<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><br><div dir="ltr">sent from a phone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 27 Feb 2021, at 01:19, Bert -Araali- Van Opstal <bert.araali.afritastic@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">Was there a specific reason to create
highway=alley? Why aren't these considered as residential
roads, just narrow ones. </div></blockquote><br><div>there were indeed voices that preferred highway=residential, but it has only disadvantages. :)</div><div>People expect from a residential road that they can drive on it with their car, also these narrow alleys are typically not the only kind of roads in these centers, and it made a lot of sense to have a different tag in order to see the difference on the map, avoid routers sending people into these roads etc. </div><div><br></div><div>Would you call this a residential road?</div><div><a href="https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vicolo_Baciafemmine.jpg">https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vicolo_Baciafemmine.jpg</a></div><div>or this?</div><div><a href="https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vicolo_Benci_(Montepulciano)_04.jpg">https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vicolo_Benci_(Montepulciano)_04.jpg</a></div><div>this</div><div><a href="https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amelia_vicolo.JPG">https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amelia_vicolo.JPG</a></div><div>etc </div><div><br></div><div>Cheers Martin </div></body></html>