Should i make the highway?

[Scatcycle 0]

You can see my city https://s960.photobucket.com/albums/ae84/Scatcycle1/sim%20city/, (it was too big to take whole picture of) and i need help. No one is taking the subway, and definitly not the avenue, so should i put in a freeway? Trains? Anything? What should i do? Advice?

[TekindusT 3,809]

I see your city has only 3346 inhabitants, I think its way too early to begin providing mass transport options like subways or highways. First wait until your city "demands" this kind of options with traffic problems and growing commute time; and provide the mass transport ensuring it takes your sims where they want to go (from the residential districtto the future industrial district, for example).

Suming up, in my opinion, relying on mass transport at this game stages is pointless, you should let the city grow first.

[Ryan123220 18]

I agree with TekindusT, your city is in no need for mass transit. depending if you use nam or not your whole citys population could use one road and it still wouldent be congested. Wait till you have the funding and congestion needed for a mass transit route. But to answer your question, you dont need any mass transit BUT if you do put anything in, do a bus stop in each of your 3 sections and ... expand!!!! larger cities are fun

[kolnikov inc 1]

if you were tryna build a highway system with the RHW 4.0, with interchanges and all that i would say go ahead do it now(because they take up a lot of space)....even though your city (at this point) doesn't have the capacity or need for a highway...maybe you want to plan ahead for further development..?

..also your zoning might be too far separated. remember that only high-wealth sims need to be segregated from farming and dirty industry. so zone for low wealth residence around your farms and dirty industry to boost regional population (it'll also lower the commute time)

..but i definitely would not build a subway system yet..maybe a bus system but not subway..(subway is a higher wealth form of mass transit....yeah unfortunately rich people don't take the bus)

..you have enough space to plan out a large city but 3346 sims is still stage one..which is very low..you dont even really need any mass transit system yet..

but....if you don't already have it download the NAM 4.0 and the RHW 4.0 which will alter the path-finding system and the commute times..

that's all i got good luck

[tkuelker 2]

For some reason highways aren't used that much, so that probably wouldn't be the best idea to build one. Or you could download the NWM and build a 6 lane avenue, that might help move sims around.

[A Nonny Moose 8,263]

Busses are your best bet at this level.  It reduces the car traffic.  If you have the NAM, add the RTMT to increase the number of bus stop layouts.  This provides a great variety of options, and you will be a lot happier.  If you don't have the NAM, it is your first stop towards getting a viable game.

With that small town, you only need a few bus stops.  The NAM extends the distance pedestrians will walk, so I would suggest one every couple of blocks for starters.  Just drop them on top of some houses, and fill in any remaining land with either small parks or small CS$ lots.  Any neighborhood needs corner stores.