Is there any stations for GLR-in-street ?

[Simcityman1244 0]

Is anyone going to make stations for the glr in street in the new June 2009 NAM release?

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Most definitely - the RTMT team is on it right now.     They will be part of the next release, V3.60, which should be out early next month.  Here's a copy of a message I posted over at SC4 Devotion; the input of people here would be very helpful as well.

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I'm in the process of getting a new RTMT release ready (V3.60), and it would be fairly simple to add a full set of stations for T-RAM on Streets.  Before actually building these, I thought it would be a good idea to ask people what they would like.  Street T-RAM is actual easier to build stations for than Road T-RAM, because Street T-RAM uses the same wide sidewalk as standard roads.  So it would be straightforward to add the standard RTMT bus, subway, and combo bus/subway stations here.  I would plan to make just the single-tile versions here, unless people would really like to see the two-tile ones.

The one question that arises is, What to do about the tram stop?  Some people thought that the stations that RTMT used for Road T-RAM were too big, and that simple stops would have been more appropriate.  Based on that, large tram stations for streets, especially if combined with the standard RTMT bus and/or subway stations, would be way too much, and would result in a very cluttered environment.  And due to the way Street T-RAM is laid out, I don't think there's room for platforms, especially if bus and/or subway stations are included.  So here are the possibilities I see:

• Trams are much like buses, and you would expect to shorter (i.e., single-car) ones on streets, although that's not essential to this option.  But in any case, you could simply use the standard bus stop as a tram stop.  If you had both a bus stop and a tram stop, they could share the same shelter.
• The next option would be much like the first, but you would use a different type of bus shelter as the tram stop. (We have lots of bus shelters.)  There would be default shelter types, but these would be completely customizable.  If you had both a bus stop and a tram stop, you could either expand the stop to be two squares, or you could use a third type of bus shelter.  If you like this option, it would be helpful if you specified which bus shelters you would like for which function.
• What about tram stops that don't have bus or subway stops?  Are there circumstances where it would make sense to use the larger tram stations (at least as an option)?  For example, especially in older European cities, there are some places that only have room for narrow streets, but are still in heavily trafficked areas.  Would a full tram station (as an option) make sense in that context?

I am probably going to start on these fairly soon, and would hope to have them available early next month.  So it would be helpful if people who are interested in stations like this would tell me which stations appeal to them, in as much detail as possible.  Thanks!