What are medians good for?

[Taipan]

The title says it all. Could someone please explain me why should I build a road with medians? Thank you

[ღ B U N N Y ᠌ ⁧⁧X]

In the game it's just a visual thing, it doesn't has any benefit.

[AoD_lexandro]

Originally posted by ♥ Miss♕Taxi ♥:

In the game it's just a visual thing, it doesn't has any benefit.

Yeah no, medians have a usage.

@OP Medians stop traffic crossing on that section of road. You can use it to effectively stop traffic from crossing streets to make deliveries or enter cargo stops. This means better traffic flow, as they wont be stopping traffic anymore to do the turn.

Also tree lined medians reduce noise pollution.

[Nerelisin Aziz]

Originally posted by AoD_lexandro:

Originally posted by ♥ Miss♕Taxi ♥:

In the game it's just a visual thing, it doesn't has any benefit.

Yeah no, medians have a usage.

@OP Medians stop traffic crossing on that section of road. You can use it to effectively stop traffic from crossing streets to make deliveries or enter cargo stops. This means better traffic flow, as they wont be stopping traffic anymore to do the turn.

Also tree lined medians reduce noise pollution.

Care to share an example? Because everytime I connect another road with road with median it gets cut in the middle making regular intersection, accessible from both ways.

[AoD_lexandro]

Well obviously if you put a junction in the median gets cut to allow cross traffic.

On roads without a median, traffic can and does cross the centerline to make deliveries or visit locations on the far side. This causes traffic to stop while the offending vehicle is sideways to the flow.

By using a road with a median, traffic can no longer cross the center line and MUST use a junction instead.

[Taipan]

Thank you, so it's not just decorative.

[BLÀde]

also stops cars from parking on the side of the road

[Nerelisin Aziz]

Originally posted by AoD_lexandro:

Well obviously if you put a junction in the median gets cut to allow cross traffic.

On roads without a median, traffic can and does cross the centerline to make deliveries or visit locations on the far side. This causes traffic to stop while the offending vehicle is sideways to the flow.

By using a road with a median, traffic can no longer cross the center line and MUST use a junction instead.

Oh you meant that. Kay, got it.

[kristofburger]

Roads with a median are also less noisy by default than six-lane roads.

Originally posted by BLÀde:

also stops cars from parking on the side of the road

No it doesn't, you're probably confusing the term with something else.

[BLÀde]

yes it does they won't park on the side of the road with a median or trees

[mbutton15]

Originally posted by BLÀde:

yes it does they won't park on the side of the road with a median or trees

I use the 4-lane 2-way road all the time. Cars happily park at the side on the vanilla 4-lane 2-way roads, whether they have grass, trees or no decoration.

[Taipan]

I wish I'd have a 6 lane road with a median. And a tram line :))

[OneJasonBradly]

Originally posted by BLÀde:

yes it does they won't park on the side of the road with a median or trees

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[MarkJohnson]

Originally posted by AoD_lexandro:

Originally posted by ♥ Miss♕Taxi ♥:

In the game it's just a visual thing, it doesn't has any benefit.

Yeah no, medians have a usage.

@OP Medians stop traffic crossing on that section of road. You can use it to effectively stop traffic from crossing streets to make deliveries or enter cargo stops. This means better traffic flow, as they wont be stopping traffic anymore to do the turn.

Also tree lined medians reduce noise pollution.

Yeah, I have the opposite situation for divided roads. My issue is that it prevents left turns in the road. It essentially turns your roads into 2 one-way streets and forces traffic to go around the block. But I have more issues with delayed traffic than clogged roads with everyone turning left and crashing into each other. But they do work as you suggest when traffic gets bad.