[Talk-ca] Proposal to tag Yonge Street in Toronto and York Region as Primary

[Justin Tracey]

In Canada, highway=primary is typically used for what I would call
"highway-like" roads.[0] IMHO, Yonge is a "major" road, but has too many
cross streets to be really considered highway-like, at least for most of
its length. You can look at some of the other highway=primary roads in
the area to see a more typical cross-traffic density. That said, I
certainly wouldn't engage in an edit war over it or anything.

 - Justin

[0]
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Canadian_tagging_guidelines#Sub-national_and_below

On 2020-07-16 11:28 a.m., Andrew Deng via Talk-ca wrote:
> Hello, I believe Yonge Street in Toronto and York Region (Regional
> Road 1) should be tagged as highway=primary rather than
> highway=secondary as it is tagged now.
>
> Here are some reasons I believe why:
>
> 1) Yonge Street is considered the "Main Street" of Toronto, Thornhill,
> Richmond Hill, and Aurora. It is also a major road in Newmarket.
>
> 2) It is a major thoroughfare throughout the route. In Toronto, the
> Yonge subway follows it and in York Region, Viva bus lanes are being
> built. It also connects to Bradford in the north.
>
> 3) It was a former Ontario King's Highway - Highway 11. Some other
> former King's Highways in the Toronto/York area are tagged as
> highway=primary, such as Highway 27, Highway 7, and Highway 48. 
>
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>
> Andrew
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