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I found some videos recently of 'street runner' trains and thought it's a shame tracks can only cross roads in OTTD. This could be useful for expansion of infrastructure inside developed cities without annoying the local authority. I appreciate implementation would likely be very difficult however, and with the multi-car cargo trams available in some GRFs (eg. GRVTS and HEQS) not really necessary.

Here's a demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iG0xOAgWMI&t=3m
Road vehicles can typically run parallel to the train on either side, with the track in the centre.

You can do that with Trams. I think the mod you would be looking for is named "Industrial Trams" or something similar.

I like them a lot for not just in-city-transport but close proximity transport, too. Their tracks work like roads with both sides being restricted to one direction thus they are much simpler to lay.

Indeed, there are several sets with industrial trams in them now. There's nothing preventing anybody from coding a regular train set as trams in OpenTTD in order to simulate street running, but trams occupy both sides of a street and will occupy the same space as cars.

One could also design a rail track set that uses road pavement for a foundation. While cars cannot run on these tracks, one could design them so that you can run a road on either side, but it would look like a 6-lane highway with a train in the middle... One could also use it to run tracks in place of roads through cities but still have it blend in.

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I see many people answering "yeah there's trams etc".

In fact, one could try the opposite : doing trams with trains. I use urban rail tracks from Japanese Track Set + Urban Transit system bridge if I want it segregated, lay the tracks between 2 road lanes or segregated, and use the empty platforms from NewStations with 1 tile stations to simulate bus / tram stops. Add a little electric or diesel railcar, and you're off. I could post a picture of that if anyone is interested in the blend-in.

EDIT : Here's how well it blends in a city.

The buses are Leyland Lynx from Bobs British Buses (in BaNaNaS).
The trains are DSB S-Tog IV from 2cc TrainsInNML (in BaNaNaS).
The roads are from American Road Replacement Set (in BaNaNaS).
The rest is included above.

Personally I like how the "interurban" at the top looks. I think all we'd need are gateless level crossings.

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Huh - that looks really nice. I am tempted to steal that idea.