trunk road (by observation in philippine examples) is normally a very long 'road system' and they generally crosses provincial/regional boundary (carrying a common name or road code along the entire length).
but i agree that there are some exceptions: Quezon Ave & Commonwealth ranks 2nd the the heaviest number of vehicle traffic in ph (per MMDA) and unquestionably functions like a trunk (even if they are both located within the same city), and their traffic connects to Espana going to the heart of Manila; then Espana must be also be a trunk. (it feeds 2 main roads: Quezon Ave & E. Rodriquez Ave @ Mabuhay Rotonda). +1 vote Espana & Quezon Ave as trunk On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 9:55 PM, Eugene Alvin Villar <sea...@gmail.com> wrote: > I personally think that trunk roads are generally long-distance roads meant > to drive traffic across a metropolis or across the countryside. > > While traffic volume is a very good indicator, it's not always guaranteed. > > That said, I was actually thinking of upgrading Espana-Quezon Avenue to > trunk. :-) > > What do other people think? > > > On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 9:02 PM, Rally de Leon <rall...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Basing on loose definition/s of trunk roads in the philippines, can >> the roads below (Top 10 Most Heavily Traveled Corridor in MM) be all >> converted to trunk roads? (some are already trunk roads) >> - very high volume of traffic (carrying the combined volumes of >> primary & secondary roads connected to it) >> -if it functions like a corridor. >> - a 'road system' that connects 2 or multiple provinces (crosses >> provincial boundaries) eg. Maharlika Highway (AH26), Marcos Highway >> (112km), Halsema Highway (180km), Manila East Road upto Laguna >> (80km), MacArthur Highway (Monumento to La Union, Gapan-Olongapo Road, >> StaRosa(Laguna) to Tagaytay(Cavite) >> TagaytayCity(Cavite)-Nasugbu(Batangas), etc.) There must be a lot like >> these in Mindanao, >> >> >> >> http://engineer-einjel.blogspot.com/search/label/TOP%2010%20MOST%20TRAVELED%20ROAD >> >> Top 10 Most Heavily Traveled Corridor in MM >> Annual Average Daily Traffic or AADT is estimated as the total volume >> counted over one year divided by the number of days in the year. >> >> Traffic Engineering Center of the Metro Manila Development Authority >> (MMDA) conducts a yearly volume count (AADT) for the major >> thoroughfares in Metro Manila. The latest data as of March 2010 is >> that of year 2008 study. The TOP 10 MOST HEAVILY TRAVELED CORRIDOR >> are: >> >> 1) EDSA (C-4) >> 2) Quezon Ave. / Commonwealth - (serves as the trunk road of Quezon City ) >> 3) Katipunan (C-5) >> 4) SSH (R-3) >> 5) Roxas Blvd. (R-1) >> 6) Marcos Highway (also known as Marikina-Infanta Road - connects >> NCR-Rizal-Laguna-Quezon) >> 7) Magsaysay Blvd. / Aurora Blvd. >> 8) A. H. Lacson / Pres. Quirino (C-2) >> 9) Ortigas Ave. (connects Rizal Province to NCR) >> 10) Araneta Ave. (C-3) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk-ph mailing list >> talk-ph@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph > > > > -- > http://vaes9.codedgraphic.com > _______________________________________________ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
