My toll booths are making me LOSE money!

[Glitcher]

What is the point of toll booths? To bring in a profit from traffic passing through them, obviously. Right now I have six of them in my city, all strategically placed on busy highways or arterial roads. I thought I could rake in some extra cash with them, but then I did the math:

Maintenance cost of all toll booths = $960
Income from all toll booths = $440
Total profit: MINUS $520!!!

I'm actually losing money from toll booths, which completely defeats the purpose of them. The only thing they accomplish is slow traffic and drain my coffers. I tried raising the toll on each one, but it's still not enough to offset maintenance costs. Is anyone else having this problem?

 

[barrygreybeard]

Just put one on the entrance/exit to you city then you will make a bit but its not very profitable, not on a modest city of 35k its not... about 400 a month...

 

[Turjan]

Just use them to chase traffic away from roads that are way too popular while your wonderful bypass road gets ignored.

 

[Glitcher]

Just use them to chase traffic away from roads that are way too popular while your wonderful bypass road gets ignored.

I don't think toll booths were added as a traffic deterrent. ¬_¬

 

[Promethian]

I don't think toll booths were added as a traffic deterrent. ¬_¬

It was explicitly stated by a dev in a livestream that they were.

 

[Turjan]

I don't think toll booths were added as a traffic deterrent. ¬_¬

Well, I used one that way. Worked out okay.

 

[Glitcher]

It was explicitly stated by a dev in a livestream that they were.

I think you misinterpreted that. Toll booths can deter traffic, but their main function is to make money. I'm not seeing that in the game.

 

[Person012345]

I think you misinterpreted that. Toll booths can deter traffic, but their main function is to make money.

I'm not seeing that in the game.

:think:

 

[DominusNovus]

I think you misinterpreted that. Toll booths can deter traffic, but their main function is to make money. I'm not seeing that in the game.

In all fairness, in real life, they’re used to do both.

 

[Promethian]

In all fairness, in real life, they’re used to do both.

and I like assume the devs know what they are doing and thus put things in their game with the intent to be used in ways that reflect the way they function.