[Talk-ca] maxspeed:type=CA:urban and the like

[Jarek Piórkowski]

The Ontario regulation remains 50 km/h within a built-up area: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90h08#BK219 , however municipalities can set different limits (lower or higher) and many do.

The table in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_limits_in_Canada looks a mess, I don't know if StreetComplete wants to add all these categories. There's also a quite long disclaimer in https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:maxspeed:type#Canada for `CA:urban`.

Personally I think StreetComplete should be setting maxspeed:type in Canada as only `sign` and `CA-XX:urban` (as the rural limits vary too much depending on type of road) and even that should exclude some provinces (e.g. Saskatchewan apparently doesn't have a backstop urban limit if not posted?). 

--Jarek

On Wed, 7 May 2025, at 10:17, fbax at execulink.com wrote:
> Didn't many/most urban speed limits in Ontario recently change to 40km/hr?
> 
> On 2025-05-07 05:44, Jherome Miguel wrote:
> 
>> Just stumbled upon this
>> maxspeed:type= tag value, CA:urban from a search for tag values for that tag applicable to Canada. Also found other CA:-prefixed values that are less commonly used, CA:rural and CA:motorway. Given traffic laws in Canada are a provincial and territorial matter, I have considered its usage questionable. Province-specific values, prefixed with CA-(province/territory name abbreviation) such as CA-ON:urban for an implied 50 km/h urban speed limit in Ontario better reflect the nature of Canadian traffic laws, but so far, their usage is dwarfed by the CA:-prefixed values.
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