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 inc…

Here’s the relevant thread (or a relevant thread). [image] The A3 trunk road in the UK and other "virtual" motorways that are clearly unsafe to run on City/Street/Node Issues It’s a tricky one for sure. I am almost done with “Runnymede” in Surrey in the UK. Ye…

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

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 stre…

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!

Last update has included more dangerous roads

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liz (Liz Read) October 2, 2025, 11:18am 2

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