As a Brit, I would say, "private hire vehicle (PHV)" for a minicab, Uber etc.
'vehicle' not meaning only motorised. On Sat, 31 Oct 2020, 18:00 Joseph Eisenberg, <[email protected]> wrote: > It's almost never standard to use access=bus or access=taxi, it's > bus=yes/no/designated + taxi=yes/no/designated added to another feature > like a highway=* or amenity=parking > > I agree with the idea of using private_hire=* instead of rideshare=* because > this appears to be a proper British English term for any non-taxi, > privately arranged transport vehicle, and it's not as misleading as > "rideshare" when used on services like Uber and Lyft. Though I would like > to see more British folks weigh in on the correct terminology. > > See > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxicabs_of_the_United_Kingdom#Private_hire_(minicabs) > > -- Joseph EIsenberg > > On Sat, Oct 31, 2020 at 10:51 AM Brian M. Sperlongano < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Actually I quite like "private_hire" as an access value. >> >> >> Are you suggesting access=private_hire as a tag? That would not be >> consistent with how taxi services are tagged. We don't use access=taxi, we >> use amenity=taxi + taxi=*. By that logic, the access tagging should use >> private_hire=*, and probably with some value of amenity=. >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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