[Talk-GB] Primary road which isn't really a primary road

[Tony Shield]

I have looked at the Mapillary (dated 2021)  and Bing StreetView (dated 
2020).

The signage indicates that the A374 is Exeter Street - Gdynia Way - 
Embankment Road.

The signage indicates the A379 is from Roundabout (is this Cattedown 
Roundabout as mentioned in Sabre 
https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A374  ) - Exeter 
Street  - Embankment Road - Laira Bridge Road onwards.

The section of Embankment Street you are concerned about does not appear 
to be an A road - there are no signs and the whole road layout appears 
to be to stop traffic using Embankment Road as a main road. Sabre 
suggests that the route changed in 2011 with the opening of Gdynia Way.  
So I would call it a residential road - there are houses on one side. 
 From looking at the images the continuation Eastbound is not the A374 
until the junction with Gdynia Way and should all be residential road.

I don't know the area but that is my opinion from photo sources which 
are acceptable to OSM. Hope its helpful.

Regards


On 09/01/2023 12:50, Timothy Noname wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> I'm unhappy with the way a section of Embankment road in Plymouth is 
> tagged. Technically it is compliant with the "Roads in the united 
> kingdom" wiki article but the practical effect of this is a map which 
> is very confusing.
>
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/422381748#map=17/50.37182/-4.11307
>
> This section of road A374 contains a bus only lane, plus enforcement 
> camera.
> Traffic heading to the A374 isn't supposed to use this section of the 
> A374, but to use another road, also tagged A374 as Gydnia way from the 
> roundabout.
>
> I would like to downgrade the section from ~Florence place to Stenlake 
> Terrace
>
> All other maps display this road as a minor road. I would like to 
> downgrade it to a residential road, since that's effectively what it 
> is. Technically it's still an A road that no-one except busses should 
> use as a through road.
>
> I know everyone will say you shouldn't tag for a renderer but I can't 
> see how any renderer could interpret the current situation and produce 
> a useful map.
>
> So please, I am open to alternative suggestions.
>
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