Commuters traveling the wrong way to work...

[Need4Camaro 50]

Okay basically this... 

I have an island and to the west of this island is Downtown (CBD) and the island and the CBD is connected via a rather long freeway and bridge... ...When I was developing the island, at first everything was going fine... I had developed two tiles outward and all sims used the freeway going westbound to get to work - 40 - 50K sims on the freeway but then, I developed another mostly residential and light commercial town to the most eastern point of the island on another city tile - suddenly the sims that were going to downtown plumetted to only 20K commuters, and the rest of them started traveling east bound all to no avail because there's nowere near enough jobs to support them, so traffic begins to loop, they get off an exit, head north into another city tile, then go west into another city tile, and back south again back into the same tile they originated from... ..What on earth? Why won't they go to work? How can I fix this problem?

[homeandaway 1]

this is the wrong thread to post this in, i think that this will be moved by a moderator soon, but - to sort the problem - its probably because the bridge is to long, and is there an exit via to downtown??

~alex~

Moving to General Discussion - MM

[Need4Camaro 50]

Originally posted by: homeandaway this is the wrong thread to post this in, i think that this will be moved by a moderator soon, but - to sort the problem - its probably because the bridge is to long, and is there an exit via to downtown??

~alex~

Moving to General Discussion - MMquote>

 

There is indeed an exit for downtown - um, Sorry I just realized this thread was double posted...

How would the bridges length have any affliation onto which they they commute?

[gml_josea 2]

How would the bridges length have any affliation onto which they they commute?quote>

Sims seem to dislike long bridges; imagine crossing a rather large bridge just to get to work every morning....

[Sketchley 0]

It's not so much that the bridge is large, it's that the "commute time" (distance) is long. It makes no difference if it is a bridge or an elevated highway with no exits. Sims prefer short(er) commute times.

Perhaps the solution (if possible) is to build (or rezone) an area of jobs on the side of the bridge that you want the traffic flowing to.

[Juan Rico 0]

Try using a ferry system.