Tag:footway=crossing

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Public-images-osm logo.svg footway = crossing
Zebra-crossing sm.jpg
Description
Specifies that the footway is a road crossing. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: crossings
Used on these elements
should not be used on nodesmay be used on waysshould not be used on areasshould not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Useful combination
See also
Status: approvedPage for proposal

Use footway=crossing, together with highway=footway, to tag perpendicular sections of footway at a crossing point between two sidewalks tagged as separate way or between the footway-road intersection nodes of a dual carriageway.

If sidewalks are mapped as property on the street and the road is just a single way in OSM, there is no need for a perpendicular way and this tag. See Sidewalks for more details and a comparison of the two tagging approaches.

See also the comprehensive explanation for bicycle way tagging.

See also highway=crossing added on a node where crossing way and road are intersecting.

How to map

See examples below for usage instructions. Tagging as an area is an optional addition, used in case of applying area:highway=* mapping.

Case Way tags Area tags Diagrams Tagging examples
Kraków - Al. Pokoju i ul. Centralna - przejście dla pieszych i przejazd rowerowy nocą - DSC08256 v1.jpg

Pedestrian crossing controlled by traffic signals

highway=footway

+ footway=crossing

+ crossing=traffic_signals

area:highway=* (class of highway which footway is crossing with, eg. area:highway=primary)

+ junction=yes

Znak D-6.svg

Pedestrian crossing with zebra markings

highway=footway

+ footway=crossing

+ crossing=marked

+ crossing_ref=zebra

area:highway=* (class of highway which footway is crossing with, eg. area:highway=primary)

+ junction=yes

Non-segregated foot crossing diagram.jpg Non-segregated crossing (foot).jpg
Znak D-6b.svg

Non-segregated "foot & bicycle" crossing

highway=path

+ path=crossing

+ foot=designated

+ bicycle=designated

+ segregated=no

area:highway=* (class of highway which footway is crossing with, eg. area:highway=primary)

+ junction=yes

+ foot=yes

+ bicycle=yes

Path crossing diagram.jpg Non-segregated crossing (path).jpg
Znak D-6b.svg

Segregated "foot & bicycle" crossing

Method 1 (one linear way):

highway=path

+ path=crossing

+ foot=designated

+ bicycle=designated

+ segregated=yes

  • Foot crossing:

area:highway=* (class of highway which footway is crossing with, eg. area:highway=primary)

+ junction=yes

  • Bicycle crossing:

area:highway=* (class of highway which footway is crossing with, eg. area:highway=primary)

+ junction=yes

+ bicycle=yes

Segregated path crossing diagram.jpg Segregated crossing (foot - path).jpg
Method 2 (two linear ways):
  • Through foot part:

highway=footway

+ footway=crossing

  • Through bicycle part:

highway=cycleway

+ cycleway=crossing

Segregated path crossing diagram.jpg Segregated crossing (foot - footway).jpg
Znak D-6b.svg

Segregated "foot & bicycle" crossing with traffic calming island

Method 1 (one linear way):
  • Foot crossings:

area:highway=* (class of highway which footway is crossing with, eg. area:highway=primary)

+ junction=yes

  • Bicycle crossings:

area:highway=* (class of highway which footway is crossing with, eg. area:highway=primary)

+ junction=yes

+ bicycle=yes

  • Foot part of the island:

area:highway=footway

  • Bicycle part of the island:

area:highway=cycleway

  • Side parts of the island:

landuse=grass or leisure=garden or traffic_calming=island

Segregated crossing + tci diagram.jpg Segregated crossing + tci (foot - path).jpg
highway=path

+ path=crossing

+ foot=designated

+ bicycle=designated

+ segregated=yes

highway=path

+ foot=designated

+ bicycle=designated

+ segregated=yes

highway=path

+ path=crossing

+ foot=designated

+ bicycle=designated

+ segregated=yes

Method 2 (two linear ways):
  • Through foot part:
Segregated crossing + tci diagram.jpg Segregated crossing + tci (foot - footway).jpg
highway=footway

+ footway=crossing

highway=footway

+ footway=traffic_island

highway=footway

+ footway=crossing

  • Through bicycle part:
highway=cycleway

+ cycleway=crossing

highway=cycleway

+ cycleway=traffic_island

highway=cycleway

+ cycleway=crossing

See also

  • footway=* - Sidewalk tags for footways
  • footway=sidewalk - Sidewalks as separate ways (A footpath on the side of a road.)
  • footway=link (Proposal) - To link steps or a sidewalk with a road
  • sidewalk=* - Indicates the presence or absence of a sidewalk (pavement/footway)
  • cycleway=crossing - Bicycle crossing mapped as separate way
  • crossing:markings=* - The existence and style of pedestrian crossing markings
  • crossing:continuous=yes - Can be used to mark crossings as the type where the sidewalk continuous uninterrupted and the road crosses it instead.
  • relation associatedStreet / street