As businesses start re-opening, local authorities in Ireland are supporting businesses to adhere to government health advice and specifically social distancing techniques which have been shown to slow the spread of the disease.

One of the most visual supports is the pedestrianisation of streets for specific hours of the day / week so cafés and restaurants can make use of the outdoor space (risk of infection is lower if people are eating outside). Unlike continental Europe and parts of the USA, pavilions and street dining is not common here.

OpenStreetMap contributors are keeping up with the local authority efforts by updating map data as changes are made.

Most of these updates make use of the conditional access key/values outlined in osm.wiki/Conditional_restrictions

Here’s an example change in Cork, Ireland that I did earlier today: https://osmcha.org/changesets/87507009/

Note: the logic is that motor vehicles can’t access the street UNLESS it’s between 17:30 and 11:00 (i.e. the inverse of the pedestrianisation period).