Blue Hope - The Interactive City Journal

[Need4Camaro 50]

Almighty Nienaber - Not yet, Was waiting to see which you wanted first?

[Almighty Nienaber 3]

know what, im going to do the subburd first, then the city buying next month.

[rocketoink 3]

Originally posted by: Need4Camaro rocketoink - Quite a Pioneer you are, I like that.. ...keep in mind thats en-route of Tuckaway Highway so you may want to ask for an expansion...quote>

Why, thank ya. I'll think later about expansion. Although, gotta go, my headphones smell like electricity sparks again.

[kj3400 178]

I finished reading your cj and I have only one thing to say-I want in! If I wanted to build, say, a new freeway, similar to th E-W Connector or 202, with development near it what exactly would I have to do?

[Need4Camaro 50]

Almighty Nienaber - Very well I'll be starting on that, Im going to try to have it posted ASAP but there's still things I've gatta take care of, keep the faith everything will come in time...

rocketoink - No problem

kj3400 - lol okay, I'm glad you liked it... For a New Freeway, there's several ways you can go about it.. For one Freeway's arn't cheap - 202 Costed Tuckaway Transportation over 1,000 Points and barely makes them profit but thats because the toll system implimented was expensive... (I need to audit it and update their account) ...But... you begin with 30 point so you can...

#1 Use your points to start a relatively short stretch of highway but it won't go far at all...

#2 Use your points to create a development(s) which will in turn help you make points so you can have constant income to biuld your highway at sections at a time...

#3 Ask Iamihop11 for a loan and make arrangements to pay him back but he's been kind of silently lately...

#4 Ask if you can join Tuckaway Transportation and propose a route...

Also make sure you do alittle research before plopping down pavement, make sure there's a need for a freeway, biuld a freeway that would help the community, or extend someplace that there doesn't exist one that could help commuters...  And finally... you can use any map or grid photo to plan it...

[Jazzmaster 716]

I'm 100% okay with a rail line, light or heavy (whatever lilmanjs wants)...this is the third time I've said it but anyways...  

And Newark Turnpike Enterprise sounds like a good idea.  I could probably make a shield for us and it would give us better control over the freeways...

-Yoshi

[Need4Camaro 50]

Yoshiisland - Very well... ... I'm going to be requesting some signs for a new Junction shortly... I also have some information regarding lilmanjs's railline... Also the expansion of the Tollway has caused it to no longer be a offspring of Highway 2, meaning 202/A2 now violates the numbering system... The Tollway will need to be completely re-signed (this was going to happen anyway as I have to impliment the MIS and change some exits...)  With this, under Newark Turnpike Enterprise you may form your own Shield and Route number for the cooridoor aswell as choose how you want the directional signs to read (north, south, east, west, Inner, Outer, Loop,...ect) During my intermission, I recommend you plan...

Here's an Image for Tuckaway Transportation to plan the rail line, This is the SSRL as close to Tuckaway as it comes... If you start a GLR you might want to offer a connecting station here to give commuters an option to use the SSRL to get too and from Newark and Lantia...

chriss - As for your railway, It will cost 8 Points to purchase those homes and get rid of them... Normally it would cost 74 Points to biuld that portion of railway along with the stations but the city is willing to pay for %25 of the costs, meaning it will cost 55.5 Points... Would you like me to destroy those homes for clearance for the railway?

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!~MAKE SURE YOU READ~!

~!FINAL UPDATE BEFORE FINAL EXAMS!~

My Final Exams are this week and require my utmost attention. I am going to deliver you guys an Update before I get busy. 

Also, during my Update intermission I am going to update the grids/parcels and complete the section allowing to access all and the most up to date photos... These photo's will also now show what land is owned to reduce confusion....

I am then going to prepare another story update to continue to flow of the progression in Newark so we don't become to enveloped in the development. With that, Newark is a step closer to becoming the 51st state of the U.S.A...

Also during this intermission... ...I am going to rearrange the Start Page of this CJ to make it easier to navigate, aswell as rearrange the videos to make them easier to download. 

I'm also going to update the Points system, things are going by a TAD to easy, but I'm glad that this method works... I am going to impliment an economy system which fluctuates with Newarks Economy, meaning your QUOTES (not finished development) can be cheaper at times than others... If Newark is in a depression, you might exprerience higher prices than at others. Also I'm going to impliment a land value system meaning the closer you are to denser areas, the more expensive your development is going to be...

Benedict - I during this intermission I am also going to Audit your railway and railway traffic and am going to discard your old deeds and release you a new single deed for the entire SSRL as it stands with the most up to date costs, and income... Both the SSRL and Oconee Express will be Audited...

I'm also going to create a strategy guide on how to start off and impliment the most resourceful developments and how to see it through...

Also - IMPORTANT - For those of you who would like to keep track of the status of your development and have already recieved two photo updates showing your developments current state or more - You will have to pay 100 Points per month to continue this feature... This will reserve you a space on the Blu

[Haljackey 17,398]

Wow, nice work! It just gets better and better!

Good luck with exams!

[AceofSpades 1]

Very nice update railroad gardens grew very nicely demand must be high. Good luck on your exams!

[politicman 1]

Very good job Excellent !!

[Benedict 3,119]

Nice looking new stations! Great update. An audit? Sounds like trouble...

[Almighty Nienaber 3]

wait. you said "Nienabar, Here is your deed and I have forwarded your remaining points into the tower... You currently owe 174.3 Points now..."

do you mean 74.3 points. I thaught it was only 110 point to begin with.

[Need4Camaro 50]

haljackey - Thank you! You just wait till you show me how to use the MIS ...

AceofSpades - I keep forgetting to check the demand but last I glance I believe Industrial still has the Highest Demand...

politicman - Thank you!

Benedict - Well, some portions of your railline are becoming overcrowded and need to be addressed... but thats not why I'm auditing... I'm just doing it to update your passengers and thus by doing so gives you more income...

Almighty Nienaber - Yikes there was a mistake  ...Originally the tower costed 170... You paid 10 Points down I believe which brought the tower to 160... Minus the 35.7 Points you had left after Gretna means you owe 124.3 Points... Your first payment will beable to cover that with relative ease and still leave you with change...

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I completely forgot a few things...

#1 Be sure to sign up for the Newark Grande Tour.. 50 Points per development and you'll be on video...

#2 Highway 25 has been completed and opened for traffic. Highway 2's upgrades are also complete...

This image is clickable!!!

In the Millidgeville Area, Highway 25 would be the second longest Divided Highway In Newark, topped only by Highway 4 (E/W Connector, Lantia Parkway) It is an At-Grade Route which serves East Auringy City / Millidgeville all the way to Fireplace...The route was biult cutting through farm lands which may eventually evolve into residential subdivisions thanks to the new high capacity highway... This Route uses some fancy design features, lets have a look...

Just North of the Interchange with Highway 25 and the East West Connector, this section just opened...

Winding through the farmlands in Millidgeville proceeding North...

Breaking the farmland threshold as it enters the forests... Just East of Zarps Farming Plantation now...

Continueing Northbound, Crossing the River Road... we prepare to cross the Oconee River...

Bridge over the Oconee...

Approaching the Opposing Shore just Southeast of Turner Station (Shingure) where Highway 2 is collected by the new corridoor and now terminated for violating the numbering system (Highway 2 isn't allowed to proceed north and south). An Interchange was installed here rather than an At-Grade Intersection due to High Speed Traffic and concerns with traffic approaching from the bridge as a visability obstructure...

Highway 2's Eastbound onramp is still permitted a route into Turner Station as it is collected after the intersection for Turner Stat

[Almighty Nienaber 3]

okay, that makes much more sence!

oh, and good luck on those exams!

[chriss 28]

chriss - As for your railway, It will cost 8 Points to purchase those homes and get rid of them... Normally it would cost 74 Points to biuld that portion of railway along with the stations but the city is willing to pay for %25 of the costs, meaning it will cost 55.5 Points... Would you like me to destroy those homes for clearance for the railway?

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Yes, destroy them.  However, as noted not all the parts of some parcels must be used in the railway, so I have no objection to the game rebuilding on whatever zones (mostly 1x1) remain afterwards.  I could use the extra income.

[Shingure 56]

Wow. It seems that my town will soon be the terminal for all roadways. Anyways I have a plan in which will allow people to develop westwards of me. So people watch out!

[Benedict 3,119]

Sounds like I may need to add extra tracks... and I'm always about extra income

[Zarp 0]

Can I say something else besides "great job, your CJ is the most entertaining out there"?

[Benedict 3,119]

Good luck for your exams.

And when you return, here's something for your to do list: methinks Gretna needs a station! (Plus I'll purchase tracks if I have the points)

[kj3400 178]

This is the plan I would like for Johnson Village in E7, Parcel 20

[Superchan 23]

looks like a nice cj.

[Almighty Nienaber 3]

Benedict!! i was just about to do the same thing, in the same spot!! want to do a joint station?

[Need4Camaro 50]

Benedict - Okay, see Almighty Nienanber's reply...

kj3400 - Erh, There is no E7 in Parcel 20... ...It stops at E6... Where's that?

superchad - Thank you!

[Benedict 3,119]

Sure, we can share a station, I play well with others

Also, NC4, I just wanted to check that you hadn't forgotten my proposal (on the previous page) for a station @ Linaton. NO rush, just want to make sure its in the queue.

Thanks

[kj3400 178]

Sorry, Need4Camaro, I meant Parcel 19. My bad.
Also, could I name the road on the west Johnson Blvd, or does that cost extra, and if so how much extra?
Oh, and can you see that picture in my previous post? If not, I'll make it bigger.

[Benedict 3,119]

Latest SSIR map. Some service changes - South Shore line extended to Villages with 2 additional stops in the new Lantia fare zone. Oconee line service cut back, line now terminates at Newark Central.

[Jazzmaster 716]

Originally posted by: Need4Camaro Yoshiisland - Very well... ... I'm going to be requesting some signs for a new Junction shortly... I also have some information regarding lilmanjs's railline... Also the expansion of the Tollway has caused it to no longer be a offspring of Highway 2, meaning 202/A2 now violates the numbering system... The Tollway will need to be completely re-signed (this was going to happen anyway as I have to impliment the MIS and change some exits...)  With this, under Newark Turnpike Enterprise you may form your own Shield and Route number for the cooridoor aswell as choose how you want the directional signs to read (north, south, east, west, Inner, Outer, Loop,...ect) During my intermission, I recommend you plan...

This map shows traffic conditions along Highway 304 which parralells the South Shore Rail Line... Even though the Rail Line is in service, Highway 304 still remains in Gridlock.. City Council is determining whether or not a Bus System would help odd with the congested road way... Moving furtherwest...

Moving further west - we find that the railline also is suffering from Congestion to Auringy City... It only gets worse as you move toward Newark, Officials are contacting Benedict in query for future expansion of the railline's capacity before it becomes too late... Officials are also seriously contemplating on using Iminent Domain to widen the Roadway... If this passes, Newark Lakes and Auringy City will be forced to stand asside for the widening of Highway 304...

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Tuckaway could probably fix up the congestion, Im all for it if the others are...

Sorry, I don't know much about highways and the like, so could you give us a margin as to what the new route number could be?  And I'm not sure what you mean by "choose how you want the directional signs to read", should I make up some for us with SignMaker or something?

I'm getting better and better with GIMP so I could probably make a nice shield, and feel free to hit me with those signs after your intermission...

Good luck with exams!!

-Yoshi

[kj3400 178]

My bad (again).  It actually is Parcel 20 but rather area E2 (I really gotta keep an eye on what I'm clicking on). 

Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. Also good luck on exams! 

[Need4Camaro 50]

Benedict - Crap you know what? I made that station in Linaton for the last update and forgot to post it... ...I put it on the otherside of the roadway so it would have functional parking though... ..I'll get it to you asap...

kj3400 - The road on the west extends into Parcel 21 and is a rather long roadway so you'll need to tell me what part of it you want to name Johnson Blvd, if not all of it... it does cost extra ... only time it's free to name a road is if the road is strictly within your development.

Yoshiisland - Great to see Tuckaway Transportation lending a helping hand, show me what Tuckaway Transportation has in mind and we will go from there... Now...

For your first question... On a normal highway system, route numbers with single and double digits act as primary routes that go North, South, East or West. Odd digits typically go North and South, Evens typically go east and west... Routes with three digits act as spurs from parent highways. If the first digit on a tripple digit starts with an Odd number it's typically a spur INTO a area, whereas if it starts with an Even number it's typically a bypass AROUND a area... for example, 85 would be a parent highway, 285 would be a bypass around an area spawning from the parent highway... 385 would be a spur INTO an area spawning from the parent highway... Asside from that you're not obliged to follow those standards as NTPE will likely be seperated from the Newark Numbering System...  In which meaning I dont care what you number your highways lol...  

For your second question... Directional Signs are the labels that tell you which way you're going... North, South, East or West... With Bypasses this can get confusing if they go in a circle because you're run into circumstances where there are actually two sections of the highway that run North and South at two different areas and they don't align... likewise East and West... ...Thus in many cases with Bypasses, they use Inner and Outer.. Inner be the portion of the highway that's closest to the city, Outer would by the portion of the highway thats furthest from the city... (Inner and Outer never change... I'll show you an image to better explain) 

Keep in mind that an Highway is Bi-Directional so if oneside is going North, the Otherside is going South, likewise if one side is going East, the otherside is going west... In this case... If one side of the highway in Inner, then the other must be Outer...

Here's an Image showing a typical Bypass around a city and how it is labled with standard directional signs...

Now with Inner / Outer signs...

Notice that despite the directional change of the highway between North, South, East and West, the Inner remains Inner and Outer remains outer? this is to prevent confusion of the direction of the Highway....

..Keep in mind that Inner / Outer signs are typically only usefull on bypasses and they're still relatively rare to begin with...

Now I have a request for you...

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Yoshiisland, I have compiled a request, I HIGHLY ADVISE you pay attention to detail because it will be critical...

This Request will consist of you doing the following

Creating a new standard sign post for freeways...

Completing a sign request using this sign post...

Activating Night Lighting - Lighting will be originated from the Sign Post - not the actual sign...

There will be diagnals!

REPLACE ALL SHIELDS WITH NWTP WITH YOU

[Almighty Nienaber 3]

Okay N4C, me and benedict have finnished our planning.

i hope i have enuff points.

we will use this station https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?id=13965

and will place it here