maxing out toll booths

[guinea 31]

i was wondering is it posstible to max out a toll booth to 999% usage or more even

i have constructed a city and left it to run away tillabout the 200,000 mark then i construct a new large residential area linking to my main downtown and conect it using a single road

my populationrises by a furthur 93,000 so it is safe to say there should be about 80-90 thousand residents passing through this toll booth

once the zone are full off R$$ + R$$$ skyscrapers i place the toll booths inand wait after a month the toll turned to 300% of its capacity  and a few no job zots started to pop up

after yet anothe sim city month a found the toll booth at 520% capacity 

3 more mothes passed and this figure did not rise

this was the veiw of the booth after 5 mothes

as you can see there is only 3000 residendts of a possible 90 000 

i decided to construct a 2nd toll to see if they would equal out at about 250 % each  but to my surprise i found this this is a screenshot of the 2nd toll booth after 1 month

i also have a toll booth on my avenue leading into my city center from another residential district this has 530% usage with 15,000 residents passing through it i im going to try and do this with a highway and see what will happen

 

so does this prrove the max usage of a toll booth is 550%

[servo 0]

It's gotta be more than 550%:
http://www.foodfamitsu.com/stuff/servoSC4/tollbooth.jpg>

[xcalbier 43]

a easy way to test top capisty is to mod the tool booth down to just 1 car then just build a all poor city going into a dirty inderstry city.Now because the highways will carry manny more cars then a 1000 without going red the sims should be willing to use it.
now to get to 1000% you just need a 100 cars.

[guinea 31]

as i dont know any mods i will stick with my current test unless some one can make a mod for this

[toroca 162]

I would be truly shocked if there were a maximum capacity.  I don't have a screenshot, but I've seen toll booths working at 800% capacity, and I've seen pictures of bus stops or train stations working at more than 1,000%.

[phungus420 0]

Yeah Toroca I've had train stations at 800% and above, and I see no reason to believe they wol't go over this level at the right densities.

[Andreas Roth 629]

500% are definitely not the limit, as you can see on this screenshot:

[guinea 31]

ok now thats a lot  of trafic  wonder why they dont use the highway?

[giftnudel 0]

Hihi,

I checked on this thread yesterday, today I got a booth at 831%, which I thought was more then everyoe else in this thread had ... I wanted to post a screeny, but wait, what do I see

anyway, I didn't think It would be that much

giftnudel

[Tropod 144]

A similar thread was made many months ago, I still don't think anyone has topped this many users [it's my doinghttps://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/images/smilies/9.gif>] for one toll both, I wonder if more users/cars could be jammed through https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/images/smilies/3.gif>

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files/RHTollPic2.JPG border=0>

[toroca 162]

Tropod, you've got more vehicles through your tollbooth, but Andreas Roth has a MUCH higher percentage over capacity...  *LOL*

[Tropod 144]

true........actually not long after I placed this toll both [a Sim month or 2], about 40,000 Sims started to take alternative routes, and this was even with the Highway capacity set at 100,000 and the Pathfinding Accuracy set on high. Just goes to show, those Sims don't like toll boths much https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/images/smilies/22.gif>. Cheap buggershttps://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/images/smilies/7.gif>.

[bc2hander 0]

I have always wondered how having a toll booth at some insanely high % usage affects commute time. Do you guys have any data/insights in that area?

[+Guest]

I don't use toll booths, because we don't have them in this country, are they any good?

[bc2hander 0]

They can bring in lots of $$$, but they have some negative effects on commute time. I would just like to know exactly the scope of the tradeoff.

[simmax 0]

In the traffic data view, they appear in green, yellow, red,... depening on the usage. As they are 2 tiles long, they might have the same effect on CTs as 2 tiles of congestioned roads, that is , not much! But I'm not sure about this.

[Yoman 0]

Pretty Cool, I'll use it.

[Tropod 144]

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On 3/1/2004 10:29:36 AM bc2hander wrote:I have always wondered how having a toll booth at some insanely high % usage affects commute time. Do you guys have any data/insights in that area?

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I myself personally don't play with the standard set of files, as I've tweaked them a little [er, a lot actually https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/images/smilies/9.gif>]. I can tell you though that Toll boths can and will increase commute times, generally, they also have a minor side affect against Mayor rating.

[MsCharamut1969 8]

WOW, none of my tolls get used THAT much, but I wanna know how you post pics with the stats like that, all i can do is take pics of my city and buildings NOT stats or anything like that?

 

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[defacto_junior 0]

Just use the print screen button on your keyboard, then paste the image onto MS paint or something.

[Dolfan348488 0]

I dont really use toll-booths anymore.  It was fun right when i got RH to plop them all over the place and watch the cash roll in, but now i dont need the money, and it just causes god-awful congestion.  I would have like 40,000 people using one toll booth https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/images/smilies/22.gif>

[the_new_simman 5]

I have not gotten Toll Booths above 300%. 2000% is alot of cars passing through. https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/images/smilies/10.gif>

[thatmonkeysim 8]

wow i wonder how much monthly income you would gety from that...

[toroca 162]

If you mean the one that has 40,000 sims going through it, you'd get $4,000 from that.  Every sim that goes through a toll booth pays $0.10

[spants 0]

I use tollbooths as a 'congestion charge', keeping my Sims on the highways rather than driving through the centre of town. Keeps things quiet!

[firefly9 0]

I agree toll-booths are to scare away the cars. I try to keep the service quility of the booths up so if i find one getting busy I will track the cars back to the main offending neighborhoods and either correct some mass transit to reduce the car traffic or slap a toll-booth in there front yard to force then to use Mass transit.

[Damion 1]

Date: 7/21/2004 4:13:04 PM
Author: firefly9

I agree toll-booths are to scare away the cars. I try to keep the service quility of the booths up so if i find one getting busy I will track the cars back to the main offending neighborhoods and either correct some mass transit to reduce the car traffic or slap a toll-booth in there front yard to force then to use Mass transit.

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Is there any evidence that toll booths do indeed scare away cars? Besides any incidental congestion that may be caused by overloading the booth.

[tonkawom 1]

Its an interesting thought, about them scaring away the cars.  Though I also wonder about the chances of some kind of Riot.  Things here in the NYC area are getting absolutly rediculous with tolls.  The bridges and tunnels are $9 per car. 

 

Speaking of, is there any chance to mod the booths to give us a slider so we can set our own toll costs?  I'd love to see what the sims to with a $50  toll to cross the only bridge so they can get to work....

[Compromise 1]

I use my toll booths on major roads such as highways which works well but looking at this I think it might be even better to use them to scare away cars.

I am suprised to notice that this thread has yearly gaps in posts.

[bevanl 6]

My Problem is that you can not change the price of the toll, Are you people using the Toll Booth Modd?, The Toll Booth Modd can change the capacity of the Tolls.

We should close this Thread as Compromise said this Thread was started last year (Feb, 2004)