Hi Colin, I agree entirely (though note that the two share many of those features so I can see where the argument comes from).
If a shared space is not a living street how should it be tagged? Adam On 1 October 2017 at 14:29, Colin Smale <colin.sm...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > It depends if you want to have a uniform basis for "living_street" across > the world (well, Europe at least). The concept is well known and understood > in continental Europe, and basically implies driving at walking pace, no > separate pavements, no parking except in marked spaces, and all road users > (including pedestrians!) have equal priority. Such streets are always > residential in character. > > The UK implementation of this concept is known as a Home Zone [1]. > > Shared space schemes (see [2]) are something different, aimed at town > centre environments more than housing estates. > > So please DO NOT consider expanding living_street to include these shared > spaces. > > //colin > > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_zone > > [2] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/shared-space > > > On 2017-10-01 15:12, Adam Snape wrote: > > Hi, > > Over the past couple of years Fishergate, the high street in Preston, and > some surrounding streets have been redeveloped and these highways are now > designated as 'shared space' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_space > > Following redeveleopment these were mapped as "highway=living_street". > Earlier this year fellow mapper 'lakedistrict' left a note saying that this > seemed incorrect as this wasn't a residential scheme, I agreed and changed > the roads to unclassified highways (+ 1 tertiary), adding traffic calming, > surface and access tags as appropriate. These roads have recently been > changed back to highway-=living_street by another mapper 'Pete Owens' > https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/52072635 > > To move things forward I would like others' opinions about how we should > map such shared space schemes Are we happy to broaden the definition of > living_street to include them or are they better mapped as ordinary streets > with additional tags? Another potential option which I toyed with was > mapping them as highway=pedestrian, adding access tags (bicycles are > permitted, motor vehicle access varies across the area from 24/7 > thoroughfares, to time conditional/destination/psv only access). > > I'll draw lakedistrict and Pete Owens' attentions to this email so that > they can contribute to the discussion. > > Kind regards, > > Adam (ACS1986) > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > >
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