On Thu, 16 Jul 2020 at 11:30, Andrew Deng via Talk-ca
wrote:
> Hello, I believe Yonge Street in Toronto and York Region (Regional Road 1)
> should be tagged as highway=primary rather than highway=secondary as it is
> tagged now.
> Here are some reasons I believe why:
> 1) Yonge Street is
Hello, I believe Yonge Street in Toronto and York Region (Regional Road 1)
should be tagged as highway=primary rather than highway=secondary as it is
tagged now.
Here are some reasons I believe why:
1) Yonge Street is considered the "Main Street" of Toronto, Thornhill, Richmond
Hill, and
In Canada, highway=primary is typically used for what I would call
"highway-like" roads.[0] IMHO, Yonge is a "major" road, but has too many
cross streets to be really considered highway-like, at least for most of
its length. You can look at some of the other highway=primary roads in
the area to
Hey Andrew,
I'm in agreement with Justin. I think it's too urban a road, with urban
speed limits along almost its entire length and many traffic lights. I
definitely wouldn't consider the part of Yonge through downtown Toronto (or
most of Toronto for that matter) to be Primary, with truck
I thought the tagging would be similar to the US, where roads are tagged based
on its traffic volume and importance which is why I thought Yonge should be
Primary. I see now.
--
Andrew
Student
On Thursday, July 16, 2020, 08:31:48 p.m. EDT, Kevin Farrugia
wrote:
Hey Andrew,
I'm in
Yeah, it changes from place to place and what has historically been
the standard. I'm not against changing the standard, maybe we just need a
better or updated definition for what can be a primary road in Ontario.
Perhaps we make some standards for the heavily urbanised areas of Ontario
where
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