A nearby city call these crossings as “Gora¹ Lanes”, an attempt to make walking fun, attractive, and accessible to more people.
From the screenshot² below, it’s something like an arty zebra (or “continental”) crossing, and I saw minimal use of crossing:markings=artwork in #OpenStreetMap, and taggable with crossing:markings=yes.
I wonder how you folks might tag it.
¹ - Gora is an acronym from “Green Open Reclaimed Access”
² - Source: screenshot, https://yewtu.be/lKMFjLcTVkQ?t=59
I’m perfectly fine with the crosswalk being painted in a more interesting way, but looking at the sidewalk on the other side of the street there makes me think maybe that city has some more important things they need to work on for walkability before they should start worrying about prettifying stuff.
Well, unfortunately, what we see on the ground (and try to map in #OpenStreetMap ) is not necessarily always what we (or the locals) wanted, or hope to ever see.
Hopefully, it’s a work in progress, and they get around to fixing more essential things. 🤞
I’m not sure sacrificing clarity for quirkiness is progress.
What is green, or open or reclaimed about this? Let alone all of these?
It’s like a captcha for self driving cars. Should I use extra caution or not? Can I go or do I let the skinfolk pass first?
Stuff like this bothers me. If cars, pedestrians, or cyclists use the crossing and the road that it crosses over, painted lines and way finding markers need to be consistent and clear for safety.
It’s fine to paint a crossing like this at an entryway to a museum or library, but not on a road.
