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"Map 2, Level 19
Traffic Flow 96 km/h
Concrete used: 5320 t
Total Efficiency: 703"
8 Comments
RB  [author] 27 Apr @ 2:14pm 
The only change I could think of - is to redirect road from Proton Ave from south to the node in the center and then to the upper green living area. It's controversial decision because the intersection in the center would be nightmare.
Strawberry Jam 27 Apr @ 1:46pm 
You may be right, I haven't had the chance to try the layout myself yet so my understanding is limited. Looking at this though it does seem to me that this level may have potential for another possible redesign, but that might be a bit optimistic.
RB  [author] 27 Apr @ 12:32pm 
Regarding the 15 points - I don't think so, I could not imagine saving more than, say, 40-60 tons of concrete, and to maintain a same speed would be a mini-miracle. So, around 5-7 points left there. But I may be wrong.
RB  [author] 27 Apr @ 12:29pm 
Agreed. Had the top-right green road been moved slightly north, at least one more small bridge could have been possible. But over-compacting might cause the whole interchange to malfunction.

In my opinion, it's essentially the same solution. All flow patterns remain unchanged, and all roads connect to the same roads. The only difference is an overpass replacing a regular crossroad with a slip road afterward. It’s a minor variation.
Strawberry Jam 27 Apr @ 11:34am 
Very interesting solution. This seems like there's still maybe 15 points left in it - possibly with the top section being compacted a little and then the road to the top green house moving up. Either that or maybe the road from the bottom green could be made to connect earlier somehow, but that's approaching the territory of a whole new design.
RB  [author] 27 Apr @ 10:27am 
There are two major flows going north: to the 52N and to the 6W.
The capacity of one lane is insufficient.
NoblesseHaki 27 Apr @ 9:43am 
Curious if this was more efficient than merging the 2 middle lanes going to blue
RB  [author] 27 Apr @ 7:29am 
It's pity that I did not screenshot my 696 points version.
The difference between it and Strawberry's 702 points lean version was striking.

This one is more a mix of both.