[Talk-ca] highway=living_street

[Julian Loke]

Hi List,

A major portion of Bear Street in downtown Banff AB is a "Woonerf" = living street.

https://banff.ca/969/Bear-Street-Shared-Street

Sincerely
Julian Loke

On May 22, 2023 11:11:41 a.m. PDT, Paul Norman <osm at paulnorman.ca> wrote:
>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?
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>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.
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>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.
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