<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div>I just came across <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/24367165#map=16/49.5015/-117.2838">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/24367165</a> in Nelson, BC - I don't think that's proper tagging and it should probably be a route=lcn relation over existing ways highway=residential with cycleway=shared_lane, at most? <br></div><div><br></div><div>--Jarek<br></div><div><br></div><div>On Mon, May 22, 2023, at 14:11, Paul Norman wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt" style=""><div>On 2023-05-16 11:18 a.m., John Whelan wrote:<br></div><div>> We seem to have a few creeping into the map in Canada. In Europe they <br></div><div>> have a legal meaning is that the case in Canada or is it just wishful <br></div><div>> thinking?<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I'm not aware of any provinces in Canada or states in the US which <br></div><div>define living streets, although the wiki notes New York City has some <br></div><div>where pedestrians and cyclists have right of way and only low-speed <br></div><div>local traffic is permitted.<br></div><div><br></div><div>In Vancouver we've ended up with highway=living_street used for <br></div><div>privately owned roads that are part of townhouse developments. I believe <br></div><div>this is uniformly incorrect as they do not have the pedestrian priority <br></div><div>that defines living streets, and after some checking will be doing <br></div><div>retagging of the ones near me.<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>_______________________________________________<br></div><div>Talk-ca mailing list<br></div><div><a href="mailto:Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org">Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org</a><br></div><div><a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca</a><br></div><div><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div></body></html>