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The E4-Tohoku Expressway is part of Nishimachi’s expressway network, running along the city’s outskirts and forming an outer ring road with the E6 Expressway. It begins at the Misaki-Asahina Interchange, connecting with the E6, E2, E8, E7, and E1 expressways before ending at the Takasaki Junction, where it intersects with the E8 again. This route offers a quicker way to navigate around the city without going through the center.

Looks like the police is also gonna find out who left that trailer up there. hmmmmm

[Last two pics are the before]

What started off as moving the left exit ramp to accommodate two lanes resulted in me completely rebuilding this interchange, but I’m super happy with how it turned out!

Had an Area that I needed to expand, and I also found a Beautiful District in Town North of Hamburg Airport. And here we are in CS2! Managed to increase my Population by 45k, spread out in both Parts of the Neighborhood, Separated by the Central Park.

I'm so fed up with this. It looks so unrealistic and is ruining my aesthetics.

It wasn't supposed to grow this big it literally ruined my laptop's charger lol but im so proud of the progress.

i'm watching grey's anatomy so i was inspired to build something inspired by the state of washington (even though im using the northeastern pack)

720 households in this southwest asset?!?!? Is it a bug? I am not using any mods that modify the amount of citizens in each asset.

So I'm building a highway that leads to a bridge (I'm still working on it), and it has these symbols only on this parts that are shown. What does it mean? What do I do?

Please comment for improvement and suggestions! Traffic's around 77%! Thank you!

I made a train station using station tracks and invisible paths, and intercity trains dont stop there. Are they unable to stop for some reason?

Note: the cims already waiting in the station are waiting to take a train line to the space elevator, i created that line to make sure all the tracks and connections worked properly

I’ve been playing this game for like over a year now and while i’ve become better, I can never help but get frustrated with the traffic at 6K+ population. At this point the game feels more of a traffic simulator than a city sim. All those guides and tutorials I’ve seen seeing, somehow get way too complicated too fast and it’s like at some point i’m thinking: yeah i’ve got it now!…but i just end up in the same situation.

I know that There’s an Aterial, Collector and Local road and i also understand some of how they work BUT I just can’t seem to make a proper layout that works and doesn’t bottle up - especially with industry. I really hope someone can help me :(

This particular city is the most recent iteration of my baby. Same map, same rough layout, for the third time, now incorporating what I've learned (and downloaded) from other cities I've made. I think I've spent a few hundred hours just on all the versions of Amity... and this one is fully plopped! So I had to make a postcard for it.

Hello!

I am currently creating a UK-style city without the extensive use of road infrastructure, such as large grade-separated junctions. I want to rely on buses as the main mode of public transport. This is inspired by UK cities such as Bristol, Portsmouth, and Brighton — which are characterised by significant car reliance and limited mass transit infrastructure, thus necessitating a strong emphasis on bus transportation.

I'm looking for some advice on a tricky issue in my city. There's a street called Brighton Road that's been dealing with heavy traffic congestion. It's causing problems for cars, buses, and city services, and local businesses are struggling to get their deliveries because of it. I've come up with a solution, which I’ve outlined below, but I'm not sure if it's the right move!

Context

To provide context on this 'Brighton Road' which is experiencing heavy traffic. Brighton Road is a busy high street with mixed-use commercial properties. It connects several residential streets, including two high-density estates. There are two high-frequency bus services and significant pedestrian movement due to local shopping and visits. A pedestrian-only street links to residential areas at the start of Brighton Road. The street also has a good number of kerbside parking for businesses and customers. In addition, the road is essential for connecting the city to the motorway (Highway).

Challenges

Nevertheless, this street is encountering challenges that are contributing to traffic issues. These challenges include:

• Brighton Road is quickest and shortest from the motorway to the rest of the city. Resulting in high numbers of traffic utilising this route to the motorway
• Broadmead Avenue (to the left of Brighton Road) is a bus priority corridor. No southbound general traffic is permitted. Only northbound traffic is permitted (see the inset diagram below). Therefore, southbound traffic may divert onto Brighton Road as a result of this restriction.
• Kerbside parking is vital to the street, it is preferred to retain the existing parking provision on the street.  
• A large number of pedestrians crossing Brighton Road significantly impact traffic, causing frequent stops.
• Bus stops on the street slow down traffic as buses pull in to pick up and drop off passengers. This becomes an issue when two buses arrive simultaneously causing a backlog on the street and restricting all movement.
• Vehicles coming off the side-streets cause stopping for other vehicles travelling on Brighton Road.
• Delivery vans and trucks also cause vehicles to stop as they service buildings on the street.
• (on a game related issue – the insane number of taxis that also spawn and arrive to the city overwhelm all of my street network!)

Solutions

After several optioneering, I have decided on a mitigation scheme that does not rely on a significant build-out of new infrastructure. This instead makes efficient use of existing infrastructure, and improving capacity where required.

1.   Converted Brighton Road into a one-way southbound road. This also retains the kerbside parking along the street.

2.   Capacity improvements to the highway exit junction by enlarging the roundabout and adding a new highway exit.

3.   Inbound traffic to the city is directed via the new junction exit which would avoid using Brighton Road.

4.   Bus services on Brighton Road have been diverted to the adjacent residential street (refer to diagram below with red arrows). A pedestrian route has been connected to the new bus stops, ensuring accessibility for residents.

5.   Converted the former pedestrian only-street to a bus-only street to allow inbound buses to enter the residential street with the bus stops (see red arrows below).

6.   Brighton Road now has only 3 traffic light-controlled pedestrian crossings with long pedestrian-only phases, reducing conflicts between cars and pedestrians.

7.   Built pedestrian footbridges to link suburbs isolated by the motorway junction.

Overall, I am happy with how this project turned out and I have seen a noticeable decrease in traffic on Brighton Road. Without demolishing any building or removing parking capacity I have managed to mitigate against the issues outlined above.

I would like to hear any opinions or observations you may have on this solution. What alternative approaches might you have taken, and do you have any additional suggestions for improving this street?

Additionally, I am willing to create more posts in the future about different areas of my city where I describe the issues in detail and set out my solutions. I can also offer advice for others who encounter similar challenges in their cities.