[Talk-us] Request revert on Changeset #33669446

[Chris Lawrence]

On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 3:37 AM Paul Johnson <baloo at ursamundi.org> wrote:

> This is regarding WA 500 in Vancouver, Washington.  This is a surface
> expressway that will be later upgraded to a motorway, but currently has a
> mix of surface intersections and ramp style interchanges.  It appears there
> is a small but vocal minority of people who are attempting to start an edit
> war regarding this issue.
>

I believe this reversion would be inappropriate and the tagging as-is
should stand. The portions of WA 500 tagged in OSM as "motorway" have full
control of access and meet the accepted tagging standards for motorway
status in North America, while the portion of the roadway lacking full
access control is properly tagged as "trunk."

Furthermore, the state department of transportation in question signs the
"highway=motorway" sections as a freeway using "FREEWAY ENTRANCE" signage
and their official state highway map also uses the line styling associated
with a freeway for these segments. This would at least create a strong
presumption that motorway is the correct classification for the portions of
the roadway so signed.


Chris

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Christopher N. Lawrence <lordsutch at gmail.com>
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