Trans-Canada highway
To summarize the thread.
Make Trans-Canada Hwy 'Freeway' road type.
Primary name: Hwy 1
Alternate: Trans-Canada Hwy
Minor/Major Highways should be named:
Hwy # (H is capitalized followed by the 'w' and 'y' in lower case, followed by a number)
Not 'Highway #' or 'HWY # (all caps)'.
Very few roads should be named a freeway in Canada. Currently, only ring roads (perimeter roads around a city), Hwy 1 (including the highways Hwy 1 splits into*), Hwy 2 and any highways with limited access (e.g. highways with no street lights and access is exclusive to ramps entrances) .
*There are highways that travel through some National/Provincial parks with frequent stops, reduced speed and undivided portions. These segments should be reduced to a Major highway until the speed increases, stops are minimized and the highway is divided again.
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Hello everyone,
I'm finding that this highway is being handled differently in different regions of the country and was hoping on getting a global consensus on how we want the highway to be handled across the country. What I propose is naming it "HWY 1" and giving it the alternate name of 'Trans-Canada HWY". I've seen HWY1, Trans-Canada HWY and Trans-Canada HWY 1 being used across the country. Figure we should make it consistent.
Another thing I wanted to discuss, is what road type it should be. From what I've seen in the states (well, in North Dakota at least), state highways are of "freeway" road type. I'm not sure if I agree with using such a model for Canada as, aside from denser areas like Southern Ontario, which may be an exception, access to the highway is NOT limited access and there are many lights along the way, such as through small towns, etc. Its for this reason that I propose that we make it of Major Highway road type, unless the road travels though an area that only has limited access to the highway. Personally, 95% freeway type segments have been for ring roads exclusively, even though city planners fail to make them only limited access in a few areas. I feel that freeways are more so limited to urban settings. Again, this is only my opinion and I'm curious as to what others think. Just want to make everything consistent, to avoid editors switching things back and forth.
James
Make Trans-Canada Hwy 'Freeway' road type.
Primary name: Hwy 1
Alternate: Trans-Canada Hwy
Minor/Major Highways should be named:
Hwy # (H is capitalized followed by the 'w' and 'y' in lower case, followed by a number)
Not 'Highway #' or 'HWY # (all caps)'.
Very few roads should be named a freeway in Canada. Currently, only ring roads (perimeter roads around a city), Hwy 1 (including the highways Hwy 1 splits into*), Hwy 2 and any highways with limited access (e.g. highways with no street lights and access is exclusive to ramps entrances) .
*There are highways that travel through some National/Provincial parks with frequent stops, reduced speed and undivided portions. These segments should be reduced to a Major highway until the speed increases, stops are minimized and the highway is divided again.
_________________________________________________________________________
Hello everyone,
I'm finding that this highway is being handled differently in different regions of the country and was hoping on getting a global consensus on how we want the highway to be handled across the country. What I propose is naming it "HWY 1" and giving it the alternate name of 'Trans-Canada HWY". I've seen HWY1, Trans-Canada HWY and Trans-Canada HWY 1 being used across the country. Figure we should make it consistent.
Another thing I wanted to discuss, is what road type it should be. From what I've seen in the states (well, in North Dakota at least), state highways are of "freeway" road type. I'm not sure if I agree with using such a model for Canada as, aside from denser areas like Southern Ontario, which may be an exception, access to the highway is NOT limited access and there are many lights along the way, such as through small towns, etc. Its for this reason that I propose that we make it of Major Highway road type, unless the road travels though an area that only has limited access to the highway. Personally, 95% freeway type segments have been for ring roads exclusively, even though city planners fail to make them only limited access in a few areas. I feel that freeways are more so limited to urban settings. Again, this is only my opinion and I'm curious as to what others think. Just want to make everything consistent, to avoid editors switching things back and forth.
James
Re: Trans-Canada highway