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The FS-1/FS-2 Plan

An idea I'd like to float to the larger group regarding the "early" motorways of the FSA. Currently, FS-1 operates "across the grid" from Burton through Stanton and up to Huntington, which was originally designed to be one of the early major travel corridors of the FSA (also why it is numbered as FS-1 and why the rest of the motorway numbers increase heading north and west out of the Southeast). But: what if we expanded this idea into a larger national concept? In this case, FS-1 would continue far beyond Huntington as a true ocean-to-ocean transcontinental motorway, heading west to Massodeya City and continuing beyond through the Massodeyas and through the mountains to directly connect all the way to Jundah-Stuart (basically replacing FS-60 from the Alormen River to the Asperic Ocean). Paired with this northwest-southeast corridor would be a totally new FS-2 "border-to-border" transcontinental motorway from Deodeca to Unesia via Lake City, Minneuka, Mass City, and Eustacia. With these two major motorways planned, the motorway system would've evolved to include the "grid" we've already approved and have been using to connect the rest of the country to these primary routes and connecting areas better on the regional level.

From a meta perspective, not much additional work would be needed in terms of creating new motorways. In some areas (like West Massodeya) the state motorway system would need to be reimagined, but in other areas (like the aforementioned FS-60 corridor) it'd only require changing ref=* tags on the existing motorways. (And, perhaps most importantly, in the densest part of the country, there'd be no changes required at all.)

This proposal could also be expanded as well: for instance, new FS-1 could continue up FS-91 to serve Esperanza, or there may be a logical FS-3 or FS-4 route if someone has a recommendation.

This proposal would not replace the existing motorway system, but rather supplement it. Likewise, since these routes are "diagonal" and criss-cross the country, they wouldn't need to fit as cleanly into the existing numbered motorway grid.

Interested in thoughts from other stateowners and mappers. --TheMayor (talk) 22:18, 7 July 2022 (UTC)

It doesn't affect Makaska, so I have no horse in that race. In general, I actually would encourage things that aren't direct OGF FSA clones of real-world concepts/ideas/places in the US - this proposal is that kind of thing, therefore I support it.--Luciano (talk) 14:59, 8 July 2022 (UTC)