USHAKOV, Sergey wrote: > Hi again, > > looks like I have brought a lot of confusion in my previous posts by misuse > of the word 'alley'. The latter seems to have too broad range of meanings, > and many of them are not what I meant. Just compare > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alley (not good as a 'living_street') and > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alley.JpG (might probably be). > > Please consider the following proposed definition for a 'living_street': > > 'living_street' is a: > - pubic street or way > - in a residential area > - intended for mixed vehicle/pedestrian traffic > - where vehicles have extra limitations and pedestrians have extra rights as > compared to normal streets/ways (details depending on local legislation) > - may optionally have a name as a street > - may be optionally marked with "Residential Area" traffic sign where > appropriate. > > Please kindly comment/criticize.
I honestly don't see where the confusion is. Alleys occur in all kinds of districts throughout the world, the type of way doesn't change purely on inductive reasoning alone. If it's a back alleyway where you're not expected to do more than find hidden driveways, garbage and delivery access, and maybe off-street parking, it's not a living_street even if all the ways around it are. Wikipedia isn't the best example making a judgement call on this, either; our own wiki is much better in this regard. Our wiki has tagging examples and graphics that seem to make it pretty clear that the living_street tag applies only to ways that are actually living_streets, not all ways in an area. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dservice http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Living_street
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