Comments on: Fun and Games with Transportation http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/07/24/fun-and-games-with-transportation/ Covering San Francisco's livable streets movement Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Aaron B. http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/07/24/fun-and-games-with-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-18161 Aaron B. Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:43:51 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=12161#comment-18161 This reminds me of SimCity 4, which I used to play, where there is transit but apparently no such thing as a bicyclist. The player is driven to relieve congestion only either by widening the roads (barf) or putting some major transit down those streets (even the subway can't always relieve it enough). I wish they updated it with options for not only bike infrastructure, but also more detail of designing the streets such as widening sidewalks. They could even put in congestion pricing and, just maybe, raising the gas tax? The game is under the assumption of cheap oil and makes it difficult to make a car-less city. It'd also be awesome if they had more sustainability options, like promoting urban farming, solar panels, etc... This reminds me of SimCity 4, which I used to play, where there is transit but apparently no such thing as a bicyclist. The player is driven to relieve congestion only either by widening the roads (barf) or putting some major transit down those streets (even the subway can’t always relieve it enough). I wish they updated it with options for not only bike infrastructure, but also more detail of designing the streets such as widening sidewalks. They could even put in congestion pricing and, just maybe, raising the gas tax? The game is under the assumption of cheap oil and makes it difficult to make a car-less city.

It’d also be awesome if they had more sustainability options, like promoting urban farming, solar panels, etc…

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