[OSM-talk] Newbie - questions I didn't find definate answers in the wiki or list archives

[Richard Weait]

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Joseph Scanlan <n7xsd at arrl.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Sep 2009, Richard Weait wrote:
>
>> Excellent start.  Changing arterial streets to highway=secondary will
>> help give the city some context.
>
> I prefer marking arterials as highway=tertiary.  There are exceptions, of
> course.  Some arterials are part of highways connecting cities.  No point in
> demoting the way just because the state took it's number off when it turned
> maintenance over to a city or county.

Sorry, Joseph, I was talking about suburban arterials, which I prefer
as secondary.  I use tertiary to distinguish the preferred route into
and out of the subdivision.  Often these are wider or have turn lanes
and or traffic signals to aid access to the intersecting secondary
road.

I sometimes use tertiary as arterial roads in rural areas as you suggest.

Best regards.
Richard