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We present a simple simulation of road growing dynamics that can generate global features as belt-ways and star patterns observed in urban transportation infrastructure. The road growing dynamics consist of two steps: Identifying the maximum transportation potential bewteen two locations within the city, followed by the generation of the least expensive road between these two locations. The simulation defines a previously missing component for modeling the co-evolution of urban settlement- and road systems as it can directly be coupled to existing urban settlement simulations.
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Yamins, D., Rasmussen, S. & Fogel, D. Growing Urban Roads. Networks and Spatial Economics 3, 69–85 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022001117715
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