Friday, November 6, 2009

The expressways of Miklasgard is a mixture of orange and green pasta


The city uses two types of expressways. They all use US numbering system, where north-south freeways are odd-numbered, and east-west are even. Long distance, major expressways have numbers divisible by 5. Expressway branches going through a city and rejoining the expressway are numbered with a three-digit number, the first digit being even, the last two being the number of the original expressway. Non-loop branches have an odd digit in their three-digit number.

Freeways are numbered on orange shields, are free or have minimal flat-fee tolls, usually for crossing a major bridge, a tunnel or the Mielborg-Yngeborg-Kingstad Royal Territory.

Expressways proper are numbered with green shields, and are always straighter, wider, have more lanes and higher speed limits. Many of these expressways are military, since the military is the original inventor of the concept. Such expressways always have the "YIELD TO MILITARY VEHICLES. STAY IN THE RIGHT LANES" signs posted at every entrance ramp. These expressways are have distance-based toll system. As with all toll systems in Attland, they automatically scan vehicle's license plates.

Some freeeways turn into expressways as 55 outside the city, or when turning into a shortcut or a tunnel, as is the case with 10, 22, 24, 314.

Some of the expressways have freeway branches, as 69's 369, 6's 106 and 306, 51's 151.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Miklasgard's subway system is actually a railroad network


The region's suburban railroad (similar to German S-bahn), intercity railroads, broad gauge (7-foot) the 770 Express network, the dual track, regular subway, the monorail (also similar to a guideway rail), and the suspended monorail system IS the city's rapid transport system which works like a railroad network of a medium-sized European country.

Friday, October 16, 2009

Miklasgard's places of interest also include parks


Miklasgard municipality and the Queen have stipulated any body of water inside the city should have vegetation covering at least 40% of its shore length. This rule, plus the requirement that there must be parks for every 50,000 people, make Miklasgard's urban sprawl very green. Many of museums are also required to have a green zone, as the Green Belt separating Miklasgard City from the city of Karolinga (see the green band in the north).