[Talk-GB] UK use of highway=living_street

[Richard Mann]

Block paving is very common for residential streets in the Netherlands, so
that's not really enough to distinguish a living_street.

I'd keep highway=living_street for (at minimum) single surface, no clear
distinction between where cars and pedestrians go, and no clear straight
route for cars.


On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 8:22 PM, Dan S <danstowell+osm at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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