Reading

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Reading is the capital of Readingshire, but not in the UK, one country (fictional) of  the british commonwealth nations.
This is my first city journal and I'm sorry for poor English because I'm not native English speaker.

Anyway, let me get started.

The first picture is overall view of Readingshire.
Reading is located in the southeast.

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City Rd. (A1) in South Reading, southern end of CBD.
Dual carriageway turns into One-way Street from here.
 

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Reading CBD

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Image Photo

City Rd. (A1) which is the main highway from the Airport to the City, viewed from South Reading towards CBD. 


few traffic because of early morning

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City North Intersection Upgrade

This Intersection Newtown Rd.(A1) and Oxford St. (A31) always had traffic jam in the rush hour. Newtown Rd. is a part of Princess Highway(A1) between Preston, second largest city in Readingshire, and Reading. Oxford St. is a part of Eastern Highway from Reading to Eastern Suburbs.


City North Intersection viewed from the north (before upgrade)



Then this intersection was changed as follows to solve the traffic problem.

After upgrade, the southbound traffic from Newtown Rd. can't turn right at the intersection (just through Oxford St.) and the northbound from Queen St. is for left-turn only (can't go to Oxford St.) at any time with care (Give Way to Oxford St.)
Then the traffic light is removed from here.

This picture is the same as above one after upgrade.

[mayormommy 8]

I like that region shot! Next time, please put all of your pics in one post, but otherwise you're off to a great start!

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Welcome to Reading and thank you very much for replying!

Should I put many pics at one time? I'd like to do that. But Internal Server Error has occured many times so I shoul retry submitting or editing.
What can I do?

[ExiL3 10]

hi, I can see that you are using the San Fransisco map right?

The normal is to post all the picture in one post. I have had problems with the ST servers too when I post in threads, but one thing you can do is to write everything before you write the actual post. Then just copy and paste the already written text into your reply. see? This way if something crashes you can just try agan... and you haven't really lost any work

nice city btw,

take care,

[Schulmanator 5,787]

I am interested to see how this one develops.

[jacqulina 162]

great start nice region great start to the building nice pics

[GreekMan 246]

very nice city. i look forward to more.

[Hawkeye9 0]

nice start, Your city looks really well laid out.

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Thanks for visitng, mate!

Yes, actually I'm using San Francisco map because I wanted to use the large map in it.

That's the principal city, Reading.

I'd like to show more pics of other areas of the city and the region.

And next time, I would post further info about Reading.

Don't miss it! 

[jacqulina 162]

looking forward to your update

[Fallon144 1]

excellent CJ mate, Im also looking forward to the next update, keep up the great work!

[BurroDiablo 222]

Hahah... I live next to the real A1 Great CJ!

[owenluby 1]

Wow! I love this city! Very Brittish indeed!

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= Update =

Okay, you can see the unique region view.


There are some Japanese characters.

I put a few pics because I don't have so much time for updating.

Kings Gate

Kings Gate is one of the oldest suburb in Reading, located in just south of CBD. This area is called "Little London" because there are many British-style buldings, while there are hi-rise buldings in CBD. Actually this picture looks like somewhere in UK, doesn't it?

Public transport is convenient. Underground railway and buses go to CBD or other suburbs.
On the other hand, road traffic is not so good because almost all roads have 1 lane in each direction. Broad street or motorway is hard to build to preserve old buldings.

CBD night view


CBD is often called "City" in this region. You can see some hi-rise buldings in this picture. Hi-rise buildings are not common in the UK except recent London but not so special in the British commonwealth countries as Australia or New Zealand. Reading is also in the commonwealth so there are hi-rise buldings.

[asturianu 4]

Hey, nice cj. And great use of the San Francisco region, mate. I really like the British style you gave to this region, and all looks very realistic and pretty. I woul love to live in Preston City.

Cristian

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Thank you for visiting and appreciating!

Just wait till you see what's coming next.

[jacqulina 162]

wonderfull region view,excellent work,great pics

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Region view is cool and Kingsgate is similar to something I am working on. Looks good!

[choco1 4]

Nice start, you town is very cute! Well done!

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= Update 2

City of Reading
Population: 282,000

Newtown Rd.(A1) in North Reading, viewed from the south.

North Reading is a suburb located in just north of CBD. There are many hi-rise apatments.
Newtown Rd. is a main road between CBD and Newtown, a suburb located in north of Reading, and also is a part of A1 highway.


City Rd.(A1) in south Reading at night, viewed from the south.

South Reading is one of the oldest suburb in Reading, which is located in just south of CBD.
There are many mid-rise apartments and some office and shops near the railway station.
City Rd. is a main road between south end of CBD and the airport(domestic), also a part of A1 highway.

Reading International Airport

This is the only international airport in Readingshire, located in southern coast.
20 mins. from the CBD by car or bus via City Rd. and Southern motorway.




Eastway(M)

Eastway is the busiest road in Reading between CBD and East Reading. This is short motorway with 8 lanes in each direction. The right 2 lanes in this pic. are directly connected to city centre via under-city tunnel but the left 6 lanes are connected to streets at the intersection with traffic light in the east of CBD.



Durham

Durham is a suburb in east of Reading next to the town of Kingston. More than 20 km and takes 30 mins by car from the CBD.



Wentworth

Wentworth is rapidly developing suburb in the north end of Reading next to town of Woodstock.
There are hi-rise apartments and many residents commute to factories or offices in Woodstock.



Hurstville

Hurstville is  located in south east of Reading. Suburban office park was built in early 1990s because motorway and underground railway (but elevated around here) are connected to City.



Broadheath

Broadheath is typical suburban residencial area. 

[KingTitan 6]

Great job on your CJ. Like the use of real photos to help your story move along. CJ's are fun. Look forward to seeing more photos of your city.

[ledge69 0]

Great job and it looks a million times better then the real Reading. Keep it up.

[Deathtoall 28]

I like your cj, it very british and hint of Australian(my opinion) It's nice and relaxed. I really like it.

The picture(real) in the third update that a pic of Sydney looking north towards north Sydney

[jacqulina 162]

excellent work,great updates and pics

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Thank you for coming, mates!

>> ledge69 

      Do you mean the town in the west of London? I have been there just one time and I lost my way there due to complicated one-way traffic. But I like the town!

>> Deathtoall

      Exactly! You must be familiar to that pic.  I think that Sydney's north shore is very nice place.

>> jacqulina

     Thank you for coming many times! And it's my pleasure you like my CJ.

     Please wait for a moment until next update.

    

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ok my friend i am waiting