Am Do., 22. Juni 2023 um 12:36 Uhr schrieb Brian M. Sperlongano < zelonew...@gmail.com>:
> > yes, but motorway is an exception because it is usually defined by signs >> rather than characteristics (e.g. if the signs are missing but it looks and >> feels like, we use motorroad=yes in some countries) > > > Iknow you said 'usually' but this sounds like a very European perspective > to me. We have no such distinction in the US. I've learned on this project > to be quite careful about projecting what we think to be a normal structure > onto other locations in the world. In the US it's a motorway if it's > physically constructed like one, and there's many edge cases that we > scratch our heads on. > I believe the US is an exception then, at least the current wiki confirms what I wrote (and in this case I didn't write it myself ;-) ) , from highway=motorway: Typically highway <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway>=motorway should be *used only on roads with control of access <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled-access_highway>*, or selected roads with limited access <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited-access_road> depending on the local context and prevailing convention. Generally roads with control of access <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled-access_highway> are proclaimed in government documents, and have an official status as a controlled access road, sometimes this can include the term motorway, freeway or expressway among others in the road name. These kinds of roads usually have a special designation by the law, with a set of laws specifically applied on them. Generally some restrictions are placed on the kind of vehicles or traffic which can be on roads which should be classed as highway <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway>=motorway, such as no pedestrians, bicycles, livestock, horses and so on.
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