Brunswick, Pasicana (Final Update 6 April 2007)

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Table of Contents

Introduction:  The Nation Of Pasicana

A Europeon-styled Colonial themed nation:

---->Next Post!

An Overview of Central Brunswick:

A pictorial overview of the center of the nation's largest ctiy:

---->This Page, about 9 posts down.

The city of Markesh & Brunswick - Markesh Int'l Airport:

A discussion of the airport layout and design and expansion proposals.  Also a detailed look at the 'slum town' of Markesh, the bueatiful and charactered poor South Bank:

---->This Page, about 13 posts down.

Teaser Pics:

Just a few random shots from around the region.

---->This Page, about 18 posts down.

The Roads of Pasicana and Ellesser City:

A Discussion of the history and layout/design of roads in pasicana as well as a few examples.  The Old Commercial hub of Ellesser is also highlighted

---->This Page, about 24 posts down.

Pasicana Politics and Westcester:

An at length discussion of the legislative bodies of Pasicana.

---->Page 2, About 4 posts down.

The East Markesh Island and the City of East Point:

A look at one of the oldest cities in the nation and a suburb of both Markesh and Brunswick.

---->Page 2, About 12 posts down.

Planning Brunswick:

The D414 (Brunswick Orbital), the Warflands Financial District, and the Brunswick Canal Rails

---->Page 2, About 18 posts down.

The Rail, Road, and Recreation Act of 1971:

The D414 (Brunswick Orbital) is finalized and begining construction.  Other Rail and park additions have been approved for the city.  This is the planning of this addition.

---->Page 2, Near the bottom.

The Bogue Provence in the State of Pasifica:

A small grouping of towns on the mountainous west coast.

---->Page 3, about 6 posts down.

A list of items I'd like to eventually highlight in a CJ update (mostly for me so I don't forget, but please feel free to request one that sounds interesting):

-Detailed look at airport expansion

-The Docks of Rothham

-The political culture of Brunswick (see page 2)<---

-The Pasicana National Identity

-A Maritime history of Pasicana (this must be done after Rothham is built)

-A detailed look at the Rail systems of Pasicana

-A detailed look at the Brunswick Central Mass Transit systems.

-The Roads of Pasicana - A National Icon

-The D-Roads systems (Pasicana's Autobahn) (see page 2)<-----

-The R-Road System (Pasicana's Comprehensive Highway system...as yet unbuilt)

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The Nation Of Pasicana

A Europeon-styled Colonial themed nation:

Pasicana is an Island nation located just West of the US and Canada Border near Vancouver Island.  The Island itself is home to two nations, with Pasaca being located just south.

This is just a quick overview of the cities to come, and what can be expected from the City Journal.

A Breif Historic Overview - Timeline  (Edit: skip this part if you want... it's dry stuff that I can use as reference for citing any event in the nation's history that I want...doesn't add anything to the story, just keeps it consistent.)

c. 1770s – Both Russian and Spanish Explorers chart Pasicana

1792 – England Lays Claim, England cannot defend the claim

1793 – Spain establishes de facto control of Pasicana lands 85 troops and an envoy of 16 men.  The claim is not contested by the islands aprox. 53,000 residents (including the 15,000 natives) as little authority can be exerted.

1800 – Pasicana Ceeded to France as a part Treaty of San Ildefonso

1803 – Louisiana Purchase draws legality of French claim into question.  England and US both claim it (as part of 1792 and Louisiana Purchase respectively)

1804 – January – Marion Compromise is struck dividing the English and US claim to the island along the Marion River and gave British control of the fertile Glorietta Valley.

1807 – February – The Wecester Government forms under the guidance of Lord Basing of Wecester. 

1807 – November – The Wecester Government calls for the nation of Pasicana to include the states of The North Peidmont the Markesh (South) Peidmont), Glorietta Valley, and Pasifica.  It is ignored largely in London and Washington due to mounting tensions.

1812 – Pasicana Formally declares independence when England and the US go to war.  The war between England and US gave Pasicana precarious legal status.

1814 – June – The Brunswick Proclamation is delivered to British Parliament

1814 – July – Acknowleging it’s administrative inabilities and the claim to equal amounts of US land on the island, British Parliament formally recognizes the nation of Pasicana.

1818 – France, Spain, and Russia Recognize Pasicana

1821 – US recognizes Pasicana.

1822 – The first Government recognized by all states and internationally is formed.  Is a feudal government under Lord Basing.

1834 – Upon Lord Basing’s Death, with no clear succession, the government collapses.

1835 – After the Convention at Glorietta City failed to reconcile the succession rift, the nation fell into the 1835 wars.

1837 – After decisive battle west of Cardhaven (the battle of Carham Valley), General Rothham called for another Convention at Glorietta City.

1839 – Lord Basing’s second son is elected by the feudal lords

1843 – Lord Basing II establishes the city of Rothham at the harbor in the south of the piedmont.

1864 – With War raging in the American East, Pasac’s bid for independence was granted with little contest.  It’s legal status was continually challenged by the US for years to come.

1877 – Lord Basing II succeeded by his Cousin, Charles Eventin uneventfully.

1879 – Charles Eventin names himself King to the House of Lords.

1881 – After the House of Lords failed to act on the ‘Petition of Redress’, revolution begins.

1890 – As the Pasicana Revolution draws to a close, the Basing government rose (this was again a Lord Basing, but elected by a larger body of the population)

1901 – Quite spontaneously, the Second Revolution began when students at Pasicana University called for elections of government.  The Basing government collapsed after just 16 days, and presided over the election of 1902

1902 – The Fascist Government comes to power

1914 – Still loyal to England on its 100th aniversery, Pasicana Declares war on Germany

1917 – WWI ends

1939 – Pasicana again declares war on Germany

1941 – Pasicana Declares war on Japan

1943 – After the Fascist party suspends elections, Socialists call for immediate dissolution of government.  Moderates stop this citing the need for cohesion in war.

1944 – With Japan seemingly on the run, the Socialists again call more vocally for elections.  When the demonstration at the Capitol was met with the Army and bullets, the Third Revolution began.

1952 – After years of Bloody fighting the socialists take power, Pasicana established the Pasicana Publius.  This is the standing government of Pasicana.

1953 – Elections establish the new Government of Pasicana, the Big-7 parties are formed.  The three Socialist parties form the first coalition Government.

More to come.

The Geography of Pasicana

The Island of Pasicana is divided east to west by two rivers, the Rothham and the Marion (the Marion empties into the sea in Brunswick, while The Rothham River obviousl flows through Rothham (Which is misnamed on the map).  The nation is divided from north to south by the Glorietta Mountain Range.  These Geographic divisions are the natural political divisions of the Island, with the nation of Pasaca to the south, and the three states of Pasicana Peidmont, Pasifica, and Glorietta Valley making up the nation of Pasicana.

The Peidmont is far and away the most populous.  Being an incredibly lush and firtile plane located in a temporate climate, and sheilded from the Western winds by the Glorietta Mountains, this plane has become ideal for a city.  Having 17.4 million of the nation's 20.47 million people, and a natural division along the marion river, there is often talk of splitting it into two or three states (with Brunswick itself being the third city-state).  It is viewd as a very real possibility for the future.

The Three Major Cities of Pasicana

Brunswick: 

The transit map is set up like my London AtoZ, except that light rail is shown in blue and HSR is in red).

This is the Capital city of Pasicana (the actual Capital being claimed by Wecester, the island just west of Central Brunswick).  Far and away Brunswicks most populous city with 4.4 million in the metro area (12.2 in the 'Greater Brunswick Area', the area which the suburban rail lines serve).  The city has an extensive Rail network, and the nation's only major airport.  The metro area is now begining to swallow Cardhaven 80 miles to the north.

Rothham:

This is the largest port city in Brunswick.  As a natural harbor with ideal shipping conditions, nearly 60% of all imports and exports travel through this city.  It is a border city with the Nation of Pasaca, and is the only existing road connection between the two nations.  It's population is 750,000 in the immediate metro area, and 1.7 million in the extended 'Greater Rothham Area'.

Glorietta:

A mountain town which is deceptively close to the coast as the crow flies.   The old road and mainline rails to Glorietta still follow the Marion river as it turns north as it enters the Glorietta Valley.  Glorietta City marks the end of the Marion River Navigation, and actually has a small port market of it's own via river.  It's small population is 400,000, and it doesn't have it's own metro area per se, mostly due to the geographic limitations on 3 sides, and the lush Glorietta Valley to the south.  Even so, this is Pasicana's #3 city, and has a tourism industry that rivals Brunswick's.

The Brunswick Rail System

The Rail system in Brunswick is a combination of independently operated companies (the Suburban Lines), the CityRail lines of Brunswick and Markesh, and the Rail stations which were operated under a variety of controling parties and arrangements.  The Big 10 Stations (Airport, Brunswick Central, Brunswick Square, Canal Station, Ellesser Bridge Station, Glorietta Station, Markesh, St. Georges, Westcester, and West Brunswick)  Here is the layout map showing the lines and stations.  Suburban lines are colored, with individual lines labled with Letters.  The CityRail lines are Black and Grey (for Markesh CityRail) and are indicated by numbers.

The -| indicates a line terminating at a at a station where all company lines do not stop.  The arrow points in the direction of the line.

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[nycsc4 5,250]

this looks really cool! can't wait to see some close ups!!!

Happy Holidays!

[pickled_pig 7]

The "Grid-free" subtitle attracted me to look at this CJ.

I skipped over the history (looked dry anyway) for now, but the region pictures are great. The non-linear street layouts have been done very well and the region looks to have a great balance between agriculture, farms, and urban areas.

The terran you've chose is very cool also - it must have been very fun to build on all those islands.

-aaron

[gurrgkud 2]

wow those region pictures look amazing. love your maps. looking forward to more!

[jacqulina 162]

awesome region pics they look very nice,excellent work

[Schulmanator 5,812]

The region looks cool and the maps look great! You have the makings of a real winner here!

[banamoat 0]

I totaly agree with Schulmanator, the region looks VERY nice, and has a great history. Ill be expecting great things from this one.

[david1314 44]

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nycsc4:  Ask and ye shall receive!

pickled_pig: The gridlessness is it's forte, and the history is a bit dull....  Thanks!

gurrgkud: Thanks.  Me too, I love the mess of rails....just wait till I do a junction update of the St. Georges Junctions or the Markesh Junctions .

jacqulina: Thank you.

Schulmanator: Thanks....A lot of work has gone into it... I don't see it leaving anywhere soon.

banamoat:  I hope you like the history aspect.  I plan on getting quite in depth with that.

An Overview of Central Brunswick:

A pictorial overview of the center of the nation's largest ctiy.:

Image Map:

01 - Overview of the District of Athens and the University of Brunswick Campus (UBA):

02 - UBA Health Center:

03 - Athens Hall:  When this feudal manor was seized, it was renamed and served as the University's main lecure hall and administration building.

04 - The main Library at Athens Square:  Because this is a major cross roads in the middle of a pedestrian campus, it is very busy.

05 - Athens Square and the Brunswick Grand Hotel:

06 - Athens Village South of the Campus:

07 - The Theater District of Carthage:  This thriving center changed from industrial hot-spot to the hottest nightlife in Brunswick when the controvercial Carthage Rail and Light Rail station was added (and later subway) when the old freight rails began operating under the CityRail banner.  Carthage, with only six platforms, has become one of the 5 busiest rail stations in the Nation.  

08 - Downtown: This part of the city has just experienced a small real estate boom.  Once factories and power facilities filled the North side of the Brunswick Square district.  Today, with the new light rail to the north and increased subway access, the district has boomed to become the primary financial district of the city.

09 - Brunswick Square:  This is as close to a Central business district as exists in the city.  The city clock tower dictates the local maximum building height at 5m below it's top.  Obviously, this only applies to the immediate vicinity.  Recent efforts by historic groups and government lobbies have been to preserve the entire district as historical, which would require the district as well as city legislative bodies sign off on any construction or demolition.

10 - Another View of Brunswick Square:  The city water pumping station and tower can be seen to the left.  Real estate is at a premium here and it shows.

11 - The Old Five Points Junction:  At one time the only road into Brunswick's central districts, this was a very busy place.  To this day it remains a bustling center of shopping and trading.  The light rail was built under the junction to accomidate increasing traffic.

12 - The Old Brunswick Football Stadium:  Brunsssssss---WICK OI! OI! OI!

13 - The Docks revitalizing:  The old docks are now being advanced upon with the new light rail lines into the city.  As a result, posh residential and commercial districts are moving in awfully close to industry and slowly pushing it back.

14 - Fire Station Park:  At one time, in order to avoid a gang-based fire-fighting system like New York, the nation of Pasicana made forming fire brigades or fighting fires crimes.  As a result, single centralized government offices were built.  The system collapsed after 4 years, but not before leaving this unique gem of history:  The Brunswick Fire lookout tower used to be the tallest building outside of the Brunswick central station and Brunswick Square clock towers.  As a result, smoke from fires could be seen and responded to often before citizens could run the miles required to find someone with the authority to extinguish your blaze.

15 - More Urban encroachment on Industry:  St. Georges Stn. can be seen in the top right.  It is the busy terminus of The Great Northern Line and Pasicana Rail (GNLPR).

16 - St. Georges:  A vew of the public housing built up around St. Georges Station.  

17 - Pasicana University at Brunswick (PUB):  The other major institution of learning in downtown Brunswick.  This campus includes the massive Allasay Mosque, named for the island whose point it sits on.  It is 2-fold the largest mosque in the nation.

18:  To be totally honest, I've forgotten the name of this town; at any rate, it's across the river from Brunswick on the point of Markesh Island.  It has a busy beach / ammusement park / tourism industry, and has recently boomed with the closing of the ferry line (where the docks currently are) and the opening of the bridge, (not visible to the left).

[jacqulina 162]

excellent work you have done so far my friend,those seawalls must have took a long time to do,but you have done them so well,excellent job,great building and planning,wonderfull pics

[mayormommy 8]

Wow - I love lots of islands, so I find this CJ to be quite intriguing. Nice work!

[david1314 44]

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jacqulina: Thank you.

mayormommy: Thanks

The city of Markesh and Brunswick - Markesh Int'l Airport:

Markesh, Brunswick, Pasicana:

The city of Markesh is the poorer south bank counterpart to wealthy Brunswick.  The city itself is the largest land area city in the nation; this is because of Markesh Island.  It was originally thought to be a worthless marsh and simply given to the city upon request.  The soil turned out to be quite good, and it was cleared for agriculture.  Markesh was further expanded when the island was selected to host the airport on additional reclaimed marsh; the original island essentially ended at the existing CityRail lines, with the norther point remaining unchanged.

Image Map:

Brunswick - Markesh International Airport:

Brunswick's positioning and lax import laws have made it a massive Asia-North America hub. 

The airport has only two runways, 36L/18R (10,000'), and 36R/18L (6500').  Fortunately, this allows 747 traffic to use the airport.  The airport is designed so that the primary takeoff runway is the nearer one to the terminal at 10,000'.  This allows for the longer takeoff runs necissary for large jets, and is also easier to cross than a landing runway.  Additionally, planes need less run on the landing, so 36R/18L can usually handle most inbound traffic.  The 747s inbound require the longer runway be used.  There is an immediate problem at the airport with Terminal space, and with runways nearing capacity, they will need to be supplemented soon.  A number of proposals exist, The largest one is shown here.

There are also calls for a new airport to be built for Northern Brunswick and even western and southwestern brunswick.  But most tend to favor an expansion of Markesh Int'l.  The one with the most support is the use of the East Annex for a new terminal, This would solve the terminal area needs for a short time, and will likely be voted for by the Publius (Pasicana's Legislature) within the next few years to simply hold over until a more viable solution can be reached.

The most favored long-term solution is the 9/27 runway construction, that would allow for the creation of up to 3 new Terminals as well as provide a 7500' runway at 90 deg to the existing two.

01 - An Overview of the Airport:

02 - A Closer View of the General Aviation and Maintenance Hangers.  

Maintnance operates all of the hanger facing the Main Taxiway.

03 - Terminal 1 & 2 - Note how the ramp has been expanded to fit in additional aircraft wherever room exists.  Passengers are bussed or walk from the North end of Terminal 2 Concourse E to the props.  Airport Station is adjacent to Terminal 1, and offers Bus Service to Terminal 2 every 2-3 mins.

04 - Terminal/Concourse Overview and an Expansion Proposal:

05 - The Regional View of the same proposal:

The City of Markesh:

Markesh is quite clearly a slur of the name Marakesh which it is well documented was the intended name for the city.  While there is no specific item which can be pinpointed as the change in name, it is generally agreed to have happened before the 19th century, and was probably a printing mistake on an official map.  The city itself has grown initially arround town hall (picture 7) and later centered on the station.  Markesh Central Station was built durring the late 19th century to accomidate the Southern Brunswick Suburbs that were starting to crop up.  The station is one of the busiest in the nation and can barely keep up with the volume of traffic.

There are two loops in the city, the inner and the outer loop.  They share a common road near the Marion River Bank.  The oldest road in the city goes strait from the Town Hall to the Southern Markesh Docks where the cities first harbor was established.

01 - The Southern Markesh Docks:

These small but very busy docks are some of the oldest in Pasicana.

02 - The Isolated City of Battlement:

This is a small wealthy village burried in deep forest.

03 - The Markesh Island Suburbs are quite dense:

This is an old section which the airport was built adjacent to.

04 - An Overview of Central Markesh:

05 - Eastern Markesh Gives Way to the Markesh-Marion Docks

06 - The Dirty Markesh-Marion Docklands:

07 - Central Markesh and Town Hall:

The Roads of Markesh just spider web arround the two centers of Town hall and Markesh Central Station.  This picutre gives us a good view of that.

08 - The Western Approach of Markesh Central Station:

There is heavy commercial development on the Outer Ring Road.

09 - The Commercial Eastern Sector of Markesh:

The roads and rails here lead East to Ellesser City and to Westcester Crossing.

10 - North Markesh:

My favorite part of town.  The Image speaks for itself.

11 - The Projects in the South of Markesh:

Poor, Dense, and actually quite nice.

12 - North Markesh gives way to The Projects:

[petriknl 15]

Wow very cool! Also love the history of your nation, hope to known more about politics soon

[Yoman3 5]

THis looks very disorganized which makes it look really cool, nice work!

[Schulmanator 5,812]

Impressive!

Each district has its own look and feel, which makes it that much more fun to read! Good work!

[owenluby 1]

Oh my god, This is best CJ I have seen for a while! The mix of European content is awe-inspiring! I love every aspect of it!

My fingers are bursting at the keyboard with things to type, but nothing can come out!!!

Let's just say everything is AWESOME!!!

!!!!

[david1314 44]

petriknl - Thank you. I'm glad someone's interested in the technical background of a city like I am.

Yoman3 - I'm not sure I'd call it 'disorganized'... My roads go to city centers, grids just go to north... I think mine's a bit more 'organized' with respect to travel and destinations

Schulmanator - Thank you. I'm glad you noticed. It's been quite painstaking to homogenize some of the districts. But it makes for some fun little towns, huh?

owenluby - Thank you. I spent about 2 weeks before begining the region preping the tile-sets to get that mix... VERY little maxis content... I still have the mountain resort town to develop.

Ok, a small teaser update. Just some random pics from around my city:

A new airport to relieve Markesh Int'l. It will be named when the neighboring town is named.

I'm sure this will be everyone's favorite:

This just looks cool....even 20 platforms isn't enough

[jacqulina 162]

excellent updates my friend,wonderfull image maps you do,fantastic farms very pretty,i love the layout and planning of all that you have done so far,beautifull pics

[mayormommy 8]

You certainly have some unique road layouts! I hope good maps are available at the visitor's bureau for tourists.  I'm a little puzzled by all the grass tiles in the industrial area in Pic 06 in your previous update. If it were me, I would replace those with either wooded lots or concrete, depending on the look I was going for. But like Jacky said, your farms in this update are very cute.

[RushHourFreak 1]

Excellent. Everything is great, the maps, the region is Gorgeous. I got stunned with the airport and the architecture of your city. Awesome Transportation Layout through the farms, those are beautiful too.

I can't wait to see more.

RHF

[GMT 389]

very nice work so far!

a good start and a good presentation.

waiting for more

[Shiz 0]

Sweet map, nice european look, awesome airport, great job so far, keep up the good work.

[KingTitan 6]

wow. great pics there friend. Love your waterways and the bridges that go over them. Great use of wall peices to complete the diagonal ones. Lots to look at in your city, some nice ideas for myself. way to go. !

[david1314 44]

jacqulina - Thanks, Your Continued support means a lot

mayormommy - I messed arround with the industrial stuff, I came to the conclusion that that looks pretty good...  You might like the industrial pics in this update better

RushHourFreak - Wow... you hit on nearly everything....Thank you.

GMT - Thanks

Shiz - Thank you...  I will keep trying.

KingTitan - Yeah, I get lots ideas from CJs too... its a bit flattering when people take them from you...Thanks.

The Roads Of Pasicana and Ellesser City

A look at the existing roads and future proposals, and the commercial center of the Sothern Brunswick Piedmont:

Here is an updated region view of the city.  Additionally, there is a picture of the city boundries of the various cities in the region.

Today's update focuses on Ellesser City and Western Markesh.  Cities shown with a 'U' are currently unnamed cities.  Also included is a link to the rail map for the city.

Click for a larger view

Click for a larger view

Click here for full size rail map

Image Map:

Ellesser City is a small old city Southwest of Brunswick.  It's really the commercial center of the souther part of the Brunswick Piedmont.  It is quite a large city, and will be the last part of contiguous urbanization in the south of Brunswick.

01 - Overview of Ellesser City:

The Roads of Pasicana

The A- and B-Road system:

The A-Roads (SC4 'Roads') and B-Roads (SC4 'Streets') are the old roads of Pasicana that predate standardization.  The system was instituted in 1905 to make mapping the nation easier and more understandable with the hodge-podge of roads that existed.  The A-Roads were simply numbered first by primary routes between major cities and then that number was used as the first diget of the child A-Roads (similar to the European/UK style).  The A-1 through 7 parents are directionally based roads, the A-8 roads are for new chronological roads which do not fit the existing parent A-Road; A-9 roads are local city roads which do not fit within the spider-webed A-system; A-0 roads are loop/bypass roads.  All A8, 9, 0 roads are named chrnologically.

B-Roads were named streets and were simply given an A-Road parent (a), a corresponding district(b), and finally a chronological numerical designation©.  Ex: B-aabc or B-aac.  If there is only one A digit to use, a lowercase 'a' will be shown in writing to avoid confusing (i.e. B-1a42 said "B One-Forty-Two").  Since most of the roads are known locally by their traditional name, there is rarely confusion based on audibly identical road designations.

The A-Roads were built on the following standard

[code] |-|-----||-----|-| ^   ^   ^   ^   ^ |   |   |   |   | |   |   |   |    --- 2' Shoulder |   |   |    ------- 8' Lane |   |    ----------- 2' Paint Median |    --------------- 8' Lane  ------------------- 2' Shoulder[/code]

This standard ensured that there was always enough room to pass, and enough room that a car parked on the shoulder would allow a driving car to pass using the median without interfering with traffic.  They are built to a standard durrability and quality.  The B-Roads do not share the same standardizations.  Anything that has been used for access by vehicles enough times can get a b-designation.

The Roads in Pasicana were always built as 2-lane, 2-way, narrow roads for which stops were minnimal.  Barring traffic, one could travel on the A-roads (SC4 'Roads') from start to destination without bringing the vehicle to a stop.  This road system works very well, but it causes congestion in urban centers.  Since most roads went through urban centers, it was difficult to get anywhere without hitting traffic.  The short-term answer to this in the 20s were the by-pass roads--alternatre routes around the congested city centers.  Because of poor zoning, however, these routes quickly became just as or more congested than the city-center road.

The D-Road:

To the East of the City is the D-5; a District Road.    The District D-Road was designed to help alleviate the problem.  It is a non-comprehensive system of Autobahn styled roads for which there is absolutely no stopping (or traveling at less than 60mph by law), and there is always a passing lane (lane dicipline is very high in Pasicana).  The exits tend to conform to no-stop styles as well allowing for very fast inter-city driving.  The problem with the D-Roads, because they tend to connect one city center to another (i.e. the D-5 shown below connects Brunswick to Rothham); is they do not offer good through-routes or circumroutes for cities, leaving us with the initial A-Road city-center/bypass problem.

The R-ROad:

The solution has long been proposed with the Regional R-Road system (SC4 highways).  It would be high speed/capacity D-roads with an additional passing lane.  Additionally, the R-Road system proposals suggest a comprehensive system that will be centered arround a Brunswick Bypass Loop (that would be an R-Road from Markesh through the West River Isl. through North Brunswick to Basalt, and a D-Road would complete the loop bridging the river mouth and going via the airport).  No R-Roads would be used within the loop as Brunswick itself has adaquate access to all cities being the traditional center point of the nation.

Some D-Road interchanges (Shown in red on the image map above)

02 - A Toll Bridge and interchange:

03 - Another Interchange:

04 - The D-Road splits to allow for a more fluid interchange:

Ellesser City

05 - The Old Customs Building in Central Ellesser.  The Warf can be seen behind it:

06 - Further up the warf, some modern office buildings now occupy this prime land:

07 - Another View:

08 - Ellesser Station-located between Central and Upper Ellesser:

09 - Norther Ellesser and Eastern Markesh are busy with rails:

10 - a Closeup of Upper Ellesser, which is actually within the city of Markesh:

11 - Another Upper Ellesser Shot:

12 - Some Markesh Suburbs and more rail junctions:

13 - And some more:

14 - The Docks and the industrial west of the city:

15 - Across the cut to the Ellesser Delta itself:

[nanumea 0]

This is getting better and better, in addition to a couple of ideas for my own motorways!

[Constantina 5]

I can see my Sandbridge Court tower blocks too. Nice!

[david1314 44]

nanamea - Thank you. I was worried that pics would become 'more of the same'.... which I think they might by the time I hit the outer suburbs....

Constantina - Yup! I thought I had a better picture, but the one in Markesh (pic 11) near the rail station really rounds out the end of that tower district very nicely. It's a very welcoming building as you cross the rails on the ring-road travelling south (away from the water). I didn't care much for the akward angle when it was standing solo, but the angle just really makes it fit. It's particularly nice because of my attempt to break from the grid, it really helps break up the mundanity. Some great work on this one, Constantina.

[RushHourFreak 1]

This update was very interesting. I had the experience of seeing those great region maps. I really enjoyed the Rail System one, but the third one was pixelated. The city's fate is nice as I told before. I still liking the architecture and that Water Mod is looking very pleasing. Great use of the river-walls, and the boardwalk is just fantastic.

RHF

[Schulmanator 5,812]

This update is nice. The town looks very charming. The kind you'd love to send postcards from...

[petriknl 15]

I love this Delta-agglomeration! Very nice details also!