you're right! =pedestrian is the most appropiate here! I will change it into that! 
And actually it applies to all those (recent) examples indeed that were before (de facto) 'normal streets' were cars were allowed:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/30215224
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/28575359
And your example is fine for me!
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/581918263/history