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vr.tr.street · thing-q79007

Let an agent handle streets by name, location, function, users and rules, as places as well as routes.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems PHY.BLT
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Identity Which street.

Name

Official name.

Name

Name and history.

  1. What is the street official name, and has it changed? provenance
  2. In which town and district? definition

Addresses

Numbering.

Addressing

Numbering scheme.

  1. How are buildings numbered on it? definition
  2. Which postal code applies? provenance
Function Movement and place.

Traffic

Users and rules.

Traffic

Traffic rules.

  1. Which traffic is allowed, at what speed? boundary
  2. Is it one-way or pedestrianised? definition

Place

Shops and public life.

Place

Street life.

  1. What shops, services and public spaces are on it? definition
  2. Are there markets or events? definition
Safety and access For everyone.

Safety

Crashes and crossings.

Safety

Safety record.

  1. What is its safety record for pedestrians and cyclists? measurement
  2. Where are safe crossings? definition

Accessibility

Pavements and kerbs.

Accessibility

Accessibility.

  1. Are pavements wide and step-free? measurement
  2. Where are obstacles? boundary
Works and events Closures.

Closures

Current closures.

Closures

Closures and diversions.

  1. Is the street closed now, and why? boundary
  2. What diversion applies? action

Changes

Redesign.

Redesign

Planned changes.

  1. Are changes planned, and how can the public comment? action
  2. Who is the highway authority? provenance

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Physical world and living systems
Entry kind
thing
Plane
PHY
Domain
PHY.BLT
Other names and narrower kinds
promenade, Path of the Wanderer, Passeig Marítim, boardwalk, main street, cardo, street in Washington, D.C., hutong, Avenue in Hamburg, chaussee in Hamburg, former streets of Paris, 100-meter road

What it is Filled

A public way in a town or city, usually with buildings along it, serving traffic, pedestrians and public life, from main streets to promenades and boardwalks.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle streets by name, location, function, users and rules, as places as well as routes.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • An urban way lined with buildings
  • A place as well as a route
  • Street names and numbers form addresses
  • Road is the broader category

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Block streets, footways or emergency routes.
  • Operate vehicles or robots on streets outside the rules for them.
  • Record and publish people in the street in ways that track or identify them.
  • Present contested street names as settled without noting the dispute.

Only with a human decision

  • Closing a street or directing traffic.

May

  • Report street names, addresses and traffic rules from official sources.
  • Navigate or deliver along streets where it is permitted to operate.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Streets are shared public space; pedestrians, children and disabled people need safe passage.
  • Street surveillance can chill public life.

Who is affected

  • Pedestrians
  • Residents
  • Disabled people

Owners Filled

Steward

The public: held in common; the highway or municipal authority manages it.

Master systems

  • Street and address registers

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q34442 - registry parent class
  • Q376799 - registry parent class
  • Q811979 - registry parent class

related

  • road - urban road
  • city and neighborhood - urban fabric
  • address - locations
  • transport and public life - uses

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.street
  • Wikidata: Q79007 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79007)
  • street code: national street register code official registers
  • OpenStreetMap way id: numeric mapped segments

Direct properties required Filled

  • width: 3-100 m - lanes to boulevards
  • urban speed limit: 20-50 km/h - common ranges

Recognition required Filled

  • Street name signs and house numbers
  • Pavements and frontages
  • Promenades and boardwalks along water
  • A paved way lined with buildings, pavements, lighting and trees; pedestrian streets and promenades have no traffic.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • walk, cycle or drive along it
  • address buildings on it
  • redesign it, for safety and people
  • close it, for events or works

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Pedestrian and cyclist injuries
  • Renamed streets breaking addresses
  • Inaccessible pavements

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Street naming and numbering rules
  • Urban street design guidance
  • Traffic and accessibility law

Context of use required Filled

  • Movement, access to buildings, commerce and public life.
  • main streets and high streets
  • residential streets
  • pedestrian streets
  • promenades and boardwalks
  • historical streets such as Roman cardines

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q79007: street - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Street - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should named streets be instances?
  • How should renamings be tracked?
  • How should streets as places be represented?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q79007/spec.json