Welcome to Royston [C:S]
Population
50,121
Coffers
3.4 million.
Transportation
10 Buslines (2k ridership)
Leisure
No stadium or expo center.
Districts
Center Grove, Upper Grove, Loop-D, Bedford Forrest, Rivercrossings, Emerald Hill, Emerald Oil Fields, Lower Grove
Rules of engagement:
I try to build the city with the following notions in mind.
Don't fall in love with highways.
Avoid high density for the sake of population. (City center > urban > suburban)
Create a diversified economy.
Create clean sight-lines for the entire city from both above and on the street.
Create a city I would live in.
Balance between straight lines and curved.
Without much ado, Welcome to Royston.
Currently developing to the right, you can vaguely tell the city center in the middle from this angle.
Bottom-right is the new
industrial zone (with business HQs) called Bedford Forrests.
not one highway into to the middle of the city. traffic is fed by large avenues, one way roads and pedestrian bridges between
bus-lines.
City Center [Center Grove + Loop-D]
Instead of using round-a-bouts as just traffic managers, I've turned them into high density, policy-friendly areas and bus-line connect areas between different districts. Center Grove came first (first photo), followed by Loop-D.
Center Grove. Tons of buses means tons of foot traffic for the policy-friendly commerce in the outer ring. the inner t (iT) is all HD residential.
Since this is the original portion of the city, some reworking is currently occurring to facilitate more growth and beautification...
such as the university and parks.
Loop-D - Named so because of the interweaving roads. This is particularly my favorite part of the Royston so far as I fill in the gaps
with trees. Reasons?
All major services use this area as base (fire, police, education, hospital).
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Bus lines transporting between districts all meet here in the middle right side and
connect with local bus-lines at the A-frame junction with no traffic slow down.
They are linked by a pedestrian bridge that cuts between buildings (look right below the hospital)
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The traffic flow is seamless and continues to handle more pressure without changes as the city grows (only 1 light in the entire circle).
Finally, a series of road level (kind of) views.
Grove Boulevard (Upper Grove)
Grove Boulevard looking left toward Rivercrossings
Lower Grove looking towards Loop-D
Lower Grove looking to Center Grove
Finally, one of the rules mentioned above was enjoyment for my own self if I lived in such a city.
The following photo achieved that perfectly.
Every place has those spots where you want to call your own, this pedestrian bridge would be one
of them with a view of the mountains and central skyline as you cross.
Hope you enjoyed.
suggestions and comments welcomed!
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