[Talk-us] Minimum standards for motorways?

[Nathan Edgars II]

Oops - meant to send this to the list.

On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Richard Welty <rwelty at averillpark.net> wrote:
> On 1/1/11 5:47 AM, Nathan Edgars II wrote:
>>
>> Question: what do people think about minimum standards for tagging
>> something highway=motorway? In other words, would it be reasonable to
>> tag a highway as trunk rather than motorway because it has no
>> shoulders or a low speed limit (40 mph)?
>
> with the low limit, it might even be sub-trunk.

What would you set as a cutoff? Significant portions of Interstates in
New York City have a limit of 45 mph; would you make anything under
that trunk or lower? Or would you have other criteria for deciding
when a freeway is not a motorway?