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Entry no.49 - Highway 704 Extension
TakemeThere posted a City Journal entry in Pretoria Metropolitan Area
This update marks a return to the original concept I had for the CJ all those years ago: functional transportation improvements. You see Houston, we have a problem... While my region's highway network is already quite extensive, it turns out my constituents think much like Americans—you can never build enough freeways to satisfy them! In Pretoria, one of these issues exists in the Middle East Borough, where Lindin City is located. Overview of the Problem Below is a regional overview of the all the highways and interchanges seen so far. The main goal of the highway network is to efficiently funnel rush hour traffic to and from the Central Pretoria(where the Central Business District/CBD is located) from each of three boroughs; The North Point, Middle East(M.E.) and South Shore - Only the latter two are relevant in this location. Traffic from the South Shore and Middle East Boroughs have three options to cross the large bay and river standing between them and Central Pretoria. These 3 options collectively provide 16 lanes of highway traffic. IRL, a single free-flowing highway lane is estimated to allow a little over 2,000 vehicles per hour(a range of 1,800 to 2,400 vehicles to pass per hour) this gives us a capacity of around 16,000 vehicles per hour, per direction in total. However, it's important to note that once congestion reaches 100% or more capacity decreases to around 1,500 vehicles per hour. In the overview above the westernmost crossing is the six-lane Cisco Bay Bridge, connecting Dresden and Calgon via Highway 702. Built in 1964, this bridge is always at 100% capacity and often higher approaching 110% to 120% during rush hours. When free-flowing, about 7,000 vehicles per hour can use the bridge in the peak direction. But when congestion exceeds 100% traffic starts to slow down reducing capacity to around 5,000 vehicles per hour and causing hour-long delays. It experiences this severe congestion because this bridge carries about 90% of the traffic from Dresden and the South Shore. In terms of real-world equivalents, it's comparable to the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge or the George Washington Bridge in terms of regional importance. Next we have the six-lane Sky Bridge, which crosses the narrowest part of Cisco Bay via Highway 700. The current cable-stayed bridge, built in 1989, replaced a cantilever bridge built in 1937. Before Highway 704 was built and connected to Spaghetti Junction, this bridge operated at about 85% capacity with a traffic flow of about 5,500 vehicles per hour per direction, while handling about 70% of the traffic from the Middle East Borough and the remaining 10% of the traffic from Dresden and the South Shore. Lastly, the easternmost highway crossing is the four-lane Higgs Boson Bridge-what can I say, I like science! This bridge carries the eastern stub of Highway 705 over the Trueno River and rarely operates at over 50% capacity, averaging between 1,500–2,000 vehicles per hour in the peak direction. This low capacity factor is due to a major constraint: the eastern stub of Highway 705 lacks a direct interchange connection with Highway 700 in LC. Instead, it funnels traffic directly into the downtown area, which is perfect if that's your destination but not so much for drivers who want to go beyond there. These drivers must navigate multiple intersections and a low-capacity single-lane on-ramp that feeds traffic onto the northbound 700. Unfortunately no practical solution exists to fix this problem, an interchange at this location is prohibited since it's located in a dense neighborhood and would require the demolition of a large number of buildings to accommodate. While I do love my highways, that's a non-starter. This route is however also still useful for people who traveling through LC to connect with the western section of Highway 705 and heading to work in the large industries of Baycole(e.g. The Apotex Refinery). This lack of a direct connection between the 705 and 700 wasn’t a huge problem since this traffic would not detour onto the 705 but instead just continue down the 709 and connect to the 700 in Cisco Bay instead and from there cross the Sky Bridge on its way north to Central Pretoria(path 1 on the street map below). However, the situation worsened after Highway 704 was built, which is ironic since that highway was constructed to alleviate congestion, though on a different part of the highway network—in the 700/707 joint section. The 704 provided a congestion-free alternative to the CBD and even though this was a much longer route for people travelling from the South Shore to get to the CBD, it was still a often a quicker alternative to being stuck on the perpetually crammed Cisco Bay Bridge. This increased the proportion of South Shore using the Sky Bridge from 10% to 25%, which brought that bridge's capacity to 100%. The solution was simple - create an alternative connection to highway 700 & 704 from the 709 so as to take advantage of the spare capacity(about 2,000-2,500 vehicles per hour/direction) available on the underutilized bridge located there and divert traffic away from the route over the Sky Bridge. This new section of highway would designated as a southward extension of the 704 and turned Spaghetti Junction into a 5-way interchange; The best and most cost-effective path was determined to be along the red dotted path seen on the local street map below. The land through which is entirely undeveloped resulting in very few NIMBY concerns and makes use of the existing highway bridge and interchange between the 705 & 709. An alternative and slightly more direct route along the purple dotted path was also considered, but this would require the construction of a new river crossing, new interchange and required some expropriation & demolition in Mayfield, all for very minimal time savings at a much higher cost- thus it was declined. Synopsis from above; 1 - The long route that most traffic currently takes and has resulted in congestion on the 700 over the Sky Bridge and through LC due to increased traffic flow from Dresden(purple arrow) to the 704 2 - The short but less preferred route because it's such a go through Downtown LC (exactly where the #2 is on the map). Having so many extra cars cutting through the downtown area also creates an unsafe enjoinment for road users and pedestrians alike, a situation the current major of LC promised to rectify. Hence why he had no objects over building an entirely new stretch of highway in another part of the city. 3&4 - Additionally some traffic from the 709 also began to spill out onto local 2-lane streets and roads in an attempt to seek out alternative and less congested routes, which were never meant to be main thoroughfares. Overview of the Project Here's the end result beginning with an overhead shot of the entire extension and a high zoom shot of the area around northern entry point 2. We'll follow that with by a series of close ups at various angles where the 704 branches off from Spaghetti Junction The 707 turns north-east here with the NB lanes running under the 704, while the 704 continues eastward before curving south 5. A 550-foot tall structure called the LC Hillsboro-Roads Transmission Tower overlooks the junction While making this update realized I never released the updated HD-version of this particular BAT with the others a few years back. So for those of you who would like your own citizens to worriedly question; "just what is that thing really being used for...?" here is the updated version of this dark and nefarious looking hi-tech tower, heheh... 😁 Junctions in motion 8. 9. Tall sound walls are used to reduced the noise pollution coming off of the highway so that the residents of the Neighborhood of Rockcut can get some sleep If you're wondering what that high-tech looking lot at the top of the last couple of images is, that would be the Hillsboro TS (Transmission Substation) which was originally featured all the way back in entry number 2! The substation and local area has undergone some changes since it was last seen on the CJ 12. 13. Moving on to the Duluth Road interchange which passes diagonally underneath. An embankment was built up on both sides of the road so that it stayed open while the highway was built Further back we can see how dramatically the highway curves southward as it moves through the neighborhood of Rockcut 16. These next couple of shot might be my favorite because of the "open" feel to them 18. Messing with the angles a bit 20. 21. 22. 23. Back to some normal angle closeups, with an mmp focus 25. 26. 27. Emerging from a tunnel underneath the 704 is the Fastraxx ME commuter train line. Previously I had this tunnel continue under the river in a tunnel but then I thought wouldn't it look do much more interesting to have it pop out here and go over it instead? 29. 30. That little single piece road tile I left there is the last remaining remnant of a road bridge over the river that previously existed in this spot 32. 33. Playing with the angles again 35. 36. 37. Moving on to the next portion, overhead high zoom shot of the entire southern section of the extension I think seeing the automata in motion really helps to get an idea of the changes in the elevation grade of the highway quite well. Straight down; Looking North Further back Even further back still "World's smallest interchange" merger of the 704 extension and the 705 stub, might need to upgrade this mini-interchange in the future if demand warrants it The Lealand Sewage Treatment Plant is tucked in this little corner of the city as well Taking a look down the river towards the rail bridge 45. 46. The "Butterfly interchange" between the 704/705 and 709 48. 49. Concluding the entry I some long & wide pano shots; South East view North West view The completion of the new extension was indeed a success and reduced the congestion over the Sky Bridge by transferring about 1500 to 2000 vehicles per hour in the peak direction to the bridge in LC instead. But who can say how long this will last for before the effects of urban sprawl rear their ugly head again. This will likely be the last time I work on this city, a final few parting city-wide shots 53. 54. Sayonara L.C. it's been fun 👋- 7 Comments
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When model/building is used in lot editor another model is shown. I started with creating the model with Blender and then exported as OBJ, so I can convert it with pCon.planner STD from OBJ to 3DS. Thereafter Import the 3DS file to B.A.T and make a simple BAT export. The renders looks ok when BAT is exporting the house. in SC4PIM All looks good when importing model to "unknown" as test. There is a "warning" symbol if that mean anything? See picture below. (Also tried other categories with similar results "other models shown instead in loteditor" ) In In the Loteditor another model is shown when building is picked. On the right side you can see the measurment for the building but in the preview a small little box is seen instead (different models shown depending on category picked in PIM). See picture below. I've tried both SC4PIM.lnk and SC4 plugin Manager.lnk. What could be the issue here? Let me know if any further information is needed or anything is not clear enough. Thanks in advance!
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Import 3ds model into BAT error: "Improper file format"
Joe_Winko_From_YouTube posted a topic in SC4 BAT & Lot Workshop
I'm trying to import a 3ds model into SC4BAT but whenever I try to I get this error message. what is going on? is something wrong with the file? it is a 3ds file. why isn't it working & how can I fix it? this is the 3ds file i'm trying to import: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ek8DwFhKrz72A77xIwKAxpp3SmUBvVsk/view?usp=sharing please help ♥ -
Hi all, I'm encountering this persistent and insurmountable error message when importing some 3ds files into BAT. Anyone know what causes this? Thanks in advance.
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I'm reading about a free alternative software for 3Dmax, Blender. Anyone aware or this or using it ?
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Good morning I'm try to add light with my building with autodesk 3ds max, but i don't understand the way to follow :(, in Bat tool is very easy
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Is there anyway to open other peoples' BATs for less than $3,000?
Wheezy posted a topic in SC4 BAT & Lot Workshop
Excuse the sardonic title. My goal is to be able to take a city block I've made in SC4, recreate it in Sketchup, then retexture it myself. I could just do this using Sketchup's downloadable models, but since SC4's divided into a grid of 56-foot tiles, it makes an excellent layout tool. So, whether it's Maxis's buildings or custom ones, I'm just looking for 3d models that fit the game's proportions. I can use substitutes to fill in any gaps. However, I have no idea if it's even possible to view the game's original 3d assets, and even more vexing, it seems all the 3d files on the exchange are .max. I've never had an .edu email and I'm not a professional CG artist, so I'll pass on the $3,700 program. So, in short, is there any way to find any in-game buildings as 3DS's, OBJ's, or any format readable by any non-Autodesk program? Or is there any way to download files I could open in BAT itself, so I can at least get their proportions and rebuild them quicker? Thanks, everyone. -
Simcitypak crashes when exporting max 3ds material files
Adamc118 posted a topic in SimCity (2013) Modding - Open Discussion
Lately I've been trying to use Simcitypak 0.4.0.0 to mod SimCity 2013. When trying to export the max 3ds material files while going through the step by step tutorial to create a building found on this website, Simcitypak always crashes... Can anyone help? -
Replacement for gMax and best map/region editor
CCTLG posted a topic in SimCity 4 General Discussion
Hello i've tried to find both gMax and region editor but nothing came up..does anyone have suggestions or links that has solid apps that are equil or better than what had been advallible in the past. -
It's official! In a trailer released today, Nintendo announced Majora's Mask 3D, a remake of the original Nintendo 64 game made for the 3DS. Fans of the Zelda series have awaited a remake and many have speculated that one has been in the works from hints made by Nintendo. The game is set for release in Spring of 2015. Here's the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj6cXziHpjQ&feature=youtube_gdata I for one am really excited for this game. As a person who has just recently delved into the amazing universe of The Legend of Zelda, I didn't think I would ever get a chance to play this title, which is considered by many fans to be one of the best due to its darker story line. Seriously, I nearly wet myself when I saw this - plus all the Mario Kart 8 DLC goodness in my YouTube subscriptions.
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Due out October 11th in Japan, West 2015. Xenoblade Chronicles port is the first game to be exclusive to the new hardware
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I thought there would be enough 3DS owners on here to warrant a topic like this. We have a community for the Wii U, so why not one for the 3DS? As the title states, this is a place to share your friend code so we can all register each other as friends on the 3DS. You can also post the games you play and your Mii's name, if you wish. Mine is: 0387-8913-8755, and my Mii's name (and real name) is Evan. I have Pokémon Y, Mario Kart 7, and New Super Mario Bros. 2. Happy friending!
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Hey, Everyone. I will be able to get a working with the 3D modeling for Warner Bros. Studios 'Hollywood' will be a purpose built film production complex offering film makers and studios one of the largest movie studio in the country of Hollywood is look like a airport expansion to create your very own movie studio but the Hollywood would be able to get a changing with your very own location name is called 'REGIONWOOD' or so whatever. I'm working on it with the 3D designs and will be looked forward to get the upload pics with their future upcoming modeling back lots of the studio was just demolition to tearing down the old movie studio hangars and buildings at Warner Bros. Studios Hollywood. Warner Bros has now been a new logo design with the entrance and back lots of the studios. Warner Bros. is the best studio facility in Hollywood. Huge back-lot with multiple large sound stages, great for filming ANYTHING from a modern drama to a period piece. The studios will make Warner Bros. the only Hollywood film studio with a permanent base in the SimCity 4 or SimCity region. I had got a upload pic with this grass. Building the wall with the North Gate for Warner Bros. Warner Bros has now been a new logo design on the North Gate. Warner Bros has now been a new entrance with the car park on the studio lot. However, I will be upload more pics with Warner Bros. at the Production Office later and into next week with the sound stages and much more. Enjoy!
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warner bros Warner Bros. Studios Hollywood
PeterSweet posted a topic in SimCity (2013) General Discussion
Hey, Everyone. I will be able to get a working with the 3D modeling for Warner Bros. Studios 'Hollywood' will be a purpose built film production complex offering film makers and studios one of the largest movie studio in the country of Hollywood is look like a airport expansion to create your very own movie studio but the Hollywood would be able to get a changing with your very own location name is called 'REGIONWOOD' or so whatever. I'm working on it with the 3D designs and will be looked forward to get the upload pics with their future upcoming modeling back lots of the studio was just demolition to tearing down the old movie studio hangars and buildings at Warner Bros. Studios Hollywood. Warner Bros has now been a new logo design with the entrance and back lots of the studios. Warner Bros. is the best studio facility in Hollywood. Huge back-lot with multiple large sound stages, great for filming ANYTHING from a modern drama to a period piece. The studios will make Warner Bros. the only Hollywood film studio with a permanent base in the SimCity 4 or SimCity region. I had got a upload pic with this grass. Building the wall with the North Gate for Warner Bros. Warner Bros has now been a new logo design on the North Gate. Warner Bros has now been a new entrance with the car park on the studio lot. However, I will be upload pics with Warner Bros. Production Office later and into next week with the sound stages and much more. Enjoy!
