Congested roads turn amber and then red as traffic slows down. Build more roads. Build roads between various neighborhoods. The game begins in London. Add cloverleafs, ferries, bridges, and tunnels, getting all your vehicular traffic to where it needs to go. At the commencement of each city there are only a few neighborhoods on the map. Periodically, each neighborhood will spawn vehicles that need to travel to other neighbor. You get to decide where to place roads to connect the neighborhoods.
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