Cargo Traffic Jams

[poshalex]

Hi all,

I'm having real issues with traffic jams around my cargo hubs (both rail and sea). I've tried adding one-way roads around both hubs so cargo traffic can come/go from several directions but nothing I'm trying seems to work. Some of the road layouts have been pretty crazy!

Does anyone have any tips/tricks? I've taken a look at YouTube vids and through the forums but everything I try doesn't seem to work.

[Dave]

Basically all you can do is use the dev tools to replace the harbor a little bit to the side, make a temp road to entrances, all 3, place roundabouts on the nodes, remove the temp road and wait until someone is able to create a better harbor asset. It will work but it is ugly, there is no actual way to make the harbor work because the acceleration speed of the trucks and the handling capacity of the harbor itself is to low for the main entrance the traffic uses. The harbor is drawn in such an ancient style, it is not funny anymore, and traffic does not spread out. You probably need more harbors or cargo handling to spread traffic too.

[Magic]

Try add roads on the sides of the terminal

[ematt69]

I have 3 cargo harbors. All have rail access. 2 work fine. One is a freaking nightmare. Trucks seem to keep coming from all parts of the city only to create miles and miles of traffic jams at both entrances of the harbor. I have even created underground highways towards it and removed all the other incoming roads. So the roads right around it are completely fine, now. But now those idiots have created a traffic jam for about 10 miles all the way from the normal highway towards that island. Absolutely inbelievable. Might have to shut that stupid harbor down.

[Tsubame ⭐]

Use the side entrances, most importantly, make sure access roads are fairly far from major intersections.

[Overlag]

Is this limited to just left hand driving though? Im wondering the asset was tweaked for Right hand running and doesnt work properly with left hand driving.

[mitchincredible]

Originally posted by poshalex:

Hi all,

I'm having real issues with traffic jams around my cargo hubs (both rail and sea). I've tried adding one-way roads around both hubs so cargo traffic can come/go from several directions but nothing I'm trying seems to work. Some of the road layouts have been pretty crazy!

Does anyone have any tips/tricks? I've taken a look at YouTube vids and through the forums but everything I try doesn't seem to work.

Honestly, they should just add more entry/exits or increase truck capacity.

[Haystack]

try converting to one way rail also then put both your hub and your cargo terminal on a single enclosed loop road. Always ship cargo by rail. Always off load inter-city cargo to warehouse distribution. Limit you use of heavy vehicles.

[Zwetschgenkuchen]

HELP:
i need your help for a small issue
Is it correct / true that all vehicles automatically disappear after long traffic jams? DESPAWN???
Thx a lot friends

[girlaroundthecorner]

Originally posted by Zwetschgenkuchen:

HELP:
i need your help for a small issue
Is it correct / true that all vehicles automatically disappear after long traffic jams? DESPAWN???
Thx a lot friends

Yes they disappear, but it takes a while.

[ArmedGhost-]

Originally posted by poshalex:

Hi all,

I'm having real issues with traffic jams around my cargo hubs (both rail and sea). I've tried adding one-way roads around both hubs so cargo traffic can come/go from several directions but nothing I'm trying seems to work. Some of the road layouts have been pretty crazy!

Does anyone have any tips/tricks? I've taken a look at YouTube vids and through the forums but everything I try doesn't seem to work.

From my experience, even with CS1 is that cargo and industry areas will always be somewhat congested.
Best way to mitigate congestion is to use two or three lane one way roads to create a traffic flow in and out of the hub. Try to have your cargo center near a large highway that has a direct route outside the city to prevent addition traffic flow through your city. Either way larger cargo/industry areas is just bound to have large amounts of traffic flow.

What I am doing with my cargo hub in CS2 is trying to use the cargo train to distribute goods to other stations in the city, so all of the incoming cargo isn't all trying to leave that one area via trucks if that makes sense. I have dedicated import/export train lines, then dedicated train lines carrying goods from one station to another within the city.

I have a main hub, then like sub hubs just to try to mitigate traffic congestion in the main hub.

Overall, these areas will always have higher traffic volume

[SCROLL]

This is how mine is setup. I have a road that goes to a cargo train terminal that splits off and also goes to the aiports cargo terminal. It keeps cargo traffic separate from airport traffic. No traffic jams, no congestion. The neat part is that all the trucks enter the cargo train area from one side and come out on the other.

Cargo train terminal area:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3162992021

Zoomed out to include the route to the airport
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3162994517