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 see a more typical cross-traffic density. That said, I certainly wouldn't engage in an edit war over it or anything.
- Justin [0] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Canadian_tagging_guidelines#Sub-national_and_below On 2020-07-16 11:28 a.m., 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 considered the "Main Street" of Toronto, Thornhill, > Richmond Hill, and Aurora. It is also a major road in Newmarket. > > 2) It is a major thoroughfare throughout the route. In Toronto, the > Yonge subway follows it and in York Region, Viva bus lanes are being > built. It also connects to Bradford in the north. > > 3) It was a former Ontario King's Highway - Highway 11. Some other > former King's Highways in the Toronto/York area are tagged as > highway=primary, such as Highway 27, Highway 7, and Highway 48. > > -- > > > > Andrew > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
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