=* for mapping sidewalks as a separate way
- Sidewalks for a survey of sidewalk tagging approaches
- Proposed_features/Sidewalk - proposal for this key
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