Get Ahead of Traffic

A run down on how to get your company vehicles ahead of the other traffic

How this works

To get ahead of traffic in a city you need traffic lights and bus lanes. This means that you have to have reached around 1925. This is when modern roads unlock, traffic lights and all.

When you have a road with bus lanes meet a set of traffic lights, the bus lane gets around 8 seconds between the light turning green for your vehicles and the other AI vehicles. Utilising this will improve your vehicles movement throughout a city.

How to do this

1. Unlock modern roads (~1925). This unlocks bus lanes and traffic light
   
2. Open the Traffic Data Layer. This is located in the top left https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/769484085142197905/53883530C1211E61E85883D7A74FC2DD4EF25BA9/?imw=256&&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false
   
3. Find an intersection where there is medium/heavy traffic along your road vehicle routes https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/769484085142198215/DA5EE78833F048503D1C840E6BFF2C2FDD331637/?imw=256&&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false
   
4. If Traffic Lights are not yet enabled at the intersection, then click on the icon over the intersection. If the icon is white, they are on. You can also look at the intersection visually
   
5. Now install bus lanes. Go to the upgrade tool in the Streets section and select the bus lanes. then upgrade the road https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/769484085142198512/4B63181EC51E1BE7C1C91AE755A7C9C66F2168B2/?imw=256&&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false
   
6. You should now be good to go

Sorry if this is a bit bad. First guide I have ever written. Just spotted this in the game and thought I would share

[Blake Johnson]

Get Ahead of Traffic
By JammyDodge
A run down on how to get your company vehicles ahead of the other traffic


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How this works
To get ahead of traffic in a city you need traffic lights and bus lanes. This means that you have to have reached around 1925. This is when modern roads unlock, traffic lights and all.

When you have a road with bus lanes meet a set of traffic lights, the bus lane gets around 8 seconds between the light turning green for your vehicles and the other AI vehicles. Utilising this will improve your vehicles movement throughout a city.
How to do this

[GunRunner89X]

All company road vehicles can use bus lanes.

[Haaugh!? | 2D-36]

Correct me if I'm wrong but won't this just be effective for buses, and not other company vehicles like trucks? Decent guide but kind of misleading, tbf.

[BASCHTI]

only the first traffic light from 1912 is availabe no matter what year...

[dodsonjd]

Works out great!

[cdaguiar]

traffic lights are only available in 1912 and the bus lanes are only available in 1925

[Walksfar]

Thanks for this. Will certainly help buses.

[UAL747]

Same time as highways I believe

[larry_roberts]

When do Roundabouts appear?!.

[GuySchalckens]

good advice! thank you!