[OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap routing service

[Stephen Hope]

That is certainly the case in Australia.  Parts of our 'National
Highway 1' are motorway standard, other parts are labeled trunk, but
are one lane each way, not divided road, and anything is allowed on
them.  And the only alternate route may well be several hundred km
longer.

2008/9/8 Dermot McNally <dermotm at gmail.com>:
> I agree with the second half of what you say here, and that's because
> I disagree with the first bit. I know that German tagging practice has
> evolved to consider "trunk" to refer to vehicle-only routes, but
> there's no reason to suppose that other countries will use the same
> reasoning. The term originates in the UK road classification system,
> where it's simply the highest category of non-motorway road. Within
> that category, quality can vary greatly between motorway-standard
> roads and glorified cart tracks.
>