Transportation Act of 1976
Following the 1975 revolution, the new government fulfilled one promise which was to rebuild the nations transit infrastructure. The hope was to reassure a generally supportive public that government-controlled economic improvements could spark the economy and better provide for the general population than a pure free market economy.
But to achieve this goal, the government had to act fast and well. What follows is an account of the efforts in the four major cities.
Taraville first major improvements was the building of a rail connection to downtown Taraville. Chosen for the first upgrades because of its central location, Taraville build a stat of the art transit hub.
At the Taraville Terminal, the conventional rail was connected to a major Subway station, surface light rail, and bus. The Terminal was perfectly placed into some relatively empty land sandwiched between Downtown,Taraville University, and the football stadium (and the City Zoo, for whatever that's worth).
A view of the heart of Taraville with the Taraville Terminal in the center.
Building the rail to the heart of an already-developed city was a challenge in Taraville, as it would be in each of the major cities in the region. The new subterranean light rail yard was also built under the Taraville Terminal.
Balboa City Balboa City was the next city to get a major rail terminal downtown.
However, there was a major problem in building a downtown rail terminal. Over the past two decades, the City's subways system had become a tangled subsurface web that prevented tunneling the convectional rail to the terminal. Furthermore, Downtown was fully developed.
The government resorted to a rather aggresive use of eminent domain. The capitalist era preceding the revolution had created a major financial sector bubble--a bubble that burst prematurely following the revolt. As a result, Downtown was growing full of vastly underused, dilapidated skyscrapers.
The plan was to relocate those offices in the rail line's path to the buildings shown above. The now-empty buildings would be demolished to make room for the terminal and a new park area.
Major redevelopment Followed the building of the Balboa National Rail Terminal.
East Port/Mario City East Port, the only major city that did not support the revolution, initially fought the acceptance of Federal funds for the rail expansions. Eventually, they agreed to build rail service, but without any direct downtown connections. East Port's City Council strongly opposed any rail-based redevelopment, requiring that the rail line be built around the perimeter of the City.
The East Port Terminal ended up being built on the north shore, across the river from downtown. Connected to a Elevated Rail line, passengers would have to transfer to a 4-stop train taking them under the river and into downtown.
A second major station was built on the eastern outskirts of town to a) provide an alternative station to the North Shore Depot and, b) provide express rail transit within the City.
The last major city in the region to get a rail connection was Mario City. Again, due to the resistance of government interference, East Port would not allow for any of their built-up areas to be demolished to make room for a rail route to Mario City. It was deemed more politically prudent to adhere to East Ports issues.
The decision was made to link Mario City to East Port via an elevated rail extension. The rail was built over some light industrial zones to the heart of the city. The Ground light rail station also got an upgrade to that it could better serve both thru traffic and line terminals.
Bonus!
Continued from my last post a while ago: How should Balboa City's old industrial sector be redeveloped?- Housing?
- Industry?
- Public parks?
- A university?
Leave me a comment with you ideas! The more creative and realistic suggestions major just end up being realized!
We have two votes so far:
- a university with public parks throughout the campus. (Schulmanator)
- higher class industry or parks, or maybe both (3dpuzzlemaster)
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