[Talk-ca] highway=living_street

[john whelan]

Now that I would describe as a living_street some of the others I'm not so
sure about.

Cheerio John

On Mon, May 22, 2023, 15:13 Julian Loke <osm at 360pan.com> wrote:

> 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?
> >
> >
> >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.
> >
> >
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