Re: [Talk-us] possible upgrade for residential roads in Detroit

in many places, avenue and street are more or less interchangable. in St Pete Florida, for example, avenues are east-west and streets are north-south; otherwise the terms are interchangable. i've seen this usage elsewhere and imagine it's common. when mapping, there are two potential tricks that

Re: [Talk-us] possible upgrade for residential roads in Detroit

"Ionut Radu - (p)" writes: > I was looking over residential roads in central area of Detroit and I > was wondering if some of them should be upgraded to a superior > function class (e.g. tertiary or secondary). > Lots of them are Avenues and Boulevards with at least two

Re: [Talk-us] possible upgrade for residential roads in Detroit

I don't know about Detroit, but in Nashville, TN, where I live, street suffixes don't necessarily reflect their importance. My parents lived for decades on Parthenon Avenue, a very minor residential street. On August 16, 2017 10:08:44 AM "Ionut Radu - (p)" wrote: Hi

Re: [Talk-us] possible upgrade for residential roads in Detroit

Looked at your examples, and an upgrade makes sense to me. If I see roads like this, I tend to upgrade to a lower level tag (ie tertiary) unless I understand the road network pretty well. Locals can always bump up the level later if it seems justified. Cheers, Brad (neuhausr) On Wed, Aug 16,

[Talk-us] possible upgrade for residential roads in Detroit

Hi all, I was looking over residential roads in central area of Detroit and I was wondering if some of them should be upgraded to a superior function class (e.g. tertiary or secondary). Lots of them are Avenues and Boulevards with at least two lanes and seems to be major collector roads. I