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# highway=street discussion

See the proposal [here](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/highway%3Dstreet).

## Participants
* DavidJDBA
* poornibadrinath
* Natfoot
* mvexel


## Topics
* Name confusing, alternatives?
* Collect info on which local communities make a strong distinction between the two types (Lithuania?)
* *add your topic here*

## Discussion
### Naming
* First decide on the fundamental question, then consider naming
* Stroads :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORzNZUeUHAM 
    * Streets are where people live, lowest speed limits
    * Roads are how you get from A to B, medium speed limits
    * Stroads sit in the middle
    * conversation about streets vs roads
* Folks tag road as unclassified when unsure about road class


### Outreach
* Start local community discussion
* Lithuania post https://hackmd.io/BTKpwNrTRzWDA78ZUyO29g
* SE asian communities use unclassified as major, but below tertiary
* Idea to Prepare a community survey

### Classification
* "No functional difference"
* Capturing things like speed limits as tags on the same `highway` class; can we capture all the characteristics that distinguish `unclassified` from `residential`/`tertiary` wi

### Transition
* Losing data, how to prevent 

### Examples
* USA
    * https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/5877572
    * https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/5874764
    * https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/5893213
* India
    * https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/681348753
    * https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/681348757
* Cz
    * https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/300688095
    * https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/126054899

## Follow up
* All please edit the proposal (link above) as you see fit.
* Add a section about local examples
* Prepare a survey?
* Martijn to reach out to each of you individually
