[Talk-us] [Talk-us-newyork] Highway classification guidelines for New York State

Clifford Snow clifford at snowandsnow.us
Tue Sep 28 17:34:42 UTC 2021


On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 10:18 AM Eric Patrick <txemt1 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>  There's a multifaceted problem here. We're trying to please everyone,
> which won't happen, but by not doing something, we're still not pleasing
> everyone. There has to be some give and take between all of the uses for
> OSM. Changing PA to a trunk may work for vehicle routing purposes, but it
> may not work for bicycle routing purposes.
>
>  Why should this particular functional classification
>> system enjoy prominent placement in the highway=* key while another,
>> perhaps better suited system should go untagged?
>
>
> Is there a better suited system?
>

Perhaps a tagging system specifically for both cycleways and roads that
allow bikes that would provide the functionality for bicycle routing.

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