[Tagging] Expressway=yes/no versus new tags "dual_carriageway=yes/no", "limited_access=", "grade_separated"=?

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

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> On 20. Feb 2020, at 01:41, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> While all expressways are major roads designed for high-speed motor
> vehicle traffic, they are not often "motorroad=yes", because most
> States allow motorcycles and pedestrians on all roads that are not
> motorways (and western States allow bicycles on rural motorways even).


in some countries, roads with the properties that you describe are tagged as „trunk“.

Please note that motorroad=yes does not prevent access for motorcycles. In case pedestrians and slower vehicles are allowed on a trunk, we could add an explicit motorroad=no (42k uses/26%)



Cheers Martin