[Talk-us] Minimum standards for motorways?

[Nathan Edgars II]

On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Richard Weait <richard at weait.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 5:47 AM, Nathan Edgars II <neroute2 at gmail.com> 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)?
>
> Do you have a specific example in mind?

Yes - Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct. It seems like a clear motorway to
me, but a local has tagged it as trunk.