Severe Traffic Problems in Rexdale
Today is May 20, G.Y. 2.
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Anyhow, counsellors, today we shall discuss the long-due topic of the ongoing traffic problem in the Town of Rexdale.
Figure 1 - Rexale's location in relation to the Greater Watersauga Area.
The Town of Rexdale, despite its population of 7,000, is not a small town after all in terms of its traffic problem. Rexdale is known as the fulcrum of transportation, featuring over 30,000 industrial jobs and 5,000 commercial jobs, and a neighbour to a town of 1,000 people with about 50,000 industrial jobs, and a city of 240,000 with near 100,000 commercial jobs, the town is frequently used as a by-pass corridor from any other in-town routes for commuting purposes.
As a result, with a population size of 7,000, we have introduced three expressways, one elevated rail line (from the City of Old Watersauga), one ground rail line (GLR), and several more rural highways in rural areas.
Figure 2 - Road corridors within the town. The highway from the Town of Angus Glen reaching into Rexdale is quite congested, accounting for 25,000 cars during rush hours, and over 8,000 buses.
Figure 3 - Not just highways, avenues, roads, and streets, are also congested.
Any solutions? Should we build a bypass through the wilderness for thru traffic? We have done that several decades ago, and now, as the land develops, the by-pass is no longer rural, and becomes rather congested.
To further assist you with your analysis, our analysts generated a general trend of traffic.
Figure 4 - Using assistance, we can see most commuters use Rexdale as a commuting corridor. While some actually works in Rexdale, many just drives through Rexdale into the nearby industrial town, Commercium Bay South. Over 18,000 cars come from Angus Glen and more from Watersauga. They use our freeway corridors to access Commercium Bay South. Some leaves the corridor and work in the industrial area of the town.
For your information, the southern neighbors of the town include Angus Glen (Pop. 29,000) and Watersauga (Pop. 247,000). Many of the residents there commute to Rexdale and Rexdale's eastern neighbour, Commercium Bay South.
We'll leave it to you at that to figure out a solution to solve the problem.
CONCERNS THOUGH!
1) In our region's policy, it is best to avoid to traverse through ecologically sensitive area, and that is areas to the north, where the moraine is located.
2) A corridor stretching too far may discourage users to utilize the new corridor.
3) Extensive mass transit may be considered, but note that Rexdale has limited fund.
4) Toll routes (Electronic ones) has been attempted, though it does not work that well.
Scenes during rush hours
Figure 5 - An in-town avenue with 27,333 cars. Most of these cars commute to an industrial location within town (not Commercium Bay)
Figure 6 - During rush hours, the usgae of the corridor.
Figure 7 - An in-town route, with 26,653 cars, and the route is heavily used to reach the Commericium Bay By-Pass Corridor.
Figure 8 - The industrial corridor with 25,070 cars and 5,638 buses, connecting to Commercium Bay.
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I know I am jumping around between topics, but for your general idea of where are we going next:
NEXT UP: Urban Expansion in Action >>
AND THEN: Queen Elizabeth Corridor >>
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