Another bit of cycle connectivity severed: way/27693731 disconnected from a road and reconnected to a footway with no bicycle access.
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https://tasks.waymap.tech/projects/5
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More unjustified changes of cycleway->footway. Not a good look if you're working on a VI accessibility project to sabotage cycle accessibility and routing.
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Adding a pair of fictitious sidewalks to Norland Place was somewhat unhelpful.
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Deleting cycleways at footways and replacing them with footways (again) could be mere carelessness, but it looks more and more like deliberate vandalism. Why?
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Just out of interest, how does adding entirely fictitious fords (node/9988544343, node/9988544313) to sidewalks help routing for VI users of Waymap?
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@Fizzie41 Noted that a response is unlikely, but worth noting here that the "unmarked crossings" here are mostly (all?) fictitious. It looks like mapping for the router. Sending VI users across main roads via imaginary crossings strikes me as dangerously irresponsible.
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Hi,

This appears to be part of an organised edit. Please could you give the OSM mapping community some information about #waymap-project-SB by adding an entry to the Organised Editing/Activities page at

osm.wiki/Organised_Editing/Activities

It might also have been beneficial for you and your team to read and follow the Organised Editing Guidelines.

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Hi,

This appears to be part of an organised edit. Please could you give the OSM mapping community some information about #waymap-project-SB by adding an entry to the Organised Editing/Activities page at

osm.wiki/Organised_Editing/Activities

It might also have been beneficial for you and your team to read and follow the Organised Editing Guidelines.

https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Organised_Editing_Guidelines
then upd

Most of the crossings added in this changeset don't appear to be unmarked. In fact, they don't appear at all on available imagery, for the simple reason that they don't exist.

If mapping separate sidewalks requires the addition of fictitious crossings in order for routing to work as expected, this is a very strong indicator that those sidewalks should have been mapped as tags on the road instead.

"Don't tag for the renderer" also applies to tagging for the router.
osm.wiki/Tagging_for_the_renderer

Some of these have been deleted and the other non-existent crossings will soon be joining them in oblivion.
changeset/131466123
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According to the local authority, the part of Norland Road (way/606519484) changed from cycleway->footway is "a pedestrian and cycle zone".

The Kensington and Chelsea (Prescribed Routes) (No. 2) Traffic Order 2022
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/4027262
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Thanks @Fizzie41

Why did you disconnect way/237330195 from Holland Park Avenue? Was changing a cycleway to a footway in changeset #125225715 deemed insufficient?
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Also just noticed: a correctly mapped puffin crossing node/1674808373 deleted and replaced by node/9995372381 (crossing=marked).

At the junction of Harrow Road/College Road, I see that you deleted an ASL and replaced a correctly mapped and surveyed crossing. While this damage has been repaired, the local mappers who are cleaning up your mess are entitled to an explanation of what you're doing and why you're doing it.

changeset/129976770

@Derick I've started threads about these in Talk-GB and Talk-GB-London, if you'd like to join in.
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Thanks!

@trigpoint Did you ever get an answer?

Is the entire length of the kerb way/933011649 really lowered? How could you possibly tell from Bing aerial imagery?

Drawing a decorative sidewalk around a block is usually detrimental to pedestrian routing.