[Talk-us] guidelines regarding roads access

[Adam Franco]

Thanks for the clear guidelines, Greg.

One additional note is that at least in my area, the TIGER import
incorrectly added access=private to many driveways and privately maintained
residential roads. Upon surveying these I've found that they are signed
"Private" or "PVT" on the street-name sign to indicate
private-maintenance/ownership (don't complain to the town about a lack of
snow-plowing/grading), but do not in reality have an access restriction.
Fixing these is a long process.

On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 9:13 AM, Andrew Matheny <andrewdmatheny at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I agree with everything Greg has said.
>
> In the US, whether you tag a highway residential or service should
> generally be determined by its function, not its access.
>
> In the case of a gated community of single family homes, the named streets
> serve the same function as named streets in other non-gated single family
> neighborhoods. Hence I would tag those highway=residential and then
> access=private. Then service for any driveways or alleys.
>
> In the cases of other residential uses it would depend on the context.
>
> For townhome or other single-family attached dwellings with named roads
> that resemble detached single-family neighborhoods, I'd still tag as
> residential.
>
> On Trailer parks, I could be convinced to go with either residential or
> service depending on the trailer park. Some are built like high density
> single family neighborhoods and have named streets, in which case I would
> use a residential tag. When I've seen some (usually smaller) trailer parks
> where the highways resemble driveways more than they do streets, I've given
> those service tags.
>
> I could also go either way on multi-family developments (like garden-style
> apartment complexes), but usually I go with highway=service because they
> function more like the interior roads of a shopping center or business park
> even though they are technically residential uses. Access tags are added
> when appropriate.
>
> -Andrew
>
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