IDEA: "Bus" lanes for heavy goods vehicles ?.. "truck lanes..."

[novapaddy]

I've been using the mod Traffic++ today for the first time. It gives me the option of having bus lanes which of course only allow buses to travel in that lane (unless there is an emergency... ).

So a flash of inspiration: How about having specific lanes for trucks. WOULD this not solve the traffic issues ...??

I could even set up to have my trucks (and only my trucks) to go from my industrial area to the docks, via a tunnel, and all in a "truck lane"..

Bliss ?

 

[ItalianGuy]

With traffic++ and its road customizer tool you can do that.

EDIT: you need to enable it, go to the mods list and you'll see an options button near the Traffic++ mod. From the panel that appears, enable the customiser tool and other things you want.

 

[novapaddy]

Hello ItalianGuy, I had a look at Traffic++, but this is not what I mean.

I think if we could have truck lanes or truck roads, just like the bus lanes and bus roads in traffic++, that is what I mean. A road that just my trucks will travel on. I see Traffic++ has pedestrian roads, but these are for 15 km/hour.

EDIT: I am finding that Traffic++ slows down the game considerably and I worry about using it ...

 

[Rabiosa]

you can customise each lane as you wish, if you want the whole road only for trucks then make all lanes truck specific

 

[novapaddy]

OK good stuff, THANKS for replying and helping me out. I've just stopped playing AGAIN, as the traffic is driving (!) me up the wall.... I mean trying to get some kind of control over it.

 

[Lord Canterbury]

@novapaddy - you idea is a cool idea for the game...

... though the first thing this makes me think about is how horrific it would be for a real city. It is the sort of thinking that urban planners and traffic engineers have been rolling out since the 1950s: "Trucks are getting stuck in traffic, how can I get me trucks through? More roads for trucks!". Just imagine the poor people in that city trying to enjoy brunch at a streetfront cafe when suddenly a hoard of trucks starts barreling past at 80kph.

Luckily the skylines simulation doesn't consider the quality of the streetscape for people - just like real urban planning