Normal to have 10,000 people walking back and forth on a single block, and zero right after
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See the picture(s) below. Is this a bug in the game, or is this a problem I should correct?
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Pedestrian and cars are only a visual representation of the level of activity in regions of your city, they do not show if citizens are able to go to a destination or not. It can show if it is harder for them to go to a location since it is a good representation of traffic but it doesnt stop them.
What you see wont kill them or lower your city's profit. It CAN be considered a bug, since it is not normal pedestrian behavior and I dont think that the developpers wanted them to do that.
In any cases, don't worry about pedestrian traffic, only about cars, because having too much traffic can lower your citizen's happyness.
I had the same problem. There should be filters in the join dialog, allowing you to see regions with empty slots or a specific map, but those were removed in an effort to reduce server stress. I haven't seen any statement as to when they will return.
Like with most other games, I've come to rely on other communities to find players rather than using the in-game browser. So here is what you do:
Go to /r/SimCity and make a post stating youre creating a region and looking for players. I found four players within the hour. The #SimCity tag also contains regular tweets from players looking for a game.
If your city is out of power for whatever reason it seems to take a while after you get a power plant online for power to reach the entire city. First a power plant has to get workers, then after that it seems to take a while before it actually starts supplying power.
Buying power from other cities may be buggy. I played a city for several hours buying power from neighboring cities; then saved and reloaded that city the next day only to find the city without power despite power still being available in the region (it is possible that not enough power was available) so I broke down and built a power plant and observed the city slowly get powered up.
Best Answer
Pedestrian and cars are only a visual representation of the level of activity in regions of your city, they do not show if citizens are able to go to a destination or not. It can show if it is harder for them to go to a location since it is a good representation of traffic but it doesnt stop them.
What you see wont kill them or lower your city's profit. It CAN be considered a bug, since it is not normal pedestrian behavior and I dont think that the developpers wanted them to do that.
In any cases, don't worry about pedestrian traffic, only about cars, because having too much traffic can lower your citizen's happyness.