SimCity 4 deluxe Traffic Congestion Problem

[Ruan2017 1]

hey every one i have been playing SimCity 4 deluxe about a year now and stil struggeling with Traffic Congestion and ita upsetting...

i curently using NAM Traffic Simulator but doesnt seems to work for me.

i did previously used and editor to edit my SimCity dat. files and still cant get it right and i now im sort off cheating a bit but dammit i just want to grow my cities and have no traffic congestion with high co$$$ and cs$$$ customers 

so if anybody can help me out here i would appreciate it a lot thanks

Mod Edit: Removed your phone number, it's really not a good idea to put that on the public internet.

[rsc204 21,808]

No traffic = broken cities. Why?, well traffic is necessary for C$ buildings to thrive, without a good base of C$, C$$ and C$$$ buildings, you will mess up the whole demand/supply simulation.

The NAM traffic simulator fixes the very broken one Maxis included, so I'd recommend using it.

Editing the SimCity.dat files is a real no, no... he says knowing full well I do it myself from time to time... But the point being, if you don't know what you are editing, prepare to fail, again and again and again.

It strikes me what you are trying to do is alter the way the game works to fit a desire for how you want it to work. Whilst this can be achievable, there are some fundamentals you simply won't be able to work around. The fact is all big cities have a lot of traffic, that's pretty much linked to the population. You can alleviate this a lot by providing excellent public transportation systems, but they must be quicker or sims simply won't care to use them. Not to mention most R$$$ sims prefer to drive, whatever the alternatives. In fact, a good percentage (alterable in the TSCT), will prefer to drive regardless.

Other ways to improve congestion include making better road systems that prevent gridlock. Heavy use of OWRs and higher capacity NWM (from NAM) networks can help. But the real improvements come with a well-planned system which meets the needs of where sims need to come from/go to as efficiently as possible. Often in the SimCity world this requires a willingness to change (rebuild) parts that are not working out.

[Cyclone Boom 16,875]

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When aiming to build urban areas, I've always found it helps to think ahead to where larger transport networks could be built. Since as population density increases, finding land to construct these later on becomes an increased challenge.

Perhaps for some inspiration, an idea is to look at transport maps of real world cities, and try to replicate the layouts. Quite often cities have a central loop of main highways, which branch off and intend to equally distribute traffic throughout the region area. Even with the benefits of NAM, the traffic simulation in SC4 isn't directly comparable to reality, but the basic principles still do apply in parts. Like most things in the game, it does require a lot of trial and error. So perhaps it's worth making regular copies of your region and exploring different methods. That way it's easy to revert back if something doesn't work out.

Also it can help to check the Traffic Data Views, and toggle between the two options. The "Congestion" view is the default and shows the overall quantity for all types of transport, where red is the worst extent of congestion. Then there's the "Volume" view which allows filtering between road traffic, and the 9 other modes of transport. The dots reveal the flow of the traffic in the direction travelled. There's also separate toggles between morning / evening commutes, for when Sims travel to and from work.

For example:

Also using the Route Query tool (Alt + /) can help to show the path taken from specific buildings or networks in a city.

[Ruan2017 1]

How many peeps u have in that city?

[Ruan2017 1]

Thanks everything is working perfectly thanks 

[Cyclone Boom 16,875]

2 hours ago, Ruan2017 said:

How many peeps u have in that city?

It's nothing special (was actually a test city I created a while back), but the overall population is just under 255k.

 

1 hour ago, Ruan2017 said:

Thanks everything is working perfectly thanks 

Glad to hear it!

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