<div dir="ltr">I have tended to map sections of residential streets with block paving, no footways, and either chicanes of just sharp corners to prevent people driving quickly as living_streets, whether or not they were explicitly designed as such. These also tend to be exclusively dead-end sections, rather than main routes. Not sure if this is correct, but I think there is a difference between this type of street and relatively wide tarmac roads with sweeping corners, where even if the speed limit is 20mph, cars can easily drive at 30.<div>
<br><div>I'm not sure whether adoption or not is something that is relevant here, as I'd guess this would be very hard to determine 'on the ground'.</div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 31 August 2014 14:08, Craig Wallace <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:craigw84@fastmail.fm" target="_blank">craigw84@fastmail.fm</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On 2014-08-31 12:51, Rob Nickerson wrote:<br>
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Hi all,<br>
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I've see an increased use of block paving as a road surface on new<br>
housing developments. Example image:<br>
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<a href="http://cms.esi.info/Media/productImages/38030_1338993270237_PF.jpg" target="_blank">http://cms.esi.info/Media/<u></u>productImages/38030_<u></u>1338993270237_PF.jpg</a><br>
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How are people tagging these? At first I wondered about the<br>
highway=living_street tag but the wiki page suggests these should be<br>
signposted and have special regulations:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway=living_street" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/<u></u>wiki/Tag:highway=living_street</a><br>
<br>
I guess highway=residential and surface=paving_stones is most suitable<br>
unless someone has some better suggestions?<br>
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I don't think the road surface really matters as to whether or not it is a living street.<br>
<br>
What is more relevant:<br>
Are there any pavements, are they separated by kerbs? Or are people encouraged to walk along/across the road, ie "shared space".<br>
Is there a low speed limit. ie 20mph or less?<br>
Any traffic calming to slow vehicles down, eg speed bumps, or chicanes. Or street furniture, ie trees, bollards, benches on the road.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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Craig</font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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