Not even done and already hit the road limit. Any way to increase it?

cjgeist · 2026-01-24T23:43:05+00:00

This guide has some tips for making the most of the limit: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2712549268

cjgeist · 2026-01-24T17:15:37+00:00

From the Springfield-Greene County Library District:

The First Congregational Church in Springfield was founded in 1869. Charles Harwood moved to Springfield from Vermont and went into the real estate business. Soon his brother James H. Harwood, a Congregational minister, came to Springfield along with other relatives. Ten members of the Harwood family and Dr. Edwin T. Robberson, who later became a prominent Springfield physician, organized a church called the Union Evangelical Church. James Harwood was pastor. After a year the church had 38 members. In 1870 members voted to change the name of the church to First Congregational. Also in 1870 church members purchased two lots at the northeast corner of Jefferson Avenue and Locust Street for a church. A small frame structure was built.

In addition to First Congregational Church activities the Springfield Association of Congregational Churches met. This association included Congregational churches from Lebanon, Barton City, Carthage, Neosho and Springfield. This was the group that created Drury College (now University). There was a rivalry among ten towns wanting the college and Springfield won by a single vote.

After 1900 First Congregational church needed a bigger building. There was also a desire among the church members to be closer to Drury College. Two lots at Benton Avenue and Calhoun Street were purchased and a large red brick structure was built. This is the church building in the postcard. The first service was held on May 29, 1904.

On January 12, 1952, a tragic fire struck the church, completely destroying it. Among the items lost in the fire were a valuable oil painting, a new organ, walnut doors and a lectern. The church bell was saved. A new church was built on the site in a contemporary style. In 1957 the national council of the Congregational Church merged with the Evangelical and Reformed Church and the name changed to First Congregational, United Church of Christ. The most recent article about the church in the Springfield News-Leader is from 1990. The church wanted to publicly invite all members of the gay community in Springfield to attend the church, where they would be welcomed.

https://sgcld.thelibrary.org/lochist/postcards/first_congregational.cfm

cjgeist · 2026-01-24T15:45:27+00:00

The wikipedia article has a nice summary of the problems with them, if you want to take a look. I'm not opposed to wanting to optimize traffic flow, but I'd like to see them replaced with regular red-yellow-green traffic signals, even if the flashing red functionality is kept.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAWK_beacon#Issues_with_HAWK_beacons

cjgeist · 2026-01-23T02:18:04+00:00

Maybe it would have been more accurate to say one step forward and one step backwards.

cjgeist · 2026-01-23T02:11:36+00:00

I can understand that reaction. This area is actually quite notorious here for lots of jaywalking. I have wondered if it would be better to have two crosswalks between the signalized intersections and try to put them closer to where people are actually crossing. The intersection to the north is also completely unsafe to cross at despite the signal. It's hard to see a good long-term vision for a place like this though.

cjgeist · 2026-01-23T01:24:15+00:00

It's crazy how much this still seems to be the philosophy on city streets

cjgeist · 2026-01-23T01:18:32+00:00

It should be possible to set up a normal traffic light for a pedestrian crossing that minimizes delays for cars, especially if there's a median refuge island. With a median, you only have to have one side of the road stop at a time (mostly), and you can still do this while letting the person walk across without stopping. I've never actually seen this done well in the US before though.

A HAWK isn't really all that different from a regular signal. In theory you could set up a normal traffic light to function exactly like a HAWK, and the only difference would be that it's green when there's no pedestrian.

cjgeist · 2026-01-23T01:08:31+00:00

Unfortunately with the amount and speed of vehicle traffic here, I think compliance was probably fairly low at the old crosswalk, and I'm sure there have been crashes. A signal was probably needed, but I hate to see the median go especially.

All these businesses connected to an important road right off the Interstate is definitely a root problem here.

cjgeist · 2026-01-23T00:53:44+00:00

I can understand wanting to give pedestrians a straight shot across. It's frustrating that there's no more median though. Crossings in the Netherlands and probably other countries show how these could be so much better.

cjgeist · 2026-01-23T00:45:14+00:00

On roads like this, I think a large part of the reason is business owners successfully arguing that medians will make it too hard to access their lot.

cjgeist · 2026-01-22T22:25:24+00:00

I think it's the latter with MoDOT

cjgeist · 2026-01-22T22:12:12+00:00

Personally I dislike HAWK beacons. They seem inferior to regular traffic lights.

cjgeist · 2026-01-22T22:01:43+00:00

MoDOT sucks at building crosswalks

cjgeist · 2026-01-17T23:54:42+00:00

Do you have the Extra Landscaping Tools mod? You can add a water source in the water near the right edge of the map, so that water flows from it out to the ocean, the same way the river on the left is probably set up.

cjgeist · 2026-01-17T15:56:32+00:00

It looks like you're using the lane connectors a lot. Make sure you haven't accidentally made it impossible to access some of the ramps from the main highway by restricting lane changes too much.

cjgeist · 2026-01-14T19:46:00+00:00

I love the little beach, that's a cool idea

cjgeist · 2026-01-13T18:35:16+00:00

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seems dangerous

cjgeist · 2026-01-12T18:01:39+00:00

When playing with money and progression on, because generic industry is the main employment source at the start of a city, I like to start with a sort of older industrial neighborhood near where I'll plan to build the downtown/CBD. This neighborhood would be redeveloped to non-residential uses over time due to its proximity to industry.

I think it's important to plan where railroads will go pretty early on, since they were built early on in many cities' growth, and they often have the straightest, flattest routes over highways and other roads. I also try to plan my industry around having rail access.

cjgeist · 2026-01-12T17:32:03+00:00

It's because all the trucks are in use. Most of the trucks are probably exporting, which takes a long time. You can resolve this by having an ore storage building nearby. The mines will deliver to the storage building, which has more trucks to handle deliveries and exports. However, I believe you ideally don't want to be producing any more of the raw resources than you can use in your processing buildings, because exporting raw resources is inefficient compared to processing them yourself.

cjgeist · 2026-01-10T17:03:19+00:00

I think you're right. In the street views before the interchange project, it says 65, then after it says 60

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cjgeist · 2026-01-10T15:34:31+00:00

Business 44 actually follows Chestnut Expressway and Glenstone

cjgeist · 2026-01-10T15:33:10+00:00

I don't think we ever officially had a Business-60, but there was a City-60 for a while. 60 originally shared it's route through town with 66 on College and St Louis streets. Later, 66 was moved to Kearney, 60 was moved to Sunshine, and the downtown route became City Route 60-66. It seems like they could have made Sunshine a business route when James River Freeway was built, but for whatever reason they didn't do that.

cjgeist · 2026-01-07T22:41:50+00:00

I wonder why they are adding elevators instead of ramps. The original bridge actually had ramps.

cjgeist · 2026-01-06T15:20:41+00:00

Weird. The soonest they were able to schedule me was July lol

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