Unfortunately as of 2023 access=private is widely used as a duplicate of access=permissive as well as ownership=private and should not be expected to match the originally intended meaning.”  In my survey, each house receives mail delivery as well as trash and recycling pickup. This and the fact that the roads were wide open without any gates led me to feel that “access=permissive” (which is how they were previously tagged) is the most appropriate. 



