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
<kevinfarru...@gmail.com> wrote:
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 traffic banned and urban
speed limits/road designs. Arguably the subway has lowered the importance of
Yonge Street for cars/trucks. As for intercity travel, the 400-Series Highways
have generally made travel using former King's Highways in the Golden Horseshoe
a thing of the past (hence the download in the '90s), so being a former
Provincial Highway is too simple of a definition, IMO.
Some of those former King's Highways you mentioned in your email were tagged as
Secondary from when they were first digitized until they were changed a year or
so ago by one user, so they haven't always been like that and weren't really
changed by consensus (thanks for the email, btw).
My thoughts/opinion anyways...
Cheers,
-Kevin
On Thu, 16 Jul 2020 at 14:09, Justin Tracey <j3tra...@gmail.com> wrote:
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
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