Posted: 01 Sep 2005 10:39
Yeah, it's me again. Oskar hinted around that he wanted a good sample of one-way roads in effect, so I brought forward my long-suffering bus network for the answer.
Two screenies for your perusal, the first one shows the roadsystem in the CBD, and the other one shows the buses that use it.
Of note is the fact that with one way roads, my buses can all head in the same direction into the main bus stop, and then in the same direction out. Result? Very little traffic jammage, and NO jam ups.
Road vehicle queuing, invented for the patch before I ever heard about it, was, and still is a good feature, but in a crowded CBD setting where tens of buses tried to use the same station, they would quite often get stuck, even with the proper queue. Now, we finally have the perfect solution. Buses never have to cover old ground in their loop, and my bus network can finally pick up all the people waiting at the centre of the city.
Lets have a look what we got.
The E90 and 190 are variations on the same service, running along the highway between the centre of this city, and Megalopolis, the big city that will feature as part of the adjoining scenario to this (yes, I'm crazy enough to link scenarios). The E90 only stops in this city and at Interbridge Atoll, whereas the 190 stops at any towns along the way too. It also travels via the older highway for part of the way, rather than the expressway.
The E80 and 180 fullfill the same role, only they depart from the Harbour, which is the other main suburb in this city.
The 150, 152 and 155 buses, all service varying amounts of the area between the Harbour and the CBD. These are all stops buses, and will stop at any intervening bus stops as well.
The 110 is the most important bus service in the CBD. It is comprised purely of double-deckers, and is the only route to feature the new Leyland "Titan" buses, recently bought. It ferries people from the CBD to the station. If they want to get back from the station after their trip, they can walk.
Pikkabirds fantastic double-deckers also help keep traffic down, so that I don't need 40 buses to service the city. 20 do just fine.
Note, that this is only the year 1950 or so, there is a lot more expansion to the bus network, as there still need to be more intercity buses (especially until my railway network gets out to the towns), as well as buses to the Northern Suburbs, and the far north beaches.
The third screenie on display is part of the highway running between the two major cities on the map. Here you can see how one-way roads has allowed for a proper highway, with express buses and everything.
These are taken from the scenario "Between a rock and a river", which can be found in the scenario thread.
EDIT: Okay, due to my silly screenshot sizes, the third screenshot is now first. Because I just spent all that time typing it all out, I can't be buggered cutting and pasting it to fix it, so just live with it
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Two screenies for your perusal, the first one shows the roadsystem in the CBD, and the other one shows the buses that use it.
Of note is the fact that with one way roads, my buses can all head in the same direction into the main bus stop, and then in the same direction out. Result? Very little traffic jammage, and NO jam ups.
Road vehicle queuing, invented for the patch before I ever heard about it, was, and still is a good feature, but in a crowded CBD setting where tens of buses tried to use the same station, they would quite often get stuck, even with the proper queue. Now, we finally have the perfect solution. Buses never have to cover old ground in their loop, and my bus network can finally pick up all the people waiting at the centre of the city.
Lets have a look what we got.
The E90 and 190 are variations on the same service, running along the highway between the centre of this city, and Megalopolis, the big city that will feature as part of the adjoining scenario to this (yes, I'm crazy enough to link scenarios). The E90 only stops in this city and at Interbridge Atoll, whereas the 190 stops at any towns along the way too. It also travels via the older highway for part of the way, rather than the expressway.
The E80 and 180 fullfill the same role, only they depart from the Harbour, which is the other main suburb in this city.
The 150, 152 and 155 buses, all service varying amounts of the area between the Harbour and the CBD. These are all stops buses, and will stop at any intervening bus stops as well.
The 110 is the most important bus service in the CBD. It is comprised purely of double-deckers, and is the only route to feature the new Leyland "Titan" buses, recently bought. It ferries people from the CBD to the station. If they want to get back from the station after their trip, they can walk.
Pikkabirds fantastic double-deckers also help keep traffic down, so that I don't need 40 buses to service the city. 20 do just fine.
Note, that this is only the year 1950 or so, there is a lot more expansion to the bus network, as there still need to be more intercity buses (especially until my railway network gets out to the towns), as well as buses to the Northern Suburbs, and the far north beaches.
The third screenie on display is part of the highway running between the two major cities on the map. Here you can see how one-way roads has allowed for a proper highway, with express buses and everything.
These are taken from the scenario "Between a rock and a river", which can be found in the scenario thread.
EDIT: Okay, due to my silly screenshot sizes, the third screenshot is now first. Because I just spent all that time typing it all out, I can't be buggered cutting and pasting it to fix it, so just live with it
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Nice to see people actually using the set 
