On Sat, 2010-04-10 at 09:12 +1000, John Smith wrote: > On 10 April 2010 09:06, David Murn <da...@incanberra.com.au> wrote: > > So, in other words.. yes, in some parts of the United States, freeway is > > implied to mean no toll, whereas in most of the US (and the rest of the > > world), freeway means the traffic flows free from restrictions, > > regardless of tolls. > > We're not in the US, typically in NSW freeway has been used to imply > free from tolls and motorway means tollway
As you might have noticed, in brackets there was a phrase 'and the rest of the world', meaning 'not in the US'. Can you point to any definition that freeway implies toll-free? The wiki page I referrenced seems to disagree. > > I was under the impression that road number designations were moving > > TOWARDS the Mx (plus A/B/C) standard, not away from it. > > So far in Sydney only the M7 has shifted, the other routes are still > using the older scheme... So, in other words, they ARE moving towards the scheme? Im sure I remember seeing a linked article here the other day about roadnames changing to a lettered scheme. David _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
