Show us your City Transit Maps!

[nycsc4 5,250]

thank you TekindusT, but I'm not quite sure what you mean. Are you talking about the color changing junctions where there are no stations?

[TekindusT 3,809]

Yeah, I meant the changing colours. I know this option is used in some real world cities (like in older Madrid commuter rail maps) so I haven't got a problem with it; but I think this can be quite confusing for tourists and foreigners... Just a personal opinion, though.

[TekindusT 3,809]

Yeah, I meant the changing colours. I know this option is used in some real world cities (like in older Madrid commuter rail maps) so I haven't got a problem with it; but I think this can be quite confusing for tourists and foreigners... Just a personal opinion, though.

[TekindusT 3,809]

I guess this post won't be considered double posting nor bumping this thread...

Here's the 3D version I promised from my latest map...

[nathanthemayor 1,263]

Two new maps just released on my CJ:

and a RandMcNally style map for Capital District:

[bwong 36]

nice maps!

[MajinDarkness 5]

I like all the variety and creativity in these maps!

[Vahr 343]

Lets throw a little highway map in here, eh ? 

Click for full

[12231989 11]

Transit Map of The Wasatch Front Including Salt Lake City, Ogden, Provo

• Interstate 15 & 80 and I-215 Belt Route - Red
• Mountain View Corridor - Blue
• UTA Traxx Lines (Downtown, U of U, SLC Intr'l Airport, West Valley, South Jordan, and Draper) - Purple
• UTA Front Runner North & South - Black

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[quicksilver991 37]

Brilliantly done! I see you have included future UTA routes in your faithful recreation of TRAX and FrontRunner.

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[1.21_Jiggawatts 4]

12231989: Oh my God, you've successfully recreated (one) of my old hometowns. Atta boy

And here's a little something something I made (also avalible in the equivalent forum in SC4D)

What'ya think?

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[bwong 36]

very nice map, 12231989!

[Slashback 136]

Brilliant everyone, I just want to know if the Salt Lake city map is downloadable?

[ar2910 8]

A couple of maps I've been working on for the city of Canterbury in Kent. Yes, Canterbury East really is about due South of Canterbury West, and Northgate really is about due East of the both of them. Confusing, I know.

The Canterbury Metro
 

 

The Canterbury Tramlink.
 

(Apologies if the images are rediculously oversized. I'm not used to posting in these forums.)

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

Thats crazy, because ignoring the north-south, Canterbery East is more westerly than West!

Nice work however.

[davidaiow 2]

Wonderful map. I had the pleasure of visiting Canterbury the other weekend, charming town! I love how it's not just me who likes to make maps for their home-towns, no matter how small.

[nathanthemayor 1,263]

Another map just released on my CJ:

[nathanthemayor 1,263]

Here is a map of the world within my CJ:

[kj3400 178]

I'm still working on it....Black for railways, white for streets, gray for minor arterials, yellow for major arterials, and orange for limited access arterials (freeways).

[Pipcard 20]

How the heck do people plan these complex rail/subway networks in their games? How do they know where to put the stations?

[nathanthemayor 1,263]

For mine, I use the region picture to help me out. Subway maps I photograph the lines in-game and use it as reference.

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

Originally posted by: Pipcard

How the heck do people plan these complex rail/subway networks in their games? How do they know where to put the stations?quote>

 Many transit maps are topological, so their position on the map is not actually where that station lies in real life. It is not to scale, and the distance between stations on a transit map is usually equal.

upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Melbourne_railways_map.gif

This is Melbourne's (my homecity) rail system to scale. Now compare that with the official transit map:

mapsof.net/uploads/static-maps/melbourne_metro_system_map.png

[armpit43 172]

Ok heres my map for My Corralane reigon, show all the intercity rail lines. Feedback appreciated!

[Pipcard 20]

I meant how do you know where you're supposed to plop the stations in areas/neighborhoods? I never made a subway system because I never really got to that point; how do you make a realistic and cool looking subway network and not just a grid of subways?

[Benedict 3,119]

Originally posted by: Pipcard

I meant how do you know where you're supposed to plop the stations in areas/neighborhoods? I never made a subway system because I never really got to that point; how do you make a realistic and cool looking subway network and not just a grid of subways?

quote>

Grids can also be realistic - New York's subway is a sort of grid, as is Tokyo's.

Some older cities have a 'spokes of a wheel' approach, although if/as they grow, they often find that avoiding the city center would improve journey times.

As far as in game, if I think a city of mine is going to be big enough to support a subway, and I want a subway to be non-grid, I'll just grow the city that way - higher densities along the subway routes, lower densities between.

[Pipcard 20]

Originally posted by: Benedict

Originally posted by: Pipcard

I meant how do you know where you're supposed to plop the stations in areas/neighborhoods? I never made a subway system because I never really got to that point; how do you make a realistic and cool looking subway network and not just a grid of subways?

quote>

Grids can also be realistic - New York's subway is a sort of grid, as is Tokyo's.

Some older cities have a 'spokes of a wheel' approach, although if/as they grow, they often find that avoiding the city center would improve journey times.

As far as in game, if I think a city of mine is going to be big enough to support a subway, and I want a subway to be non-grid, I'll just grow the city that way - higher densities along the subway routes, lower densities between.

quote>

When I'm talking about a gridded subway, I'm talking about a literal grid, like gridded roads.

I think a ring with "spokes" radiating out is a good idea.

[Benedict 3,119]

Originally posted by: Pipcard

Originally posted by: Benedict

Originally posted by: Pipcard

I meant how do you know where you're supposed to plop the stations in areas/neighborhoods? I never made a subway system because I never really got to that point; how do you make a realistic and cool looking subway network and not just a grid of subways?

quote>

Grids can also be realistic - New York's subway is a sort of grid, as is Tokyo's.

Some older cities have a 'spokes of a wheel' approach, although if/as they grow, they often find that avoiding the city center would improve journey times.

As far as in game, if I think a city of mine is going to be big enough to support a subway, and I want a subway to be non-grid, I'll just grow the city that way - higher densities along the subway routes, lower densities between.

quote>

When I'm talking about a gridded subway, I'm talking about a literal grid, like gridded roads.

I think a ring with "spokes" radiating out is a good idea.

quote>

It is true that, in general, the game SC4 prefers a grid for its subways to be most effective. One thing that helps to have a successful non-grid subway system is to build a non-grid city. If areas have open water, or large natural areas, that can help. If I get time I will see if one of my cities works like this. Its subway is a pseudogrid, although when I map it for this thread it does not look that way exactly.

[Pipcard 20]

Originally posted by: Benedict

Originally posted by: Pipcard

Originally posted by: Benedict

Originally posted by: Pipcard

I meant how do you know where you're supposed to plop the stations in areas/neighborhoods? I never made a subway system because I never really got to that point; how do you make a realistic and cool looking subway network and not just a grid of subways?

quote>

Grids can also be realistic - New York's subway is a sort of grid, as is Tokyo's.

Some older cities have a 'spokes of a wheel' approach, although if/as they grow, they often find that avoiding the city center would improve journey times.

As far as in game, if I think a city of mine is going to be big enough to support a subway, and I want a subway to be non-grid, I'll just grow the city that way - higher densities along the subway routes, lower densities between.

quote>

When I'm talking about a gridded subway, I'm talking about a literal grid, like gridded roads.

I think a ring with "spokes" radiating out is a good idea.

quote>

It is true that, in general, the game SC4 prefers a grid for its subways to be most effective. One thing that helps to have a successful non-grid subway system is to build a non-grid city. If areas have open water, or large natural areas, that can help. If I get time I will see if one of my cities works like this. Its subway is a pseudogrid, although when I map it for this thread it does not look that way exactly.

quote>

I want to build something like Tokyo, which is like a semi-grid (?).

[Benedict 3,119]

The ferry network in my CJ, Ellis Valley, as it currently stands:

 Created using Photoshop in 1.5 hrs.

[cacks 41]

 well this is my first attempt at making a transit map - and its quite rough around the edges:

Salvar

still very much a WIP

oh and this is what I am trying to do:

Clicky on the picy

... for full resolution