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p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div><div><div>I can't speak for elsewhere in Canada, but in Quebec:<br></div></div></div><div>- The <a href="https://canlii.ca/t/xl8#sec496.6">highway code</a> defines "shared streets"<br></div><div><div>- The definition of a shared street corresponds with the "living_street" definition in OSM<br></div><div><br></div><div><div>As an example, it would not be correct to describe <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/475308565#map=16/45.5339/-73.5979">Plaza Saint-Hubert</a> with "highway=pedestrian", since there's parking and plenty of vehicular traffic, but that traffic must yield to pedestrians. This tag is important to maintain (at least in the Quebec context), and I would caution against systematic reversions without on-the-ground verification.<br></div><div><br>Thanks and best,<br>Cameron<br></div><div><br></div><div>On Tue, May 16, 2023, at 14:18, John Whelan wrote:<br></div></div></div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt" style=""><div>We seem to have a few creeping into the map in Canada. In Europe they
have a legal meaning is that the case in Canada or is it just wishful
thinking?<br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks John<br></div><div class="qt-moz-signature"><div>--<br></div><div>Sent from <a href="https://www.postbox-inc.com"><span style="color:rgb(0, 157, 247);">Postbox</span></a><br></div></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>