On Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 9:43 PM, Evin Fairchild <evindf...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Oct 14, 2017 5:41 PM, "Paul Johnson" <ba...@ursamundi.org> wrote: > > > > On Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 7:28 PM, Evin Fairchild <evindf...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >> >> On Oct 14, 2017 4:25 PM, "Paul Johnson" <ba...@ursamundi.org> wrote: >> >> >> >> On Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 6:08 PM, Evin Fairchild <evindf...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> On Oct 14, 2017 2:04 PM, "Wolfgang Zenker" <wolfg...@lyxys.ka.sub.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> it looks to me that this discussion is going in circles, not forward >>> at the moment. IMHO it does not make a lot of sense to argue what might >>> be the true meaning of "trunk". Instead, we should concentrate on what >>> it should mean, document this meaning if we can agree on one and don't >>> worry to much about what other maps or different parts of the world >>> think a "trunk" is. >>> >>> >>> Yeah, the whole reason why this discussion hasn't resulted in a >>> consensus for 7+ years is because people have dug in their heels so much >>> and said "trunk roads can only be divided highways, no its, ands, or buts." >>> I support what is written on the wiki that says that it is the second most >>> important road after motorway. I haven't seen a single compelling reason to >>> believe that trunk should only apply to divided highways. You can still >>> tell whether a trunk is divided at low zooms based on how thick the line is. >>> >> >> I'm OK with single carriageway trunks, if they're controlled access, >> like, say, the Chickasaw Turnpike, and similarly constructed roads. The >> single carriageway parts of US 395 or US 97 in eastern Oregon, US 400 in >> Kansas or US 75 in Oklahoma, though? They're all solid primaries. >> >> >> You actually think that US 97, the main artery thru Central Oregon that >> passes thru the Bend area which has a 75K population and a metro population >> of 100K shouldn't be connected to the outside world with a trunk road? >> > > Yes. Because for the majority of that length that isn't between US 20 and > County Road 40 is, for all practical purposes, the same generic two lane, > shoulderless ribbon of pavement that pretty much any two lane Texas FM or > RM road, or pretty much any other similar road in the American west. > Primary is more than ample for such a road. > > > That's not accurate to compare a US highway to some podunk FM/RM road out > in the middle of nowhere in Texas. US 97 has way more traffic and very > deserving of its trunk road designation. Most US highways are, except in > places where they parallel an interstate or other freeway. BTW, this is > what is written on the wiki. > Which was updated by NE2 to skew towards his view of the situation. Any edits by him have negative value at this point. Disconnect his reality from actual reality.
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