More traffic problems in Airport City

Sim Date -03.07.297
Population - 382,396

More traffic problems in Airport City has prompted me to take action.
I'm going to try to do as little demolition as possible.

The main problem is the intersection of Norman rd. and Airport City
Rd.

Photo 01

As you can see in (photo 01), The intersection has 2977 cars and the North
end of Norman rd starts at 2941 Cars and is around 1400 cars for the rest
of the road. The South end of Norman rd. runs from 350 to about 950 cars
(not on photo 01).

You can also see that most of the buildings zones face Norman rd.

Instead of making an avenue and demolishing one complete side of Norman rd.
I am going to place a Pedestrian Mall, replacing much of Norman rd. and try to
keeping demolish to a minimal.

Current photos of Airport City

Zoom shot

Photo 10100

Wide angle shot

Photo 10101

The Plan: Looking at Photo (01A Copy)

Photo 01A

The North end of Norman rd will have a Pedestrian Mall (2 squares),
about half way between Airport City rd and Airport City Loop N.,
with only 1 building being demolished.

Photo 10102

The complete length of the South end of Norman rd. will be come a Pedestrian
mall with 3 buildings being demolished. Also a new Residential zone replacing
some of the demolished buildings.

Photo 10103

Hopefully this will fix the traffic problems by directing traffic around the neighborhood and on to the more capable Airport City Loop. Instead of using Norman rd. so much.

I'll be back soon with an update of the construction and results of the improvments.

Thanks for stopping by and please visit my sponsors, Louie

Rebuilding The North Power Plant

Sim Date -01.15.297
Population - 381,433

I Balanced my Budget, by demolishing the North Power Plant.

Power Plant (North Plant)
Efficiency (Balloon's) 2.75
Local Funding $18,695
Max. Capacity 50,000 MWh
Plant Condition 47%
Actual Capacity 25,943
Power Used 15,707 MWh
Capacity Used 60%
Cost MWh $.60

My Current power situation after demo.

Actual Power Capacity: 54,731
Power Used: 49,011

So I decided to build a new North Plant.

New Power Plant (North Plant)

Local Funding $9,800
Max. Capacity 50,000 MWh
Plant Condition 100%
Actual Capacity 47,999
Power Used 30,085 MWh
Capacity Used 62%
Cost MWh $.21

Power Plant (South Plant)

Local Funding $9,828
Max. Capacity 50,000 MWh
Plant Condition 99%
Actual Capacity 47,765
Power Used 29,938 MWh
Capacity Used 62%
Cost MWh $.21

To off set cost:

I lowered funding to the point of where efficiently dropped.

I canceled Power Buying Deals and Increased Power selling deal with E.
Centertown from 9,000 MWh to 11,000 MWh.

Current Power Deals:

Centertown buys 4,000 MWh for $995
E. Centertown buys 11,000 MWh for $2,297
N. Western Town buys 2,000 MWh for $500

Power Graph reads apx.
Capacity 100,000 MWh
Usage 60,000

Thinks for stopping by, Louie

Review of City

Hi, Well I've been gone quite a while. So I guess I'll do A little reviewing.

Friday, May 1, 2009
My SimCity Blog - Introduction Region
Sim Date-11.27.283
Population-579,082

Saturday, May 2, 2009
I started with My Largest City
Main Town North- Largest City in Region
Sim Date-01.15.284
Population-367,184

Sunday, May 3, 2009 to Saturday, May 9, 2009
Traffic problems around 16th Street
16th Street HWY addition

16th Street HWY - Competition and Results

16th Street HWY Improvements Part 2

Airport City Traffic Improvements

Sim Date- 04.30.284
Population- 368,260
to
Sim Date- 11.26.289
Population- 377,396

Monday, May 11, 2009 to Thursday, May 14, 2009

Took a look at the east side and 19th Street

Tour of Main Town North, East Side

Tour of Main Town North, 19th Street

Sim Date -12.10.290
Population - 380,180
to
Sim Date 09.12.291
Population 378,782

Thursday, May 14, 2009 to Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Started looking at the west side and 3rd Street (which is not yet complete).

Tour of Main Town North, 3rd St. Part 1
Sim Date 08.11.292
Population 377,103

Downtown Tour (3rd Street) Part 2
Sim Date 01.17.293
Population 382,314

Downtown Tour 3rd St. Part 3

Downtown Stadium Tour
Sim Date 01.17.293
Population 382,314

I made some adjustment during this time.

Energy Crisis in Main Town North
Sim Date 01.17.293
Population 382,314

Network Addon Mod

Balance Budget
Sim Date 03.29.296
Revenues : $132,822
Expenses : $137,607
Deficit : $4,785
Cash : $5,417,281

This is where I currently am at.

I balanced the budget, with the demolition of an old power plant and
My tour up 3rd street is just about to enter the Up Town Area

Thanks for visiting, Luther

Balance Budget

Sim Date 03.29.296
Revenues : $132,822
Expenses : $137,607
Deficit : $4,785
Cash : $5,417,281

Well even thought I have plenty of Cash. I've decided to balance my budget and get it back in the black.

The first thing I did was adjust my Ambulance Funding and School Bus Funding. I think this took about $2000 off the deficit.

Then I went to my Power Plants.
Sim Date: 05.04.296

Apx. Power usage 62,000 MWh
Apx. Power Capacity 90,000 Mwh



Power Plant (North Plant)
Efficiency (Balloon's) 2.75
Local Funding $18,695
Max. Capacity 50,000 MWh
Plant Condition 47%
Actual Capacity 25,943
Power Used 15,707 MWh
Capacity Used 60%
Cost MWh $.60

Power Plant (South Plant)
Efficiency (Balloon's) 5.0
Local Funding $12,019
Max. Capacity 50,000 MWh
Plant Condition 99%
Actual Capacity 54,845
Power Used 33,205 MWh
Capacity Used 60%
Cost MWh $.18

So I demolished the North Plant 05.04.296, to see if the South Plant could handle it on it's own?

Sim Date: 05.12.296

Power Plant (South Plant)
Efficiency (Balloon's) 5.0
Local Funding $12,019
Max. Capacity 50,000 MWh
Plant Condition 99%
Actual Capacity 54,832
Power Used 48,912 MWh
Capacity Used 89%
Cost MWh $.18

Apx. Power usage 59,000 MWh
Apx. Power Capacity 64,000 Mwh

Revenues : $133,060
Expenses : $118,925
Surplus : $14,135

Great Success!

That will hold for a little while, but With my Power usage only 5000 MWh more than Power Capacity.

I may have to buy more power or build soon. (maybe just a Solar Plant?)

Thanks for stopping by, Louie
and Please click my Sponsors

Downtown Stadium Tour

Downtown Stadium

Sim Date 01.17.293
Population 382,314
Funding $5,800,092

Before I go on with my trip up 3rd. St.(heading north). I would like to take a left turn (head East) on Main St., go under the I-519 HWY to “Downtown Stadium”.

01 Downtown Stadium
$340 Cost

Stadium Mass Transit

02 Mono Rail
$22 Cost
0 passenger usage
2000 capacity

03 Passenger Train station
0 passenger usage
2000 passenger capacity
South East

04 Bus Stop SE
158 passenger usage
1000 passenger capacity

05 Bus Stop SW
258 passenger usage
1000 passenger capacity

06 Subway SW
158 passenger usage
1000 passenger capacity

07 Bus Stop NE
1555 passenger usage
1000 passenger capacity

08 Subway NE
475 passenger usage
1000 passenger capacity

09 Bus Stop NW
325 passenger usage
1000 passenger capacity

10 Subway NW
320 passenger usage
1000 passenger capacity

11 Main Library
$239 Funding
104,218 Books Checked Out
427,999 Books in Collection
$210 Monthly Maintenance

12 Bus Stop
passenger usage
1000 passenger capacity
(I just noticed this Stop?)

Traffic 01 Main St. - In front of Stadium
913 Car
5 Bus

Traffic 02 Adam Ave. - Behind Library
1492 Car
197 Bus

Thanks for visiting and Please click my sponsors, Louie