Road

Roads (also referred to as Road Transporations or Roadways) are the veins of your city and provide the necessity of building a city as it provides transportation and zoning procedures. There are numerous types of roads and can be formed as a straight road or a curved road. Existing roads can also be upgraded at the potential expense of surrounding zone buildings being deleted due to the alteration of the size and shape of the road; city service buildings and other objects may prevent the road from being upgraded.^[1]

Before starting a game, the player can also decide if the traffic can travel the right side or the left side.^[2]

Constructing a road

Roads are constructed in the manner of a starting point to an ending point, which can also affect the directional behavior. Right-clicking while in the process of constructing a road will cancel it.

Straight roads

Straight roads are constructed by a simple start point and end point. Construction is accomplished by left-clicking on the start point, dragging the plan to an end point, and left-clicking again to finalize.

Curved roads

Curved roads bend to form an arc from the start point to the end point. Construction is accomplished by left-clicking on the start point, dragging the plan to an end point, and left-clicking again to finalize.

One-way roads

Directional behavior of a one-way road is affected work in the manner of the start point to the end point. Traffic will move from the start point to the end point. You can reverse the direction of the road by right clicking on it with the upgrade button with the same type of road.

Elevated roads

Elevated roads rise from the ground to feature sloping roads. Construction is accomplished by pressing the Page Up or Page Down keyboard button. By creating an elevated road, pillars will be created to support the road but will also take up space on the ground. Elevated roads can be useful for making normal bridges and overpasses over roads, paths, train tracks, and other obstacles. The two-lane gravel road cannot be elevated. Elevated roads have three types of elevated stops: a three-meter height, a six-meter height, and a twelve-meter height. Elevated roads cost more to build than roads on the ground.

Tunnels

Tunnels are roads beneath the ground surface. Construction is accomplished by pressing the Page Down keyboard button while on the surface. Tunnels are not visible on the surface and can only be viewed in the road interface. Tunnels also cannot overlap metro or train tunnels. Tunnels cost more to build than elevated roads or roads on the ground.

Bridges

Bridges are roads that travel across water or steep cliffs. The type of a bridge depends on the type of road, for example, small roads create simple bridge railings while highway roads create large suspension bridges, althrough it can be a simple bridge type by building an elevated highway ramp and then upgrade it to any lanes via an upgrade button.

Highways

Highways are one-way roads (except in the case of the one way highway) that support high traffic and high speeds, with between 1 and 4 lanes in the base game. Highways cannot be zoned, and they produce a large amount of noise pollution, however this can be negated somewhat through the use of sound barriers.  Highways with 2 or more lanes must have the opposite direction built separately.

Public transportation lanes

Public transportation can have their own lanes to help ease traffic on bigger cities. Buses, taxis, and trams can share the road with normal vehicles. Trams, on the other hand, while requiring the tram line for travel can also have its own road built for it using the tram track road system.

Destroyed Roads

Roads can be destroyed by natural disasters. Meteors, tornadoes, sinkholes, and earthquakes can destroy a road. Destroyed roads stop traffic and cars cannot travel on destroyed roads. They can be seen by a collapsed icon above it (Destroyed house icon with black background). They can also be identified by the traffic lights not on. Destroyed roads can be fixed using the repair tool, or be bulldozed. It will cost some money to repair the road.

Traffic

Traffic is vehicles moving on a road. Road congestion of vehicles can yield heavy traffic, slowing down vehicles. Heavy traffic can be generated through poor road planning, such as too many stops, intersections, and heavy trucks. Traffic can be eased by building one-way roads, larger roads, roundabouts with fewer intersections, and more.

The traffic interface shows how much traffic a road is experiencing. A "green" road indicates easy, fast-moving traffic, with little to no cars congesting the roads. "Red" roads indicate slow-moving, high amounts of vehicle congestion.

Roads

Small roads

Road	Cost ₡/cell	Upkeep ₡/week/cell	Speed limit	Description	Unlock
Two-lane road (Road)	₡50	₡0.32	40	A two-lane road with parking spaces. Supports low traffic.	Start
Two-lane road with grass (Road with grass)	₡50	₡0.40	40	A two-lane road with decorative grass. Decorations lower noise pollution. Supports low traffic and increases land value.	Busy Town
Two-lane road with trees (Road with tree)	₡60	₡0.48	40	A two-lane road with decorative trees. Decorations lower noise pollution. Supports low traffic and increases land value.	Busy Town
Two-lane road with bicycle lanes (Bicycle lane road)	₡40	₡0.32	40	A two-lane road with bicycle lanes. Supports low traffic.	Busy Town
Two-lane road with wide sidewalks (Wide sidewalk road)	₡40	₡0.32	40	A two-lane road with wide sidewalks. Supports low traffic.	After constructing two lane road
Four lane road (Small)	₡40	₡0.32	40	A small four lane road. Supports low-medium traffic.	TBA
Two-lane road with tram tracks (Snowfall DLC/Tram road)	₡70	₡0.56	40	A two-lane road with tram tracks. Supports low traffic.	Boom Town
Two-lane road with trolleybus wires (Sunset Harbor DLC/Trolleybus road)	TBA	TBA	40	A two-lane road with trolleybus wires. Supports low traffic.	TBA
Two-lane road with monorail tracks (Mass Transit DLC/Monorail road)	TBA	TBA	40	A two-lane road with monorail tracks. Supports low traffic	TBA
Two-lane industry road (Industries DLC/Industry road)	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
Two-lane one-way road	₡40	₡0.32	40	A two-lane, one-way road with parking spaces. Supports low traffic.	After constructing two lane road
Two-lane one-way road with grass	₡50	₡0.40	40	A two-lane, one-way road with decorative grass. Decorations lower noise pollution. Supports low traffic and increases land value.	Busy Town
Two-lane one-way road with trees	₡60	₡0.48	40	A two-lane, one-way road with decorative trees. Decorations lower noise pollution. Supports low traffic and increases land value.	Busy Town
Two-lane one-way road with wide sidewalks	₡40	₡0.32	40	A two-lane, one-way road with wide sidewalks. Supports low traffic.	After constructing two lane road
Two-lane one-way road with tram tracks (Snowfall DLC)	₡60	₡0.56	40	A two-lane, one-way road with tracks for trams. Supports low traffic.	Boom Town
Three-lane one-way road	TBA	TBA	40	A three-lane one way road. Supports low traffic.	TBA
Four-lane one-way road	TBA	TBA	40	A four-lane one way road. Supports low-medium traffic.	TBA
Three-lane one way road with bicycle lane (After Dark DLC)	TBA	TBA	40	A three-lane one way road with bicycle lanes. Supports low traffic.	TBA
Two-lane one-way industry road (Industries DLC)	₡30	TBA	40	A two-lane industry road is cheaper than a regular two-lane road, but produces more noise population. Supports low traffic.	TBA
Two-lane gravel road (Gravel road)	₡20	₡0.19	30	A two-lane gravel road suitable as a service road. Supports low traffic.	Start

Medium roads

Road	Cost ₡/cell	Upkeep ₡/week/cell	Speed limit	Description	Unlock
Four-lane road	₡60	₡0.80	50	A four-lane road with parking spaces. Supports medium traffic.	Start
Four-lane road with decorative grass	₡70	₡0.96	50	A four-lane road with decorative grass. Decorations lower noise pollution. Supports medium traffic.	Busy Town
Four-lane road with decorative trees	₡80	₡1.12	50	A four-lane road with decorative trees. Decorations lower noise pollution. Supports medium traffic.	Busy Town
Four-lane road with bicycle lanes	₡60	₡0.80	50	A four-lane road with bicycle lanes. Supports medium traffic.	Busy Town
Four-lane road with bus lanes	₡60	₡0.80	50	A four-lane road with bus lanes. Supports medium traffic.	Boom Town
Four-lane road with tram tracks (Snowfall DLC)	₡100	₡1.36	50	A four-lane road with tram tracks. Supports medium traffic.	Boom Town
Four-lane road with Trolleybus Wires (Sunset Harbor DLC)	TBA	TBA	50	A four-lane road with trolleybus wires. Supports medium traffic.	TBA
Large Avenue with Grass (Mass Transit DLC)	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
Large Avenue with Bus Lanes (Mass Transit DLC)	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
Four-Lane road with Monorail Tracks (Mass Transit DLC)	TBA	TBA	50	A four-lane road with monorail tracks. Supports medium traffic.	TBA
Four-lane industry road (Industries DLC)	TBA	TBA	50	TBA	TBA

Large roads

Road	Cost ₡/cell	Upkeep ₡/week/cell	Speed limit	Description	Unlock
Six-lane road	₡80	₡0.96	60	A six-lane road with parking spaces. Supports high traffic.	Start
Six-lane road with decorative grass	₡90	₡1.12	60	A six-lane road with decorative grass. Decorations lower noise pollution. Supports high traffic.	Busy Town
Six-lane road with decorative trees	₡100	₡1.28	60	A six-lane road with decorative trees. Decorations lower noise pollution. Supports high traffic.	Busy Town
Six-lane road with bicycle lanes	₡90	₡0.96	60	A six-lane road with bicycle lanes. Supports high traffic.	Busy Town
Six-lane road with bus lanes	₡80	₡0.96	60	A six-lane road with bus lanes. Supports high traffic.	Boom Town
Six-lane one-way road	₡80	₡0.96	60	A Six Lane One Way Road, Supports High Traffic	Start
Six-lane one-way road with decorative grass	₡90	₡1.12	60	A six-lane, one-way road with decorative grass. Decorations lower noise pollution. Supports high traffic.	Busy Town
Six-lane one-way road with decorative trees	₡100	₡1.28	60	A six-lane, one-way road with decorative trees. Decorations lower noise pollution. Supports high traffic.	Busy Town

Highways

Road	Cost ₡/cell	Upkeep ₡/week/cell	Speed limit	Description	Unlock
Highway	₡70	₡0.96	100	A three-lane, one-way road suitable for connecting population centers. Supports high traffic and high speeds, but decreases land value significantly due to high noise pollution. Lanes going the opposite direction need to be built separately. Highway does not allow zoning next to it!	Boom Town
Highway with sound barrier	₡90	₡1.28	100	A three-lane, one-way road suitable for connecting population centers. Sound barriers reduce noise pollution caused by the highway. Supports high traffic and high speeds, but decreases land value due to noise pollution. Lanes going the opposite direction need to be built separately. Highway does not allow zoning next to it!	Busy Town
Highway ramp	₡30	₡0.32	80	Connect highways to the city streets and other highways with ramps.	Boom Town
Two Way Highway (Mass Transit DLC)	TBA	TBA	80	TBA	TBA
Two Way Highway with Sound Barriers (Mass Transit DLC)	TBA	TBA	80	TBA	TBA
Two-lane Highway (Mass Transit DLC)	TBA	TBA	80	A one way highway with two lanes.	TBA
Two-lane Highway with Sound Barriers (Mass Transit DLC)	TBA	TBA	80	A one way highway with two lanes and sound barriers.	TBA
Four-lane Highway (Mass Transit DLC)	TBA	TBA	80	TBA	TBA
Four-lane Highway with Sound Barriers (Mass Transit DLC)	TBA	TBA	80	TBA	TBA

Intersections

These intersections are pre-built and non-modded.

Road	Cost ₡	Upkeep ₡/week	Description	Unlock
Large roundabout	₡7,680	₡100	For intersections with lots of traffic, use the large roundabout to allow traffic to flow with as few stops as possible.	Boom Town
Small roundabout	₡2,560	₡20	The small roundabout provides an easy way to help traffic flow freely.	Start
Cloverleaf intersection	₡25,930	₡320	Traffic flows easily through the cloverleaf intersection. It combines two highways with three lanes per direction for easy switching from one highway to the other. You can rotate the intersection by clicking and holding down the secondary mouse button. The roads can only be connected with straight small roads.	Boom Town
Three-way intersection	₡16,290	₡196	With a three-way intersection, traffic can be branched off from a highway to another three-laned highway with ease. You can rotate the intersection by clicking or holding down the secondary mouse button. Normally these will generate at the start of a city.	Boom Town

Public Transport Roads

Tram tracks (Snowfall DLC)

Tram tracks are the transportation method for tram lines. In order for trams to travel around the city, tram tracks must be placed.

Road	Cost ₡/cell	Upkeep ₡/week/cell	Speed limit	Description	Unlock
Two-lane road with tram tracks (Tram road)	₡70	₡0.56	40	A two-lane road with tram tracks. Supports low traffic.	Boom Town
Two-lane one-way road with tram tracks	₡60	₡0.56	40	A two-lane, one-way road with tracks for trams. Supports low traffic.	Boom Town
Four-lane road with tram tracks	₡100	₡1.36	50	A four-lane road with tram tracks. Supports medium traffic.	Boom Town
Tram track	₡65	₡0.48	40	Standalone tram track with rails for both directions.	Boom Town
One-way tram track	₡45	₡0.32	40	Standalone one-way tram track.	Boom Town

Others

Road	Cost ₡/cell	Upkeep ₡/week/cell	Speed limit	Description	Unlock
Four-lane road with bus lanes	₡60	₡0.80	50	A four-lane road with bus lanes. Supports medium traffic.	Boom Town
Four-lane road with tram tracks (Snowfall DLC)	₡100	₡1.36	50	A four-lane road with tram tracks. Supports medium traffic.	Boom Town
Four-lane road with Trolleybus Wires (Sunset Harbor DLC)	TBA	TBA	50	A four-lane road with trolleybus wires. Supports medium traffic.	TBA
Large Avenue with Bus Lanes (Mass Transit DLC)	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
Four-Lane road with Monorail Tracks (Mass Transit DLC)	TBA	TBA	50	A four-lane road with monorail tracks. Supports medium traffic.	TBA

Trivia

• Prior to patch 1.4.0-f3, roads were only elevated at every twelve-meter height. This made road slopes steeper due to high elevation. Introduced in the patch allowed roads to be elevated in three different levels: three meters, six meters, and twelve meters.
• All elevated highways have sound barriers.
• In the winter maps, snow can pile up on roads, which slows down traffic. It will gone away by having snow plows or waiting for it to melt.
• The Plazas and Promenades update featured new roads such as medians, smaller roads, and bus only roads.
• On the Roads and Vehicles free update, new roads were added. This happened on November 13, 2022.
• The industry road descriptions say, "A two lane industry road is cheaper than a regular two-lane road, but produces more noise population." This is likely a mistake instead of spelling "noise pollution."

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