Entry 34 : A Commute Through Town (5E136)

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Entry posted by Linoa06 · March 28, 2016

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Heya everyone! It's been one year since I began this CJ and I'm thrilled that it's still going on! Today we're taking a commute in this town :

In the morning mist you can even see the smog coming from the glorious chimneys of the great industrial areas that cover the town and its inhabitants in soot and riches.

The journey begins south, in a residential district called South Lexington. This is the A4 road from Glenvale, which here is not a freeway, but instead a 1x1 road with local lanes. It gets really jammed at rush hour.

Once reaching the Morningstar Bridge, finally traffic can use two lanes. When you finally drive up onto the bridge, you sigh with relief. Maybe you won't be late to the office after all!

From there, you drive on towards the CBD. You have two choices : you can try the waterbank expressway, which is hardly ever used because of its steep tolls...

Or you can be cheap and carry on driving on the A4. As you drive into town the road even becomes a 3-lane way with sound barriers.

And all of this to drive from this neighbourhood...

...into downtown, some 10 miles away.

Somehow you beat the traffic! Or is it that you just went extra early? Either way, the streets are still quiet and the shops are still closed.

Here are your shoppers and office workers! They're stuck on a bridge above the motorway, predictably enough.

You wish there was a real mass transit system, beyond the inadequate buses and streetcars...but the federal grants have instead gone in the refurbishment of the small Vesper Bay Campus instead.

Not that it's a bad thing, really - it's the leading university in the country as far as biology is concerned, and many talented barristers and laywers also come from these halls.

With the federal grants, the university could improve quality of life for its students, and build sports facilities.

The parkings didn't really get the same treatment though. That's the least they could do, right?

The big addition this year isn't even the university, though. And no, it's not a proper transit system either. The Ministry of Magic has finally opened!

The Ministry complex (which cost billions to the country) takes the form of a giant tower which dominates the south reaches of downtown. Landfills were turned into beautiful, weaving parks.

The Ministry hosts all services for the small yet vibrant wizarding community of Cathnoquey. Cathnoquey seeks to become a leader in magical expertise - something Cyrodiil has excelled at for the past few centuries, ever since the fall of the Aldmeri Dominion.

Personally, if I have to commute anywhere, I'd love my workplace to offer me a massive blooming park to relax during lunch break.

But for all the talks of modernity and forward thinking, the town still lacks a definite public transport network. The buses are crammed, the trams are unreliable, and everything just costs so much! But hey, maybe we install a modern LRT system next entry