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[CITIES XL PLATINUM] My effort to reduce the high traffic congestion.




Long time no see everyone! I couldn't post frequently these days...Cause I almost finished the IBDP year 1! I feel happy that I'm still alive.

 Anyway, the summer vacation will start soon. So I expect at least 10 posts per month from tomorrow!

BACK TO THE TOPIC!

I'd lived in the urban area for 10 years of my life. Cities that I lived in was always in a situation of rapidly developing and get messy due to the urbanization. This commonly ends up with high traffic congestion.

Well, my project 'Eternity' also experienced high traffic congestion. But not anymore!

The city has widened to 3.5 million people and the people from outside also visit my city to work, enjoy leisure and etc.


This is how my city looks like when we look at the sky. Each distinguished district has their own local business. 

Districts have been shaped by bigger roads and specified into the smaller roads. And each building finds its niche along the much smaller alley
NYC_map:


I found that this kind of urban planning was actually similar to the urban planning of New York.

Huge roads contain huge traffic and disperse the traffic to smaller alleys. The other potential passengers are carried out by public transportations.

Moreover, I located citizens' houses next to their workplace, to reduce the time taken for travel and messiness of traffic on the road. 


In result, only a few roads were showing high traffics and the majority of roads were covered by the color of GREEEEEEEEEN.

<SUMMED-UP CONCLUSION?>

Here are three tips to reduce traffic congestion.

1. Build bigger roads first, then build smaller ones.
2. The majority of citizens should be able to use public transportation.
3. Build houses next to their (citizens') workplace.

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