Buses are no longer counted as total ridership capacity, they get auto-assigned to a route. This means that a 4 line system needs at least 4 buses.
We now calculate waiting time for all the bus stops. Lack of active buses increases the travel time of passengers and the chance of a failed travel.
Improved the transport management UI significantly: total ridership, waiting times, capacity problems are all presented in the map view, that is now a full dashboard for all the transport system.
Citizens now pick their commute method by a “cost/benefit” model that takes into account the waiting time at the bus stops, the time to find parking, and lazyness to walk.
If all options for a commute take more than 90 minutes the commute fails and citizen could be fired for no-show.
Free bus fares now give transit a 10% boost in the cost comparison. This comes from the German 9-Euro ticket study. So setting fares to zero actually pulls some drivers onto buses.
Your transport system gets a “grade” from A to F, based on waiting time, coverage and capacity.
Overall pathfinding of origin-destination is more strict, requiring line changes to have a multi-line stop for commuters instead of just checking that origin and destination are near any bus stop.
Universities now need to hire professors to stay operational. In the case of a Professor shortage, the admittance to the university is reduced.
63% of high school students will be admitted to the University, provided that it has capacity and staffing. Accepted students go on to 4 years of education and enter the workforce at age 22.
Universities can have up to 500 students enrolled.
University coses are recalculated: operational costs are $1,000,000 but need 60 professors at $9,500/month. Data coming from NCES.
