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From: gil@daffy.gatech.edu (Gil Neiger)
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Subject: Re: SimCity Realism
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Date: 21 Jan 91 18:06:29 GMT
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In article <1991Jan20.201345.27412@Neon.Stanford.EDU> wbm@freedom.stanford.edu
(Wally Mann) writes:
>
>At other times I've tried to reduce traffic by building
>multilane freeways (roads side by side).  This doesn't
>seem to work.  You can widen roads until the cows come
>home and it seems like traffic comes out of nowhere ...
>like roads create traffic.

I haven't played SimCity, but in real life I can attest that (in
Atlanta at least) building roads does create traffic.  No matter
how big they get, they're always full.  The existence of a road
concentrates population in areas that can take advantage of the
road.

					- Gil Neiger
					gil@cc.gatech.edu