[Talk-us] Mass Pike naming convention

[Brian M. Sperlongano]

Folks,

The ways and relation for the Mass Pike currently uses the fully-spelled
out official name of the highway, "Massachusetts Turnpike".  However, on
all signs I've ever seen, and in colloquial usage, we call it the "Mass
Pike".

Here is an example way:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/9126375

Tagged:
name=Massachusetts Turnpike

Since all local usage and signage is Mass Pike, I propose that this be
changed to the following:
name=Mass Pike
official_name=Massachusetts Turnpike

This will put the actually-used name in first position in data consumer
usage such as in rendered maps, while allowing both versions to come up in
searches, such as in geocoders like Nominatim.

I am including talk-us in this discussion in case there are similar
examples like this in other parts of the country that we might learn from.

I checked the latest TIGER layer over at
https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/tigerweb/ and it doesn't even seem to put a
text name on it, just the I-90 Interstate shield.

Thoughts?
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