[Talk-ca] highway=living_street

[Paul Norman]

On 2023-05-16 11:18 a.m., John Whelan wrote:
> We seem to have a few creeping into the map in Canada.  In Europe they 
> have a legal meaning is that the case in Canada or is it just wishful 
> thinking?


I'm not aware of any provinces in Canada or states in the US which 
define living streets, although the wiki notes New York City has some 
where pedestrians and cyclists have right of way and only low-speed 
local traffic is permitted.

In Vancouver we've ended up with highway=living_street used for 
privately owned roads that are part of townhouse developments. I believe 
this is uniformly incorrect as they do not have the pedestrian priority 
that defines living streets, and after some checking will be doing 
retagging of the ones near me.