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[feorh]

So, is the situation the same 10 years later?
I haven't noticed any downside to having a 1 square passages - do they slow down the traffic?

[dizzyelk]

Harder to tell on Steam version because you don't have the same notifications that you would see when dwarves would be going past each other in classic.

[Erk]

 I am pretty sure they do. I try to make important hallways 2 tiles wide and major thoroughfares 3-4.

So, is the situation the same 10 years later?
I haven't noticed any downside to having a 1 square passages - do they slow down the traffic?

[armads]

In my experience, 3 wide hallways allows for one lane going one way, another going the other, and one for dwarves passing each other. You can usually get by with just 2, if you really want, but in general I think 3 is optimal.

The exception of course, are stairs, which should never be less than 3x3, because dwarves carrying things up and down need a lot of room if you've got hauling jobs and 200 dwarves.

[Flying Dice]

Yes, 1-wide slows traffic.

[anewaname]

1-wide corridors and stairways are fine when there is only one way to get into an area, like that staircase going down into the depths. Dwarfs slow down when passing each other, but once the work is completed in the area, it doesn't matter.

The problem with 1-wide passageways happens when you have more than one path going into an area, because when two dwarfs are going in opposite directions in a 1-wide tunnel and they meet, one of those dwarfs will turn around and take another path. If that other path happens to go through 500 tiles of caverns, so be it.