One is a dream to one can be a total disaster to the other

 

Two things today from my favourite game Cities Skylines!

 

Which is the Nightmare and which is the Dream for Urban Designers and Traffic Engineers:

 

First up the 12-lane grand road that even comes with bike lanes, bus lanes and urban Light Rail:

 

 

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Or something like this:

 

 

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Each set of design and engineering have consequences – as fellow City Skylines player Biffa found out:

 

As you see even we have traffic jams that rival Auckland as well and take just as long to fix – even in pause mode!