long commute??????where?

[spiffy 0]

what part of this is a long commute?????how can any of it be a long commute!!!
this is getting ridiculous.oh keep in mind i have NAM

[Leishtek 0]

Bleh, I wouldn't pay too much attention to what it says when you query the building. Unless it's just slow updating it's information. I've queried a house where all of the commuters literally walk across the street and it's said 'long' before.

[spiffy 0]

but it didnt just say it

ppl r abandoning their homes cuz of it!

im so freakin sick of unrealistic commute times!!!!!!!!!!!!ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

sry im just a lil frustrated

[kenkoo1987 0]

mm mate, i reckon that power plant would be much better placed near the industrial estates doncha think?

[Leishtek 0]

Ooooh, I think I see what the problem is. Is it all of your mansions that have this 'long' commute and are abandoning? Because I don't see too many $$$ jobs there. If there are not enough $$$ jobs, the R$$$ will leave/abandon.

[spiffy 0]

no $$$ jobs will develop cuz by the time the demand for $$$ is high enuf to build they alrdy abandon

on the powerplant note

its gas it polutes very little and iv checked the desirablitiy it has no effect

[Leishtek 0]

Here's an idea. Pump the R$$$ taxes up to like... I dunno... maybe 12% or or the like. Then as your city grows, gradually lower it back down. A lot of people have this very same problem, even with large cities. Just remember that you can control demand (and therefor development) to a certain extent with taxes. Tired of dirty industry stinking up the place? Jack their taxes up to 20%.

[spiffy 0]

i alrdy lowered dirty taxes and if i jack up R$$$ taxes no $$$ offices services or high tech buildings will develop

il give it a shot but it prolly wont work

[Leishtek 0]

The R$$$ taxes only affects the high-wealth residential buildings. CO$$$ CS$$$, and HT$$$ both have their own tax controls as you can see in the tax thingy. Raising high wealth residential taxes will not affect high wealth commercial and industrial development.

[spiffy 0]

the tax raise wont effect them directly but if not R$$$ develop then the demand for $$$ jobs dies to

[spiffy 0]

oh well il just go with R$$ until i get a good pop then il let some R$$$ move in thx for the help guys

[spiffy 0]

OMG!!!!!!!!!now my R$$ r leaving cuz of "long"commute times

it cant be jobs cuz i just zoned more industrial and they wont build on it even tho theres some I-M demand

[spiffy 0]

its not just a fluke either they keep leaving

and whenever more I-M buildings develop more R$$ develop and abandon!

[spiffy 0]

[spiffy 0]

Problem solved

[Simsimius 1]

Now THAT'S how to solve a problem!

[S1acker 0]

Lol, best way to solve that problem. Lucky it was still a small city!

[Giligone 10]

haha, i wonder how the people were getting out, theres no airport/seaport/ferry/ or road connections. alien abductions anyone? could explain why nothing was helping... haha

[GTA SanAndreas GTA 1]

If you still have problems with it, I would recommend making roads over the streets. Road travels faster than streets.

[Charles Rodulfo 0]

That was a nice solution! XD

Well San Andreas is right, make roads where it is needed. Try searching for the theory on commute times and try to check out the Omnibus on how to improve your commute times. I keep mine somewhere between 30-35 mins but I've been more devious in applying one-ways, rails and subways (no highways, mind you) i've reduced it to 20-18 mins. I'm only experiencing medium commute times. also, don't concentrate on what the query tool says (It sucks!) Just look at the commute times, if it's taking your sims 30 mins to get from that small area, somethings wrong with the game. Also, try to follow where the sims are travelling most. I've observed that your comm. area has only one road connecting it to the residential but no roads are connecting to the industrial area. maybe the street on the other side should be upgraded to road. Oh, I forgot... you build a volcano over it... XD well, that could help all that's reading this thread and you in your next towns and cities.

take care,

Charles

[spiffy 0]

thx for the help guys

and i did start a new city with a slightly diffrent design to maybe cut commute times but it still didnt work

charles can u gimme some tips of ways to use 1 ways and subways plz?

iv built subways before and they never seem to help

only a few ppl use them

can ya gimme some tips on cutting commute times to plz?

oh and i didnt have a connection to a neighboring city for a reason

the only neighbor was my garbage district (a bunch of waste to energy plants)

and i cut the connection cuz my sims kept tryin to work there and complaining cuz it was to far away

[Giligone 10]

stupid stupid sims. you'd think they'd be smarter with all the money we pour into their education and health care systems.

[spiffy 0]

u would think

anyway iv redone my city and added a small 1 way system

and its doing much much better

and developing alot faster

[spiffy 0]

im beginning to think my game is just screwd up

no matter what i do no matter where i put anything no matter what network i use no matter what!my rich sims abandon cuz of commute times

my commute times have stayed at 1!just 1!and still my mansions r being abandoned cuz of commute times

[juaquin 0]

Do you have any bus stops?  No matter how small my cities are, I always install bus stops from the very beginning in order to avoid the problem you're having.

[spiffy 0]

i tried to bus stops but they screw up my oneway roads and cost to much to maintain

even then the rich buttheads wont use em

some 1 really needs to make an in depth commute time guide

[Swamper77 90]

Spiffy,

Pairs of oneway roads should be run in opposite directions. All of yours run in the same directions.

They should be setup like this

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Instead of:

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-Swamper77

[rusty_777 0]

Exactly and maybe instead of one way roads in your new city try an avenue, they look alot better and are great on commute times.   Also, with the $$$ sims im your city and your taxes raised demolsih the houses... it will get rid of the unwanted waste of  "abandoned" space. 

[spiffy 0]

avenues mess up my commute times

if i use an avenue all my sims use it even if it isnt the fastest route

and il try the

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[PuddingTime 0]

That is the point of avenues. I use one way roads to direct the sims to the avenues so they can use them to get to work. Always remember sims will always take the shortest route not the fastest. That is why you have to force them to the fastest route by using one way roads. It takes very careful planning and pretty much has to be thought out before hand. You just can't slap zones down wherever and then build mass transit and expect the sims to figure out the fastest route because they won't. If the jam packed street is a shorter route than the empty highway they will take the street and complain every time.