Commute times too long (Simcity 4)

Hi all,

How does one fix long commute times in SimCity 4?

I have a city built around a harbour. The industrial and one residential
area is on the other side. To get around, the Sims need to take either a
trip around the harbour, or they can take a ferry or subway directly across.
I implemented the subway after they complained endlessly about long commute
times and abandoned buildings. It doesn't seem to have made a difference
however.

Also...is there a magic formula to fix long commute times?? I have several
other zones on the "mainland" which are near to commercial and have easy
road access to the industrial areas, but they still are listed as having
long commute times. This is despite me implementing train stations, subways
and bus stations all nearby.

Anyone got any ideas on this one?

Thanks,

Jason




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On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 21:36:03 +1300, Jason put finger to keyboard and
typed:

>Hi all,
>
>How does one fix long commute times in SimCity 4?
>
>I have a city built around a harbour. The industrial and one residential
>area is on the other side. To get around, the Sims need to take either a
>trip around the harbour, or they can take a ferry or subway directly across.
>I implemented the subway after they complained endlessly about long commute
>times and abandoned buildings. It doesn't seem to have made a difference
>however.
>
>Also...is there a magic formula to fix long commute times?? I have several
>other zones on the "mainland" which are near to commercial and have easy
>road access to the industrial areas, but they still are listed as having
>long commute times. This is despite me implementing train stations, subways
>and bus stations all nearby.
>
>Anyone got any ideas on this one?

There's a mod available from Simtropolis which changes the commute
time algorithm to something a bit more realistic. It will solve most
of these problems, if you don't mind the fact that some people would
consider that it's cheating a bit to alter the way the game plays like
that. Personally, although I won't use the "unlimited funds" mods or
BATs, I'm happy with things like the transport mod which make the game
behave more like it would in a real life scenario. The maximum commute
times before the sims start whinging is set far to low to be realistic
in the game as it comes out of the box. In real life, a "long" commute
would be city to city; anything within a single SC city would never be
more than medium.

Mark
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