[Tagging] barrier=net ?

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2015-01-13 6:09 GMT+01:00 Paul Johnson <baloo at ursamundi.org>:

> On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 9:55 PM, John Willis <johnw at mac.com> wrote:
>
>> What's the difference between an alley and a motorway besides width?
>
>
> How it drains, how thick the hard surface is, lane width, paved shoulders,
> buildings not adjacent to the roadway with doors extending into the road
> (saw a collision between a building door opening just in time to get
> slammed shut by a slow moving truck that happened to be going down the
> alley; person opening the door was OK), no direct access, lack of dumpsters
> in the travel lanes, through traffic...
>


also on another level, where it leads to / comes from (connecting major
cities vs. backdoor access/service), i.e. the setting and usage, how you
get to it (on ramps), the signage, the guard rails, etc.
I guess John wasn't very serious with his comment, or he'd rather asked
what they had in common if anything ;-)

cheers,
Martin
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