[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - cycle expressways

[Minh Nguyen]

Vào lúc 05:52 2022-08-07, Jens Glad Balchen đã viết:
> On 07.08.2022 13:47, Dian Ågesson wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Just to clarify: there is specific signage indicating motorways in 
>> Australia, even outback Australia. In line with global practice, if 
>> the road isn’t up to the physical definition; it gets trunk/primary, 
>> etc. (we also have some rural motorways that allow bicycles on the 
>> shoulder, but regardless)
>>
> 
> Interesting. None of the sources on Australian traffic or road signs 
> include a sign for motorway. Can you link to more information on it?

Some countries call them "freeways" instead of "motorways" (even when 
tolled). Australia posts regulatory signs for the start and end of a 
freeway and at on-ramps, though I'm not surprised to hear that the signs 
are sometimes aspirational:

<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Australia_road_sign_R6-19.svg>
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Australia_road_sign_R6-20.svg>
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Australia_road_sign_R6-21.svg>

A better example would be the U.S. Some states post a nearly identical 
destination sign at freeway on-ramps. However, these signs haven't put 
to rest the debate about where *exactly* a highway=motorway should begin 
and end.

<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MUTCD_D13-3.svg>

As far as I know, only one state, California, post signs along the main 
roadway to tell you exactly where the freeway grade begins and ends. But 
even here, the signs are often inconsistent, forcing us to do our own 
homework:

<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/California/Freeway_ends>

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