[Talk-us] proposed first principles for United States road tagging

[Anthony]

On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 5:18 PM, Paul Johnson <baloo at ursamundi.org> wrote:

> On Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:21:17 -0500, Anthony wrote:
>
> > Yeah.  Motorway is simple.  A road designated exclusively for motor
> > vehicles.
>
> That's not true for most of America (as only 23 states prohibit bicycles
> and pedestrians on freeways).
>

It's not true?  Freeway is not the same as "motorway".  You gave the
definition of "motorway" yourself.  "designed for
high<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/high>
speed <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/speed>
traffic<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/traffic>,
having restrictions <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/restriction> on the
vehicle <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vehicle>
types<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/type>
permitted <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/permitted>".  Motorway, by
definition, is exclusive to motor vehicles.  If bicycles aren't prohibited,
it's not a motorway.
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