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<p><font face="Verdana">Was there a specific reason to create
highway=alley? Why aren't these considered as residential
roads, just narrow ones. We also have them here, even new ones.
F.i. we have many islands where there is no 4 wheel vehicle
present. The only motorised transport is provided with
motorbikes. No paved road to be found. <br>
The interconnecting "tracks", in many cases consisting of a
single track we use unclassified or tertiary. In the villages
they turn into paths between the houses which are build very
close to each other. In most cases we use either residential or
path, regardless if they are paved or not. In cases where they
are not used, due to their physical appearance (narrow or so
oneven or crossed with open sewage and drains) that they are
even unsuitable for use by the motorcycles we use paths. I
think you can regard their use and appearance much the same as
your alleys, so why do you use a separate "service" tag for
that?</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana">Greetings,</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana">Bert Araali<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 26/02/2021 21:48, Martin
Koppenhoefer wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">On 26 Feb 2021, at 19:19, Bert -Araali- Van Opstal <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:bert.araali.afritastic@gmail.com"><bert.araali.afritastic@gmail.com></a> wrote:
We use highway=service tag for any road that is not intended for general public use
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it’s definitely not for through roads, but there are some kind of “highway=service“ that do serve the general public, although mostly pedestrians, that is service=alley which we use in Italy for the tiny roads in historical centers, that often look like footpaths by today’s measures, but which are often legally open to motor vehicles (typically tiny cars, or motor bikes and scooters, mostly used by pedestrians).
The only service road that could be seen as access=private by default around here are service=driveway
Cheers Martin
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