Transportation
Transportation in Uber Urban is a crucial part to managing a financially and resourcefully successful city. As your city expands, you will have two distinct types of transportation: passenger transport, and cargo transport. Passenger transportation will fulfil your citizens transport need and will alleviate traffic. Cargo transport will allow you to either export goods for a profit, or import goods at a cost. It is crucial, the larger a city grows, to ensure that it has a sufficient supply chain set up, and that no buildings are lacking resources. The transportation types currently implemented in Uber Urban are: ground, rail, water and air transport.
Ground transport will consist of bus terminals and bus stops for passenger transport, along with truck depots for resource export and import. Ground transport will be the first unlocked transport type, and subsequently will be the most limited in terms of its capacity.
(Truck Depot)
Rail will be unlocked next and will consist of rail tracks, passenger stations, and cargo stations. Rail will have a higher maintenance and construction cost than ground transport, but will allow more passengers and cargo to be transported. The price per passenger transported on rail will be lower than that of ground transport. Train tracks can also intersect roads as shown in the picture below
(Rail Crossing)
Next, water transport will be unlocked. Water transport will also only be available where there is costal space and will consist of a cargo dock, and a passenger ferry terminal. Below is a picture of the cargo dock.
Lastly, air transport will have a cargo airport, a regional passenger airport and an international passenger airport. Air travel will be the highest capacity form of transportation, and will therefore be the most expensive to build and maintain.
The transportation system in Uber Urban is a very important part of the game that is heavily intertwined with the resource and government systems, which both will be discussed in future posts. If you have any recommendations or comments please feel free to let me know, I'm always open to new suggestions!
Ground Transport
Ground transport will consist of bus terminals and bus stops for passenger transport, along with truck depots for resource export and import. Ground transport will be the first unlocked transport type, and subsequently will be the most limited in terms of its capacity.
(Truck Depot)
Rail Transport
Rail will be unlocked next and will consist of rail tracks, passenger stations, and cargo stations. Rail will have a higher maintenance and construction cost than ground transport, but will allow more passengers and cargo to be transported. The price per passenger transported on rail will be lower than that of ground transport. Train tracks can also intersect roads as shown in the picture below
(Rail Crossing)
Water Transport
Next, water transport will be unlocked. Water transport will also only be available where there is costal space and will consist of a cargo dock, and a passenger ferry terminal. Below is a picture of the cargo dock.
Air Transport
Lastly, air transport will have a cargo airport, a regional passenger airport and an international passenger airport. Air travel will be the highest capacity form of transportation, and will therefore be the most expensive to build and maintain.
The transportation system in Uber Urban is a very important part of the game that is heavily intertwined with the resource and government systems, which both will be discussed in future posts. If you have any recommendations or comments please feel free to let me know, I'm always open to new suggestions!