[Talk-ca] highway=living_street

[Cameron Monagle]

I can't speak for elsewhere in Canada, but in Quebec:
- The highway code <https://canlii.ca/t/xl8#sec496.6> defines "shared streets"
- The definition of a shared street corresponds with the "living_street" definition in OSM

As an example, it would not be correct to describe Plaza Saint-Hubert <https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/475308565#map=16/45.5339/-73.5979> with "highway=pedestrian", since there's parking and plenty of vehicular traffic, but that traffic must yield to pedestrians. This tag is important to maintain (at least in the Quebec context), and I would caution against systematic reversions without on-the-ground verification.

Thanks and best,
Cameron

On Tue, May 16, 2023, at 14:18, 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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