[Talk-ca] highway=living_street

[Paul Norman]

Yes, based on the "pedestrians will have the right-of-way" statement, 
that is a highway=living_street in Canada. They also mention "woonerf" 
on the page, which is the Dutch word for living streets.

On 2023-05-22 12:19 p.m., john whelan wrote:
> 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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