That sounds about right for defining a motorway. On Jun 30, 2013 8:37 AM, "Phil! Gold" <[email protected]> wrote:
> * Toby Murray <[email protected]> [2013-06-30 03:39 -0500]: > > So then we come back to the question of what exactly is trunk if it isn't > > used for these kinds of roads? > > I've thought of them as something like "really major but not > Interstate-grade roads". Primary roads are main roads, obviously, but > trunks have better throughput. I mentioned MD 90 earlier; in the same > region is the easternmost part of US 50 which is a divided highway > with at-grade intersections and periodic (but not frequent) traffic > lights. It's designed to get a lot of people to and from Ocean City, > MD in an efficient way. I think it definitely fits as a trunk. > > I think most of the things I would consider trunk are divided, but I > have seen undivided roads that others have tagged trunk and thought, > "Yeah, that makes sense there." > > -- > ...computer contrarian of the first order... / http://aperiodic.net/phil/ > PGP: 026A27F2 print: D200 5BDB FC4B B24A 9248 9F7A 4322 2D22 026A 27F2 > --- -- > #define FALSE 0 /* This is the naked Truth */ > #define TRUE 1 /* and this is the Light */ > -- mailto.c > ---- --- -- > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >
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