Last update has included more dangerous roads

[sttorstein (Torstein Reistadbakk)]

Hi

I’ve tried to find a relevant thread to put this. Hope it’s ok to start a new.

A couple if weeks ago there was a massive update in the road network. Some highly trafficked roads where there should be no pedestrians used to be excluded from the network, but now many dangerous roads have been included. Some of them are marked “Trunk” in OSM. One road, “Haakon V’s gate” in Oslo, starts as street with pavements, but transits into a brigde that leads into the motorway systems that of course does not allow pedestrians. Maybe this is the problem?

Has anyone else seen this lately?

Kind regards

Torstein Reistadbakk

[liz (Liz Read)]

Here’s the relevant thread (or a relevant thread).

The A3 trunk road in the UK and other "virtual" motorways that are clearly unsafe to run on

It’s a tricky one for sure. I am almost done with “Runnymede” in Surrey in the UK. Yesterday on the last few to do was a single dual carriageway 40 mph road Windsor Road - CityStrides with no sidewalk immediately adjacent to the road but as it goes through an area very popular for walkers (where the Magna Carta was signed) there are lots of paths set back a bit from the road and one which is at least sort of “parallel”. I did however think, especially in Hard Mode that I use, that it may well le…

[hans1 (Hans Westerback)]

Many trunk roads have access foot = Not specified in OSM. You need to change them to No for the parts where foot access is not possible

[JamesChevalier]

There’s The Trouble with Trunk Roads as well, which also touches on the other side of things - roads that are pedestrian-safe and categorized as trunk. Updates on July 28, 2025 (Release 1261) is the release announcement of the change, along with some further details.

It looks like there are 38 streets (528 individual way records) in Oslo that are tagged as highway=trunk and also not tagged as expressway=yes or motorroad=yes or foot=no … Some of them, like Way: ‪Østre Aker vei‬ (‪1425644282‬) | OpenStreetMap definitely do not seem fit for pedestrians (by finding it in Google Street View and being certain that nobody should be running there).

38 streets with example way link

Adolf Hedins vei e.g. Way: ‪Adolf Hedins vei‬ (‪71218146‬) | OpenStreetMap
Akershusstranda e.g. Way: ‪Akershusstranda‬ (‪27204164‬) | OpenStreetMap
Dronning Eufemias gate e.g. Way: ‪Dronning Eufemias gate‬ (‪246047719‬) | OpenStreetMap
Dronning Mauds gate e.g. Way: ‪Dronning Mauds gate‬ (‪4259095‬) | OpenStreetMap
Frederiks gate e.g. Way: ‪Frederiks gate‬ (‪4271152‬) | OpenStreetMap
Grensesvingen e.g. Way: ‪Grensesvingen‬ (‪93780016‬) | OpenStreetMap
Grev Wedels plass e.g. Way: ‪Grev Wedels plass‬ (‪471953135‬) | OpenStreetMap
Haakon VII’s gate e.g. Way: ‪Haakon VII's gate‬ (‪4258671‬) | OpenStreetMap
Hammersborggata e.g. Way: ‪Hammersborggata‬ (‪4241785‬) | OpenStreetMap
Husebybakken e.g. Way: ‪Husebybakken‬ (‪92719224‬) | OpenStreetMap
Kong Håkon 5.s gate e.g. Way: ‪Kong Håkon 5.s gate‬ (‪38982101‬) | OpenStreetMap
Kongshavnveien e.g. Way: ‪Kongshavnveien‬ (‪172520790‬) | OpenStreetMap
Konows gate e.g. Way: ‪Konows gate‬ (‪7995745‬) | OpenStreetMap
Langkaia e.g. Way: ‪Langkaia‬ (‪182680452‬) | OpenStreetMap
Langkaigata e.g. Way: ‪Langkaigata‬ (‪246047728‬) | OpenStreetMap
Ljabrudiagonalen e.g. Way: ‪Ljabrudiagonalen‬ (‪27062226‬) | OpenStreetMap
Lybekkergata e.g. Way: ‪Lybekkergata‬ (‪4335665‬) | OpenStreetMap
Mosseveien e.g. Way: ‪Mosseveien‬ (‪118398539‬) | OpenStreetMap
Munkedamsveien e.g. Way: ‪Munkedamsveien‬ (‪5089094‬) | OpenStreetMap
Myntgata e.g. Way: ‪Myntgata‬ (‪191051660‬) | OpenStreetMap
Nedre Kalbakkvei e.g. Way: ‪Nedre Kalbakkvei‬ (‪4982462‬) | OpenStreetMap
Nylandsveien e.g. Way: ‪Nylandsveien‬ (‪60813050‬) | OpenStreetMap
Ruseløkkveien e.g. Way: ‪Ruseløkkveien‬ (‪4258672‬) | OpenStreetMap
Rådhusgata e.g. Way: ‪Rådhusgata‬ (‪161976943‬) | OpenStreetMap
Schweigaards gate e.g. Way: ‪Schweigaards gate‬ (‪4335662‬) | OpenStreetMap
Sjølysttunnelen e.g. Way: ‪Sjølysttunnelen‬ (‪26123573‬) | OpenStreetMap
Skippergata e.g. Way: ‪Skippergata‬ (‪24874720‬) | OpenStreetMap
Smestadtunnelen e.g. Way: ‪Smestadtunnelen‬ (‪5015723‬) | OpenStreetMap
St. Olavs gate e.g. Way: ‪St. Olavs gate‬ (‪4747188‬) | OpenStreetMap
Strømsveien e.g. Way: ‪Strømsveien‬ (‪4242468‬) | OpenStreetMap
Sydhavna-krysset e.g. Way: ‪Sydhavna-krysset‬ (‪255703531‬) | OpenStreetMap
Trondheimsveien e.g. Way: ‪Trondheimsveien‬ (‪3236594‬) | OpenStreetMap
Tvetenveien e.g. Way: ‪Tvetenveien‬ (‪4272899‬) | OpenStreetMap
Ullernchausséen e.g. Way: ‪Ullernchausséen‬ (‪3653020‬) | OpenStreetMap
Veslekroken e.g. Way: ‪Veslekroken‬ (‪119226209‬) | OpenStreetMap
Viggo Hansteens vei e.g. Way: ‪Viggo Hansteens vei‬ (‪34751678‬) | OpenStreetMap
Østre Aker vei e.g. Way: ‪Østre Aker vei‬ (‪50968108‬) | OpenStreetMap
Østre tangent e.g. Way: ‪Østre tangent‬ (‪42181234‬) | OpenStreetMap

There’s definitely a conversation around “are there hundreds of incorrectly tagged way records that we’re finding because of this recent change?”

[sttorstein (Torstein Reistadbakk)]

Thank you for your quick reply, and of course, your great work. I do understand the dilemma.

Ok, so if they are tagged expressway=yes or motorroad=yes or foot=no they will be excluded. I’ll look into the roads I know well!