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Some streets are closed to cars during some time of the day, e.g. when more pedestrians are expected to frequent the street or when the tide is up. How can I be informed of the existence of such streets when I am in a given location nearby? E.g., is there any database of such streets?

I'm interested in streets that are commonly frequented, not tiny streets in remote villages. I'm looking for a solution that is as generic as possible, e.g. maybe Google Maps indicate such closures, or some database cover a fair percentage of the most frequented streets.

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    this is not generally answerable. Even if there is a database it won't cover the whole world, or towns and villages of arbitrary small size in the area it does cover. Some places might have signs on the street itself and nothing else; others might not even have that. The question invites list answers that are all as good or bad as each other.
    – Kate Gregory
    Commented Nov 3, 2023 at 13:19
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    the issue with Google Maps is that it might show you that a street is closed now. That is not the same as showing that it is closed every Sunday afternoon, which appears to be your request. Can you clarify? How far away in space and time do you want to know?
    – Kate Gregory
    Commented Nov 3, 2023 at 14:10
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    A lot of this data is captured on OpenStreetMap, so the crowdsourcing @Max suggests has already been done. I'm pretty certain Overpass Turbo queries for way["highway"] combined with the presence of an opening_hours tag would do this (NB this is the UK legalise sense of highway, so refers to public roads in general). I don't use Overpass Turbo very often so have to figure it out every time, but I can think of a test case or two, and may have a play if I get the chance (unlikely until I finish building my new home PC)
    – Chris H - UK
    Commented Nov 3, 2023 at 16:22
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    Voting to reopen, as there is a global database (@KateGregory) that supports this information. It's been discussed in OpenStreetMap help but my previous comment had an error - it's not opening hours but conditional restrictions.
    – Chris H - UK
    Commented Nov 3, 2023 at 16:29
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    I remember some 'funny' closures in the west of Greater London, where a local road was closed when the high tide reached the area, all the way through London. It was mostly used to reach a parking space and according to the locals they had cars in water to the roof at times.
    – Willeke ♦
    Commented Nov 3, 2023 at 17:11

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