It has been 2-3 months since we shared ideas and opinions on a refined and revised road classification scheme, but discussions have stalled.
So far, my proposal has been like this (for a detailed proposal, see https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Philippines/Mapping_conventions/Roads): -Motorway - controlled-access expressway. Access via ramps only, and no entry for pedestrians, bicycles, motorcycles with engine displacement below 400cc, tricycles, and animal-drawn vehicles. -Trunk - highway between major cities (with population 100,000+), and forming the national road transportation backbone; expressways that do not have control of access; major roads resembling expressways (with ramps, U-turns replacing left turns across median, and flyovers/overpasses/underpasses at high-traffic intersections) but with intersections and property accesses. -Primary - (rural) highway between small cities and large town centers; (urban) major thoroughfares, usually avenues or boulevards -Secondary - (rural) roads between small town centers; (urban) minor arteries, usually one connecting 3+ barangays or city districts -Tertiary - (rural) roads between barangays (urban), collector roads, usually one within a barangay or city district. -Unclassified - (rural) other smaller local roads, usually one connecting house clusters, or sitios/puroks; (urban) non-residential local streets -Residential - Residential streets, regardless of width -Service - property access roads, alleys, drive-thrus, driveways -Track - farm tracks, roads only passable to 4x4/4WD vehicles, golf course roads used only by golf carts. -Pedestrian - streets closed to motor vehicles, or pedestrian squares Have been mapping in Canada for 2 years and finding the road classification scheme there better and ideal (with a good distinction between urban and rural roads), I am considering using them as a base for a new road classification scheme for the Philippines, but with some modifications. I previously considered retaining the living_street classification as there is some consensus to keep it for any street with width below 3 m or passage hindered by obstructions. However, since the successful roadside clearing operations in 2019 have changed the situation on the ground, there is no legally defined concept that equals to "living street" in the Philippine traffic code (RA 4136) or accompanying laws, and objections have been raised on the incorrect use of the tag to mark very narrow streets in developing countries aside from the Philippines, I strongly agree dropping it completely at all. There has been no consensus on handling highway bypasses or diversion roads, so the classification should be based on their overall usage or characteristics. My thoughts is to move the higher classification to the bypass or diversion if most through traffic take that when traveling through around the city or town proper (downtown or "poblacion" area), otherwise, tag both routes with the same classification and tag the implicit default speeds for routing engines to use. --TagaSanPedroAko --TagaSanPedroAko
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