Bus Traffic Fever Level 197 Answer & Walkthrough Solution

Quick answer

Level 197 features a large bowtie-shaped formation where four diagonal wings of mystery vehicles lock into a central cross. The winning strategy is peeling away outer unblocked vehicles to uncover mystery buses step by step. Keep your parking bays fluid by holding multi-passenger vehicles (such as the 40-capacity Red and Blue buses) while quickly cycling smaller buses through the open slots.

Step-by-step solution

Phase 1: Unlocking the Outer Wings (Brown, Purple, Green & Orange)

1. Tap the Brown bus in the center-right (facing left) into slot 1. It boards brown passengers and departs.
2. Tap the Purple bus in the lower-center (facing right) into slot 2.
3. Tap the Green bus in the upper-right corner (facing down) into slot 3. Green and purple passengers board, clearing both vehicles.
4. Tap the Orange bus on the bottom-left (facing right) into slot 1. It boards orange passengers and departs.
5. Tap the large Red bus on the bottom-left (facing right) into slot 1.
6. Tap the Green bus in the center (facing up) into slot 2. It fills immediately and departs.
7. Tap the Purple bus in the lower-left (facing right) into slot 2.
8. Tap the Teal bus in the top-right (facing down) into slot 3. It boards teal passengers and departs.

Phase 2: Opening the Central Cross (Red, Blue, Pink & Yellow)

9. Tap the Red bus in the center (facing up) into slot 3.
10. Tap the Blue bus in the center (facing down) into slot 4.
11. Tap the Pink bus at the bottom-left (facing down-left) into slot 5. Pink, Blue, and Red passengers board, clearing all three smaller vehicles.
12. Tap the Red bus in the center-left (facing up) into slot 3. Red passengers finish boarding, allowing the large Red bus in slot 1 to depart.
13. Tap the Yellow bus in the center-right (facing right) into slot 1. It loads yellow passengers and departs.
14. Tap the Green bus at the bottom-right (facing up) into slot 4. It boards green passengers and departs.
15. Tap the Red bus in the center-right (facing right) into slot 1. It clears immediately.
16. Tap the Brown bus at the bottom-right (facing up) into slot 1.
17. Tap the Green bus in the top-right (facing down) into slot 4. Green, Red, and Brown passengers board, clearing the Red bus, Brown bus, and Green bus.

Phase 3: Cycling the Mystery Grid (Orange, Teal & Brown)

18. Tap the Orange bus on the far-right edge (facing up) into slot 1. It boards orange passengers and departs.
19. Tap the Red bus at the bottom-right (facing left) into slot 2. It loads red passengers and clears.
20. Tap the Purple bus on the far-left edge (facing left) into slot 2. It fills and clears.
21. Tap the Teal bus on the far-left edge (facing left) into slot 3. It boards teal passengers and departs.
22. Tap the Red bus in the center-left (facing up) into slot 3.
23. Tap the Orange bus in the center-left (facing left) into slot 1. Both the Orange and Red buses board passengers and depart.
24. Tap the Blue bus at the bottom-left (facing left) into slot 3.
25. Tap the Orange bus at the bottom-left (facing right) into slot 1. Both vehicles load passengers and depart.
26. Tap the Brown bus in the upper-left (facing left) into slot 1. It loads brown passengers and departs.
27. Tap the Green bus in the center (facing up) into slot 3. Green passengers board.
28. The Purple bus in slot 2 finishes loading purple passengers and departs.

Phase 4: Clearing the Remaining Wings (Pink, Blue & Teal)

29. Tap the Pink bus on the right side (facing down) into slot 2. It fills and departs alongside the Green bus.
30. Tap the Brown bus on the bottom-left (facing up) into slot 1.
31. Tap the Purple bus in the center-left (facing down) into slot 2. It loads purple passengers and departs.
32. Tap the Pink bus in the lower-left (facing up) into slot 2. Pink passengers board and it departs, followed by the Brown bus in slot 1.
33. Tap the Red bus in the upper-left (facing left) into slot 1. It boards red passengers and departs.
34. Tap the Blue bus in the lower-left (facing right) into slot 2. It fills and departs.
35. Tap the Yellow bus in the center-left (facing up) into slot 1. It loads yellow passengers and departs.
36. Tap the Green bus in the lower-center (facing right) into slot 1. It loads green passengers and departs.
37. Tap the Teal bus in the top-left (facing down) into slot 2. It fills and departs.
38. Tap the Pink bus at the bottom-left (facing left) into slot 3. It loads pink passengers and departs.
39. Tap the Green bus in the center-left (facing up) into slot 2. It clears immediately.

Phase 5: Final Core Clearance and Cleanup

40. Tap the Orange bus on the bottom-left (facing left) into slot 1. It loads orange passengers and departs.
41. Tap the Yellow bus in the center-right (facing right) into slot 2.
42. Tap the Teal bus in the center-right (facing down) into slot 3. It loads teal passengers and departs.
43. Tap the Brown bus in the center-left (facing left) into slot 1.
44. Tap the Blue bus at the bottom-right (facing up) into slot 3. Blue and Brown passengers board, and both vehicles depart.
45. Tap the Teal bus in the center-right (facing right) into slot 3. It loads teal passengers and departs.
46. Tap the Green bus on the far-left (facing up) into slot 1. It boards green passengers and departs.
47. Tap the Purple bus on the far-left (facing left) into slot 3. It boards purple passengers and departs.
48. Tap the Yellow bus at the bottom-left (facing left) into slot 1. Both Yellow buses fill with yellow passengers and depart together.
49. Tap the Green bus at the bottom-left (facing up) into slot 1. It fills and departs.
50. Tap the Orange bus in the bottom-center (facing up) into slot 2. It fills and departs.
51. Tap the Red bus at the bottom-left (facing down-left) into slot 1. It loads red passengers and departs.
52. Tap the Purple bus in the center-left (facing right) into slot 3. It clears.
53. Tap the Brown bus in the center-left (facing down) into slot 1.
54. Finally, tap the Green bus in the center-right (facing down) into slot 2. Both vehicles complete boarding their respective passengers to finish the level.

Tips for success

• Unveil Mystery Vehicles Steadily: Don’t tap mystery blocks randomly; ensure the vehicles in front of them are cleared first so revealed vehicles have direct access to exit lanes.
• Balance Dual Feeder Loops: Because passengers arrive from both sides of the overhead track, alternate your bus deployments between left-side and right-side colors to keep boarding uninterrupted.
• Keep High-Capacity Slots Buffered: When 40-passenger buses occupy staging bays, make sure you leave at least two open slots to continuously cycle small 4-to-16 passenger buses.

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