[Talk-us] Usage of highway=track in the United States (rjgambrel)
Clifford Snow
clifford at snowandsnow.us
Wed Feb 24 23:28:38 UTC 2021
Zeke,
On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 1:47 PM Zeke Farwell <ezekielf at gmail.com> wrote:
> +1. In Vermont we have more miles of dirt road than paved road:
> https://vtrans.vermont.gov/planning/maps/stats
> These should not all be converted to highway=track!
>
> I think it would be good to state on the wiki where the line is between
> unclassified/residential and track if we can find it. Seems pretty clear
> to me that "good for most cars" = unclassified/residential, and "only good
> for off road vehicles" = track. But the middle ground of "fine for high
> clearance vehicles, sketchy for others, might need 4WD, but still an
> official town road" is less clear. There are quite a few of these in my
> area currently tagged as "highway=track", but maybe "highway=unclassified,
> surface=unpaved, smoothness=very_bad" would be more appropriate? I'm happy
> to start converting roads like this if we have consensus and it's
> documented on the wiki.
>
Highway unclassified around my area is used in rural areas as the lowest
level of classification but above service and track. Often found connecting
houses in business to cities either directly or via higher classification
roads. I like to think of them as rural residential where the residents are
spread out over long distances.
The wiki has a pretty good definition:
The tag highway=unclassified is used for minor public roads typically at
the lowest level of the interconnecting grid network. Unclassified roads
have lower importance in the road network than tertiary roads, and are not
residential streets or agricultural tracks. highway=unclassified should be
used for roads used for local traffic, and for roads used to connect other
towns, villages or hamlets. Unclassified roads are considered usable by
motor cars. Public roads of low importance within town and cities that are
not residential may also be highway=unclassified.
Best,
Clifford
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