[Talk-GB] UK use of highway=living_street

[Dan S]

Hi all,

By coincidence, I've just got home from mapping a "home zone"
signposted area - first time I've seen one. I'm tagging it as
living_street. Here it is:
<http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/4004201>

I would say do not use the tag just because of seeing block paving on
the street. As far as I'm aware, there's no rule that motorists have
any obligation to interpret block paving in a particular way. In
practice, I guess it does influence them, but as a "nudge" not a rule,
so it seems to me that "highway=residential and surface=paving_stones"
(as you suggest, Rob) is a good fit for the merely block-paved.

Best
Dan

2014-08-31 19:56 GMT+01:00 Amaroussi-OSM <kuriasity at gmail.com>:
> As far as I know for minor roads, I always default to using unclassified or residential (depending on the surrounding area’s predominant land use). I only use “Pedestrian” where such sign exists, and “Living streets” for actual home zones with “home zone” signs, if I ever found one.
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