Forum:Federal States/Motorway Numbering Restructuring
As the project has grown and matured significantly since the initial motorway numbering system was first implemented about five years ago, and based on conversations with several stateowners, I would like to propose the following modest reforms to the motorway network:
- Designating certain routes as "primary" or "secondary" should be depreciated and removed from the master list. These terms seem to be confusing and creates an unnecessary "hierarchy" of routes that may or may not actually be more important than others. Instead, routes that end in "0" or "1" would only be referred to as "grid" routes that guide and frame the larger overall numbering scheme.
- While maintaining the overall numbering scheme, more tolerance for "crossing" routes should be added to the system. "Parallel" routes would be permitted to cross each other provided they do not cross through more than one "grid" (X0/X1) motorway. For instance, FS-16 could cross both FS-14 and FS-20 provided it did not also cross FS-10 or FS-30.
- Single-digit route numbers would be reserved for major "diagonal" routes that would otherwise violate Reform #2. This would include existing FS-1, FS-2, and FS-3. Any single-digit route can run in any direction and is not restricted to the odd/even rules of the rest of the network.
- To satisfy Reform #3, current FS-5 and FS-8 would be renumbered. Detailing how these routes would be renumbered would be up to the Southeast and the West Lakes regions, respectively.
- To open up more motorway numbering options in the Southeast, FS-30 would be re-routed east of Madawan, replacing FS-22 to Stanton. The existing FS-30 segment between Madawan and Anne Abbey would become an extension of FS-40.
I believe these reforms are relatively modest and do not require an official vote to implement, but I also have no interest in enacting them unilaterally either. Accordingly, if there are any questions or concerns, please post them here; however, if there are no objections within the next two weeks (by 10 Sep 2025), these changes will become official. (Please post any official objections in the appropriate section below; otherwise, please use the "Discussion" section.) --TheMayor (talk) 21:56, 27 August 2025 (UTC)