It seems like no matter how many garages / teamsters I have working, they're never enough. My factory outputs reach 900+ while my docks are running on empty and not exporting any resources at all. Just as an experiment, I tried having 1 teamsters office and 2 garages per factory and this is still a problem. I sometimes randomly get notifications saying a garage is overloaded, I try to add a new garage as quickly as possible in cases like that.
Is there a set logic on how teamsters work in Tropico? What's the best strategy for distributing resources in your island?
Best Answer
Make sure people are working in your garages and teamsters. Raise their salary until they are fully staffed.
Also make sure they have their home nearby. It helps if anything else they need is also close to their job (health, food, entertainment etc) because they have to travel less distance are ready to work again more quickly. Note that people will only work if all their needs (that can be fulfilled) are sufficiently fulfilled. If you build a single church at the other end of the island, people will walk a long time there and back and are not ready to work at all in the meantime.
All the general hints about good economy apply here, too. An even distribution of all kinds of buildings is more efficient in terms of productivity. Do not concentrate everything in one place.
Also, if possible, make sure to build subways. They are far more efficient transportation than anything else. Long distance journeys happen instantly, and very crowded city centers will experience noticeably less traffic once a few subways are built in its perimeter. In particular, people do not need garages as often. Build a subway near the docks, and teamsters will be able to transport goods more quickly without increasing traffic jams.