Straightening out diagonal traffic jams

[sdlitvin 0]

Suppose you have a grid of streets and/or roads with a diagonal road cutting right through it.  (Such as in the "Big City" tutorial that comes with the "Timbuktu" region.)

The traffic jams can become horrendous, with vehicles turning onto the diagonal from a grid street/road, only to turn off again onto another one within a block or two.

What are some cool ways to straighten out such a mess?

One-way roads aren't always feasible when the grid isn't balanced to permit proper out-and-back return.

Roundabouts aren't always feasible when you've got too many roads converging at one point (like a North-south street, an east-west street, and a diagonal road, all meeting at one point).

Any other ideas?  Would anything from the NAM be immediately applicable to this problem?

[Merlin of Flyote 8]

Originally posted by: sdlitvin

Suppose you have a grid of streets and/or roads with a diagonal road cutting right through it.  (Such as in the "Big City" tutorial that comes with the "Timbuktu" region.)

The traffic jams can become horrendous, with vehicles turning onto the diagonal from a grid street/road, only to turn off again onto another one within a block or two.

What are some cool ways to straighten out such a mess?

One-way roads aren't always feasible when the grid isn't balanced to permit proper out-and-back return.

Roundabouts aren't always feasible when you've got too many roads converging at one point (like a North-south street, an east-west street, and a diagonal road, all meeting at one point).

Any other ideas?  Would anything from the NAM be immediately applicable to this problem?

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How about upgrading to an Avenue if you don't have Rush Hour, Get it!

[Deathcat001 8]

Use Elevated Roads in NAM for tricky interchanges. 

[bigthing 35]

Originally posted by: Merlin of Flyote

Originally posted by: sdlitvin

Suppose you have a grid of streets and/or roads with a diagonal road cutting right through it. (Such as in the "Big City" tutorial that comes with the "Timbuktu" region.)

The traffic jams can become horrendous, with vehicles turning onto the diagonal from a grid street/road, only to turn off again onto another one within a block or two.

What are some cool ways to straighten out such a mess?

One-way roads aren't always feasible when the grid isn't balanced to permit proper out-and-back return.

Roundabouts aren't always feasible when you've got too many roads converging at one point (like a North-south street, an east-west street, and a diagonal road, all meeting at one point).

Any other ideas? Would anything from the NAM be immediately applicable to this problem?

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How about upgrading to an Avenue if you don't have Rush Hour, Get it!

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I agree, it changed my life (well not really)

Originally posted by: Deathcat001

Use Elevated Roads in NAM for tricky interchanges. quote>

I'm not entirely sure weather that will help the traffic problems

[chris0101 8]

The only real solution is to provide a lot of mass transit. Build a subway route directly under it and put park and ride facilities near the stations.

A highway system may be another solution, although if you've already built up your downtown, be prepared to bulldoze quite a few buildings.

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

Elevated Road interchange will help as I have congestion messages for the road intersections, but the roads themselves are below capacity.

[Deathcat001 8]

Roflyoshi: I use Flexibale underpasses and elevated roads, to solve my interchanges, (this is not road interchanges, this is major avenue highway ones) 

[Mayor Dylan Thomas 2]

the big city tutorial isn't in SC4 vanilla so he does have RH

Priority numero uno would be to get the NAM if you don't have it.

Second get cars off the roads!! Cars suck in this game.. they cause pollution and traffic and decrease desirablity. Bus stops placed liberally throughout the city will take cars off the road and usually the cost of running them is more than offset by the fares from sims using them. If you are mostly low density consider a bus stop and parking garage combo. Anything that gets sims to walk is a good thing if you ask me.

[Ignition2k 0]

Originally posted by: Mayor Dylan Thomas

the big city tutorial isn't in SC4 vanilla so he does have RH

Priority numero uno would be to get the NAM if you don't have it.

Second get cars off the roads!! Cars suck in this game.. they cause pollution and traffic and decrease desirablity. Bus stops placed liberally throughout the city will take cars off the road and usually the cost of running them is more than offset by the fares from sims using them. If you are mostly low density consider a bus stop and parking garage combo. Anything that gets sims to walk is a good thing if you ask me.quote>

Yeah, observing how short of distances they are willing to walk, it appears they could really use the exercise :-D

[Tysons4 68]

dont forget about the many other forms a transportation... subways, el rails, monorails, avenues and highways are all there to help ease your sims traffic concerns