<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 6, 2015 at 11:49 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:richiekennedy56@gmail.com" target="_blank">richiekennedy56@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Calibri,'Segoe UI',Meiryo,'Microsoft YaHei UI','Microsoft JhengHei UI','Malgun Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div>I am the editor in question.</div><div><br></div><div>The discussion appears to assume that roadway design conveys type. I do not necessarily agree.</div><div><br></div><div>However, I can see where some roads with a high HFCS classification may warrant a class downgrade. US 24 in Central Kansas obviously connects mainly smaller towns, whereas US 54 (which I had just re-classed as trunk a few days ago) connects larger towns and cities.</div><div><br></div><div>I would suggest the following guidance for rural HFCS:</div><div><br></div><div>Interstate: Motorway</div><div>Other Freeway and Expressway: Motorway/Trunk</div><div>Principal Arterial: Trunk/Primary [1]</div><div>Minor Arterial: Primary</div><div>Major Collector: Secondary/Tertiary</div><div>Minor Collector: Tertiary</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I'm mostly with you on this, except, for the four lower classes, which generally speaking the following observations with tagging have been true:</div><div><br></div><div>Interstate/Freeway (only): Motorway</div><div>Expressway (only): Trunk</div><div><br></div><div>If not one of the above, or prevailing overriding circumstances (like additional capacity or lack of capacity) don't warrant a step up or down, then:</div><div><br></div><div>US highway: Primary (which I might rank down in very rare circumstances)</div><div>State highway: Secondary (which I might rank down if it's part of a supplemental state network or up if it forms a major (5+ lane) arterial.</div><div>County highway: Tertiary (which I might rank up to secondary or primary if it's 3-5 or 5+ lane (such as, say, the section line roads in Tulsa) or down if it doesn't have visible pavement markings or pavement)</div><div><br></div><div>Generally speaking, that's the TL;DR of <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_States_roads_tagging">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_States_roads_tagging</a></div></div></div></div>