[OSM-newbies] Secondary destination? (was: Re: School Campus)

[David ``Smith'']

On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Paul Johnson <baloo at ursamundi.org> wrote:
> David ``Smith'' wrote:
>> Given the overall network of secondary, tertiary, etcetera in the area
>> and a couple of visible ref tags, I'd estimate the "highway=secondary"
>> is entirely because of the original TIGER import: since a short
>> section of the road is also an Oregon state highway, the whole thing
>> got an Oregon state route designation in one of its name_x tags, and
>> therefore the whole thing was imported as "highway=secondary" and left
>> that way.
>
> Actually, it was promoted to secondary due to the fact that the whole
> thing is a major enough road that it needed to be visually distinguished
> from more minor city ways and properly reflect it's status as an
> important connection between 99E, 22 and 213.
>
>> (I don't have local knowledge, but given the close proximity of that
>> road's entire length to a parallel motorway, I wouldn't think that
>> road serves as much more than a local collector.)
>
> It's a major commercial thoroughfare and the only easy connection
> between 99E, 22 and 213 (adding I5 to the equation usually only benefits
> you during the hours the anticongestion zone is in effect).

Sounds to me like drivers want to use it as a secondary road, but
local authorities want it to be only a minor collector.  It also
sounds like I-5 needs improvements so that people will naturally use
it rather than Lancaster Dr.

Anyway, your explanation satisfies me.  With that in mind, I would
suggest promoting to secondary a little bit more of it at the ends:
north to OR 99E / Portland Rd NE, and south to the southernmost trunk
links to OR 22 / Santiam Expressway.  (<http://osm.org/go/TdXV2vRe>
<http://osm.org/go/TdXUoDMr>)  That would make things a bit neater
looking.

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David "Smith"
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