Hi @txemt,

I’m writing as the project lead for our organised editing activity: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Organised_Editing/Activities/OptimoRoute.

Thank you for taking an interest in our work. We have discussed our U.S. mapping activities on the OSM community forum. A related topic about tagging the U.S. National Truck Network is covered here: https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/interstates-in-the-southeast-not-marked-as-truck-national-network/124465. I mention it because even though interstate highways might be “commonly understood” as truck-designated, that is not always the case, and, more importantly, the consensus in that thread was that explicitly tagging such designations in OSM is appropriate.

From our perspective as both mappers and data consumers, information that exists only as “common understanding” but is not tagged in OSM is effectively missing data. The same logic applies in Texas. The TxDOT page we referenced is an official government source that defines truck routes, and our recent hgv=* tagging in Texas reflects those designations in OSM. If you know of a more appropriate official source, please let us know.

I would be happy to continue this discussion with the U.S. community, either in the existing thread about our activity in the United States (https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/optimoroute-organised-editing-activity-in-the-united-states/120453) or in a new thread about Texas truck routes, so more contributors can weigh in.
Please also let us know if you notice any tagging that appears incorrect.

Thank you,

Marko
OptimoRoute team