Hey everyone! With a couple more years of experience both with the game and making videos, I've updated my tips! Check them out here - kzitem.info/news/bejne/kqmvu6x4i2hhino
@frankh8918
3 жыл бұрын
My traffic actually went from 64% to 93% by implementing these suggestions. Especially the bike lanes and pedestrian paths had major impact on both traffic and noise pollution. Thanks a lot!
@CityPlannerPlays
3 жыл бұрын
Woohoo! Good to hear!
@EasilyDistractedPlanner
3 жыл бұрын
I started making a lot of pedestrian path bridges over streets, especially over the 4 and 6 lane streets, and even over parts where the highway would sit between different neighbourhoods. It significantly reduced my traffic problems as pedestrians no longer had to cross the road. This especially helped around public transport hubs, because it meant that cars and busses no longer had to wait when a metro or bus just unloaded a lot of people in one location. Made everything a lot smoother and also helped with getting people to go from one form of public transport to the next. I tried pedestrian tunnels, but people didn't seem to like those as much as the high paths.
@patrick17_6
2 жыл бұрын
I just realized higher the percentage, better the traffic? I was happy keeping it at 53% xD
@staticshockk
2 жыл бұрын
How do you add those without destroying nearing buildings?
@buysnoah
2 жыл бұрын
@@staticshockk there is an option in the radial menu when you select roads to upgrade instead of place
@WildsDreams45
2 жыл бұрын
Here's a pro tip! Sewage drainage should always be behind the residential area so children have something to play in on a hot summer day.
@xofox_studio
11 ай бұрын
Ferb, I know what we're going to do today!
@chadtopia
11 ай бұрын
hey mum, guess what? we all went out and got shitfaced :)))
@JGood620
10 ай бұрын
How's mommy's little stinker?
@dopetokeman3171
3 жыл бұрын
Whilst listening to this guy for the last 4 minutes and 14 seconds of my life. I’ve come to the realization, that the city planers where I live absolutely should not be planing cities😭😭😂
@jaypolas4136
3 жыл бұрын
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@crisscrosszx
2 жыл бұрын
well. i may not speak eldritch, like my friend (who deleted its comment). but as far as i've learn, modern north america (if you live there) is built to be able to fit as many cars as possible on the highway while also making it little to no effort to help pedestrian and bikes. in a nutshell, when cars became more affordable to the average citizen, the city planners just said "i don't care what the %$&= we end up buldozing, we need more roads to get more cars!" and so they buldozed everything that could get in the way of cars on most major cities on the whole country (sidewalks. bike lanes, houses, those few stores that could have become classic historical stores nowadays, etc).
@Heuristiks
2 жыл бұрын
@@crisscrosszx You're right and that's thanks to big car companies like GM in particular. It's really unfortunate too
@notyourbusiness1352
2 жыл бұрын
Bruh same. I live in a shit hole, so....
@killman369547
2 жыл бұрын
@@crisscrosszx Pretty much. General Motors really f**ked over the entire continent with their car lobbying.
@william.i.herman
3 жыл бұрын
Watching this made me realize how badly I’ve messed up the traffic on my first city. I have a massive downtown core with zero road hierarchy, arbitrary road layouts with too many intersections, and in some places, two-lane roads serving as major arteries. The result is massive supply shortages all over the city that I can’t seem to fix no matter how many freight connections I make. It’s a shame, because the city is pretty cool aside from that. I’m definitely going to take all this into account when I build my next city.
@BrianHazardVideos
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, pretty much same here. I thought I would be solving all my problems downtown by only using six-lane roads. Sigh. :-)
@banh_mi857
3 жыл бұрын
My cities are often just traffic infested, utility drowned slums with disconnected transportation.
@waynes9275
3 жыл бұрын
hmm sounds familiar
@cordzcaezarbante2647
3 жыл бұрын
*laughs in a third-world urbanized country*
@zedkillerbros5685
3 жыл бұрын
The best kind
@James-ru7nz
3 жыл бұрын
Man I can't believe you created Detroit
@jd-uz1ln
3 жыл бұрын
Laughs in bikelanelanguage.
@isleofjava5964
3 жыл бұрын
I love knowing "why" things work. People who have problems that seem to arise because of the tips might want to look beyond the current moment to see what else might be wrong before automatically blaming the current change alone. This happened to me when I added bike Lanes, etc. At first, my traffic increased. Then, I saw this video and realized I was concentrating my industrial all together AND far away from the highway. Since I've changed that, traffic is super slick. Can 74 year olds get degrees in Urban Planning? 🤔
@CityPlannerPlays
3 жыл бұрын
There is always a reason - both in the game and in reality - that issues arise. I love a curious mind that looks into why things are the way they are. And a 74 year old could absolutely get a degree in planning! Often times, younger folks have a difficult time understanding why things are the way they are and have to spend a long time "unpeeling the onion," so to speak. I spend a ton of time working with those that have a better understanding of where we got today. I think, in general, society would be better off if we did that more often!
@CarlNiemi
2 жыл бұрын
@@CityPlannerPlays really? I'd expect younger people to understand the problems we now face way better. The older generations grew up as we were transitioning into the car-centered hell we now live in, and from my experience they have difficulties imagining better ways to structure communities
@57thorns
2 жыл бұрын
@@CarlNiemi I believe you are 180 degrees off course there. The thing you grew up with is normal, old people in general are very good to point out what has gotten worse, things that younger people don't see as problems because they simply do not have the experience to know any better. We need everyone, old and young, to build a better future by learning from old mistakes and not repeat them.
@Mayahrtnv
2 жыл бұрын
It just makes playing much much more fun knowing that there is a reason for every problem i get in this game. And everything makes sense
@wayward4657
2 жыл бұрын
@@CarlNiemi Exactly what you said, old people remember I time before car dependence while younger people usually don't realize why that's a problem because that's all they've ever experienced
@dracosummoner
3 жыл бұрын
Just wanted to pop back in here and say that those two-lane roads WITH bicycle lanes changed my life. I'd tried everything I could think of to encourage my citizens to use bikes, but didn't know about the roads with the bike lanes built in and had wondered what the point of the regular roads was (they have parking spaces, but businesses and large apartment complexes usually have those on their own and they don't clutter into the street). My traffic in my new small city has usually been hovering around 94% now. Thank you again!
@corvettec-dt1eq
2 жыл бұрын
I can agree with that last one about making cities less car dependant, we need to do that for our real life cities as well. My car broke down yesterday and I've basically been able to do literally nothing but stay home while waiting for the mechanic to work through a busy schedule.
@corvettec-dt1eq
2 жыл бұрын
Here in the Phoenix Arizona metro area, it's 110 degrees or above on summer days, so walking and biking are out of the question, as the temperatures combined with the high UV concentration make these activities not only unpleasant, but actually dangerous.
@volkova6209
Жыл бұрын
It's funny how different this is from where i live In the town i live in you can't even really go to the main area with all the shops without getting out your car and walking. The whole shopping area is a no car zone, and there aren't many places to park. Most people live really close to the town anyway, so it's just more efficient to walk to town, cars here are more used for long distance, going to other places. Oh and btw i live in Switzerland
@corvettec-dt1eq
Жыл бұрын
@@volkova6209 yeah many parts of Europe are so much better than our system here. We usually get in our cars to drive to the other side of the road, if the road happens to be a major one with lots of traffic, just because the way they're designed makes it so unsafe for pedestrians that walking in some places almost suicide
@corvettec-dt1eq
Жыл бұрын
@L I have a bike. This was almost exactly a year ago today, where here in Phoenix the temperature outside was 110-115 degrees Fahrenheit, or ~45 degree Celsius. Going outside and doing a physical activity like riding a bike is actually dangerous and potentially even deadly in those temperatures. We have to have helicopter rescues off of our trails in this area for people that pass out from the heat
@djNesse
3 жыл бұрын
I do consider myself as a smart guy. I've never had any problems with this type of games. Exept Cities. I watch a lot on youtube and i always think "why can't i do this?". Your 10 min video solved 5 years of missery. 10 MINUTES! If your ever going to sweden, hmu and i'll buy you one or six beers!
@CityPlannerPlays
3 жыл бұрын
Glad this helped! Beers in Sweden... That sounds lovely! 🙂
@djNesse
3 жыл бұрын
@Elvis Skåne!
@southpineshooligan
3 жыл бұрын
My traffic has never been too bad (under 70%) but these tips will surely keep it above 90% Road hierarchy has never been my strong suit, I depend too much on roundabouts and lane control
@simonmcneilly55
3 жыл бұрын
Turn of despawning, and embrace the chaos.
@companyoflosers
3 жыл бұрын
you sould be aware of lane mathematics as well. its something he doesnt mention that does help tremendously, especially on highways. what i meanby that is lets say you have a 4 lane highway. eventually traffic is gonna need to get off. however many lanes you put in your off ramp, you should subtract from the number of lanes on your main highway. so if you have 2 lanes of traffic leaving the highway on a ramp, you highway needs to also become 2 lanes. once the highway rejoin with the on-ramp, if the on-ramp is two lanes, the highway once again becomes 4 lanes. this creates a situation where nobody needs to ever stop or get out of each other's way because there is immediately a clear lane for them to get into.
@yann9378
3 жыл бұрын
@@companyoflosers I see a fellow biffa viewer
@Ghrathryn
3 жыл бұрын
@@companyoflosers Happens in real life as well, though there are two routes to go depending on how heavily used a junction is liable to be. The route you've mentioned of removing lanes between where a junction splits lanes out for an off ramp and where it rejoins them from the on ramp or for 1-2 sections of road before and after the junction you can bump the highway/motorway by the amount of lanes going off/coming on. Both cases allow dedicated lanes for the on/off flow and give time to merge more smoothly keeping traffic up. It can be helpful presuming you've got Traffic Manager to lock or limit lane switching as well to smooth things out. Another route to doing lane math is the asymetric roads. Like having the dedicated lanes on highways/arteries, these allow traffic to spread just a bit coming up to a junction and are particularly useful splitting off traffic that's going to wind up sitting on their rears for ages, meaning mostly those trying to turn across the oncoming traffic or allow smoother turns for those wanting an immediate exit at a roundabout or where there's a road off a collector that you want to allow people to get past without too much issue from those wanting to turn if it's on the outside.
@samuelhulme8347
3 жыл бұрын
@@simonmcneilly55 I play like that all the time
@GabrielTobing
3 жыл бұрын
What I learnt as well is to use pedestrian tunnels or foot bridges instead of crossings for major roads. As cars would always stop for a unlimited amount of people crossing the road.
@s.h.8153
3 жыл бұрын
where do i find those?
@FiredUpPhoenix
Жыл бұрын
@@s.h.8153 Use page up and page down when you have the pedestrian path selected to either raise or lower the elevation. Just the same way you can do for all roads :)
@epiccollision
3 жыл бұрын
I took all the tricks Amsterdam does for traffic calming and it actually works, bike highways, transit routing and pedestrian access make everything seem complicated but are just roads without cars. Also burn all the traffic lights and install a roundabout in appropriate areas.
@KelsieHanson95
3 жыл бұрын
I recently got back into Cities Skylines (been on and off playing for years, mostly on console) and am thrilled to find your channel! Thanks so much.
@CityPlannerPlays
3 жыл бұрын
That's awesome - its such a fun game! Thanks for watching!!
@sexyalien806
2 жыл бұрын
console is awesome
@modyanarchokarolak1921
2 жыл бұрын
This rode hierarchy blew my mind. I'm always using those 6 lane rodes no matter what
@yvintonicxruel
3 жыл бұрын
First Step: Buy all DLC's
@CityPlannerPlays
3 жыл бұрын
Especially Mass Transit and Sunset Harbor, ha.
@Geckotr
3 жыл бұрын
i don't think all the DLC's are very necessary. I just got the natural disasters and it's pretty good but considering that the disasters were included in the main game in the Sim City games, i feel kind of ripped off. Unfortunately they removed a lot of stuff from the main game just to sell it as a DLC. Other than that it's a fantastic game
@entonduck
3 жыл бұрын
Mass Transit, Sunset Harbour and The Disasters DLC have so good buildings, like the heli stadion for the police or ambulance.
@lightfighterOG
3 жыл бұрын
@@Geckotr if you are looking for another dlc. I would reccomend you mass transit because you have more roads, hubs and more diverse transport such as blimps, monorails,ferries.
@fawvertyler
3 жыл бұрын
Maddelynn LEL then get a pc
@destroyatheismandliberalis6740
3 жыл бұрын
I wish you earned more subscribers, I am learning a lot from you as a real city planner.
@CityPlannerPlays
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Glad you're enjoying the videos!
@abuKaJeiN.
3 жыл бұрын
He isnt the only city planer playing cs.
@jazzboneplaya
3 жыл бұрын
@@abuKaJeiN. Wow. So what? Maybe not, but he has great videos, so why come here just to leave that comment?
@blagoevski336
3 жыл бұрын
@@jazzboneplaya why so aggressive??
@jazzboneplaya
3 жыл бұрын
Aggressive? What are you two, babies? I simply asked him a question after expressing surprise that someone would go through the trouble of pointing that out on City Planners video? I think a better question at the present for you two, what are you trying to say about me? Why ask why I'm 'aggressive' when it was a clear cut and simple question. If you don't have a good answer, the go away lol.
@kaleicious
3 жыл бұрын
Everytime I make a city, I get stuck on something and watching city planner solves every problem I run into. Keep up the great work
@jaydizzay
3 жыл бұрын
I tend to place public services (e.g. disaster response, recycling/waste centres, helicopter depots etc) on isolated highway-connected islands with dedicated junctions, off and onramps and roundabouts to both minimise the number of vehicles on the main city roads and maximise highway use.
@rubble7390
3 жыл бұрын
It's kind of interesting to see the difference between you and Biffa. I've spent far more hours watching Biffa than I have playing the game. I'm on my 5th and hoping that this one will be able to keep going. Traffic typically kills me eventually. Biffa's solutions are typically roundabouts and lane management...oh, and of course public transport. Adding your stuff in I think is gonna help me a lot. Thank you. Also, if you haven't seen Biffa's stuff, I'd recommend watching an episode or two, he's just plain fun to watch. Again, thanks for posting this.
@AbleAnderson
3 жыл бұрын
I've been a fan of this game since 2016 and I've come across many CS channels on KZitem, but I think this is by far my favorite. He doesn't just show what he's built and leave it at the chef's secret sauce or the magician's trick, he really explains how cities work, why things should be done certain ways, etc. I love hearing the why behind this stuff, and this kind of advice has helped my city building more than just seeing a cool city that's already done and trying to emulate it; this has allowed me to organically create well functioning and natural looking cities more often. I appreciate this content
@apachesasquach
3 жыл бұрын
1:17 access to the arterial. 😯
@CityPlannerPlays
3 жыл бұрын
Omg, I never noticed how crazy that sounds! I had to add in audio to replace something that I said that was incorrect. Haha!
@frilipski
3 жыл бұрын
He went from wholesome professional to "dont drop that soap" without any warning
@toprak3479
3 жыл бұрын
It's crazy how quickly he managed to self exorcise the demon that posessed him there for a sec
@2KXMKR
3 жыл бұрын
I find the game has a major flaw which has never been addressed or fixed; that being the way traffic lights work at cross roads, whether that be a small two lane residential road or a major six lane main road. The traffic lights will allow traffic to proceed from opposite directions at the same time, which means you end up with vehicles fighting for space right in the middle of the junction. If the lights were timed correctly you'd only have straight-on traffic moving at one time and turning traffic at another, so vehicles never cross each other's path. There's also the lack of dedicated turning lanes; Vehicles turning away from the junction should have a small single lane connecting them from the road they're on to the one they want to be on without the need to stop. The game actually tackles this same method with its built-in clover leaf highway intersection, so I honestly don't see why it's never been implemented in to small roads. Until it is, and the traffic light timing is altered, I don't think the game will ever have perfect traffic.
@CityPlannerPlays
3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely agree with you, 100%!
@leobri6133
3 жыл бұрын
TM:PE solves these problems
@prometheus5995
3 жыл бұрын
I can’t play without tmpe for that very reason. Timed traffic lights is a must
@2KXMKR
3 жыл бұрын
@@prometheus5995 Interesting! I haven't played it in a long time so will check it out
@pineappleroad
3 жыл бұрын
The traffic lights in this game work in a similar way to how most of the traffic lights on two lane roads in the UK work I can even think of a few cross roads near where i live (UK, but not saying exactly where in the UK) where the traffic lights aren’t able to control when vehicles can turn right (the UK drives on the left) There is also a sort of cross roads where i live, where one of the directions is a one way road exiting the junction, so in terms of the traffic lights, it is essentially a T junction If you were to approach from the left side of the T, there are separate lanes for going straight ahead, or turning right Approach from the bottom of the T, there are separate lanes for turning left and turning right However, approach from the right side of the T, and there is only one lane, so if you wanted to turn down the one way road, then its a case of keep your fingers crossed for a gap in the traffic heading the other way Approaching from the left side of the T it isn’t much better, as although there is a separate lane for turning right, the traffic lights generally work the same as the cross roads i previously mentioned, however, there is a sensor in the road in the middle of the junction, which is used to detect when there are vehicles wanting to turn right, and so, how it is supposed to work, is if you haven’t been able to complete the turn, the traffic lights for traffic approaching in the other direction turn red early, and then a green filter arrow comes on The only traffic light junction which actually controls when cars can turn is the one outside the supermarket It’s a T junction, approaching from the left side of the T, there are 2 lanes, straight ahead, and right turn, there are separate traffic lights for each lane, the red and amber lights are not arrows, but the straight ahead lights have a green up pointing arrow, the right turn lights have a green right pointing arrow Approaching from the bottom of the T, 2 lanes, left turn, and right turn, separate traffic lights for each lane, the red and amber lights are not arrows, the left turn lights have a green left pointing arrow, and the right turn lights have a green right pointing arrow Approaching from the right of the T, there is only one lane, and there are no arrows at all
@KB00001
2 жыл бұрын
Implementing these tips increased my traffic by 46 percent to 92 percent. Bike lanes and pedestrian routes, in particular, have a significant influence on traffic and noise pollution. Thank you very much!
@wigg1yscott554
3 жыл бұрын
1:17 Woah, what's that freaky bit? lol.
@CityPlannerPlays
3 жыл бұрын
lol! Sorry about that!
@andrewb8836
3 жыл бұрын
Dude I just stopped the time to see if there were any comments marking it. Like he went into the shadow realm. I'm sure he just had to burp or had something in his throat.:)
@MeMe-sw1yu
3 жыл бұрын
@@andrewb8836 He was dropping his sexy voice for any ladies interested in roadway hierarchy
@prkp7248
3 жыл бұрын
@@andrewb8836 more like voice software bug.
@caseya3579
3 жыл бұрын
I seem to always start off decently. But once I buy a 2nd area, my building designs go to shit
@WestWardCrab
3 жыл бұрын
Same
@manutebol956
3 жыл бұрын
same
@victorial9772
Жыл бұрын
I started playing again after YEARS, still always making the same mistakes. Just putting stuff down trying to figure it out. These videos are so greatly appreciated and helpful!! ❤
@buzzcomber
2 жыл бұрын
I just started up C:S again after having dabbled with it over the years. I have a stack of DLC at the moment to get my teeth into. But I’ve really enjoyed your videos as they have helped me to understand planning and road building. A new subscriber!
@kendaiplays9172
4 жыл бұрын
Great tips! I wish I had known these when I first started. Ah well, trial and error works well too!
@CityPlannerPlays
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Trial and error is definitely important, too. In a future video, I'm going to load up some of my old cities from 2015 and see how they hold up. Lots of trial and error in those cities...
@JYCrazy1
3 жыл бұрын
I looked at your subscriber count after watching the video, and I’m really surprised you don’t have more! I’m sure interest in your channel will explode when they release the sequel (whenever that might be) if you keep up the same great video quality!
@BadgerOff32
3 жыл бұрын
The basic principles of the tip you gave about filtering traffic (arterial > collector > local) can also be applied to public transportation networks too. Trains are basically your long distance, high speed/high capacity 'arterial', Metro or Monorail are your 'collectors' and Buses are for 'local'. Ideally you want at least one large train loop going around your city, with passengers from trains filtered onto Metro/Monorail routes that circle around districts, then use buses for short distance pickups around local neighbourhoods to get people to and from the metro or monorail station. What you *don't* want is super long bus routes that snake all across the city with 50+ buses on the line, and you want to try and avoid having too many bus routes converging in the same place. (And DEFINITELY DON'T have multiple bus routes stopping along main arterial roads!!! You'll clog up your city real fast if you have 50-100 buses on a main artery all the time!) Having multiple bus routes coming into the same place *can* be done, but it involves some fairly advanced level planning to build a complex transport hub, and I wouldn't recommend it for beginners lol.
@CityPlannerPlays
3 жыл бұрын
This guy gets it!
@scythal
3 жыл бұрын
Oh no.... I kinda used trains and metros to do the same task
@eriklakeland3857
2 жыл бұрын
@@scythal there’s some wiggle room on this. Most lines of the Paris Metro function as local transit, with 3 stops every mile. Then look at Line 15 of the Paris Metro or the express services on the NYC Subway: they have a higher average speed due to less frequent stops so can serve more regional trips.
@SavvySteak
3 жыл бұрын
Finally! Someone who can explain this to me in a proper manner. Rather than a way that only leaves me asking more questions. Thanks so much.
@kecvtc
Жыл бұрын
I see often videos about something new in skylines and every time want to play it again, but then remember how much I hated huge traffic jams I always ended up with quickly. Now I see I did opposite on all 5 tips so this time I actually had to start playing again. Thanks 😄
@BlackDiamondForumClub
3 жыл бұрын
In my opinion using Arterial Roads is good for zoning commercial, industries, and police/fire/medical/schools. It will make traffic move faster especially for trucks.
@CityPlannerPlays
3 жыл бұрын
It can work, but I'd avoid industries in particular. Arterials are meant to prioritize mobility, not access. Industries, in particular, require a great deal of access and should be located on local roads. Creating a frontage road can be a way to accomplish the best of both worlds in that instance.
@ThePinkimojca
3 жыл бұрын
I have usually more problems with cargo train stations and traffic. I don't know if I should put cargo station in every industrial area or not and how to connect them...
@CityPlannerPlays
3 жыл бұрын
I'll try to make a video about that sometime soon. I think most industrial areas benefit from them.
@benjaminwagner8141
3 жыл бұрын
Someone mentioned that you should have a buffer between industrial and residential and it makes sense. I love your videos as it gives insight on how to make the game more fun
@tsutomucolares1231
Жыл бұрын
New Cities Skylines player here. I just want to say that in regards to road hierarchy, the game explicitly says low, medium, high, highway in the description. I think most people miss that because they don't read the descriptions on what road they are building. Also I found that even if a residential area is in between the highway and industrial area, you can just make a highway that connects the two without having any connections to the residential. This is feasible by placing that highway underground. Just make sure you plan on how you place it, so as not to impede on future metro/train routes. It also has the added benefit of lowering overall traffic within the city. Just make sure that your connection to the highway can handle all that traffic.
@TheTruthx58
3 жыл бұрын
I've been figuring this traffic thing out and watching your videos and other people's traffic suggestions and you're the first person to break down a concept clearly (arterials, collectors, etc), thank you.
@Tyrga
3 жыл бұрын
Who me?
@konakatranya5531
3 жыл бұрын
Nicely done. Looking forward to more. Would love to hear more about the complement of your profesh experience and how that is replicated and made realistic in the game. Also interested in how Real world planning is applied in this game to help me understand the city that i live in!
@CityPlannerPlays
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I plan on doing a couple videos that you'll like soon - one about zoning and land use and another about roadway hierarchy. Stay tuned!
@konakatranya5531
3 жыл бұрын
@@CityPlannerPlays I watched the roadway hieracrchy one super cool. Need to think about it a little. Not on;y in the game but in my observances of real life. Looking forward to zoning. I live in a port city. Trying to reproduce it was super instructive. But a little more zoning knowledge would be great.
@CityPlannerPlays
3 жыл бұрын
@@konakatranya5531 That's one of the next topics I want to tackle. I specifically want to discuss how limited the in-game zoning in and how you can fix it with districts.
@amylouise3974
2 жыл бұрын
I saw this video for the first time ages ago but the way you conceptualise road hierarchy into their uses is so helpful I keep referring back here all the time to it.
@WatsonYouTwat
3 жыл бұрын
Why do we not teaches classes/courses like this? I'm learning about and fascinated by things I've never wanted to study because he's a great teacher with a fantastic medium
@Airic
Жыл бұрын
I'm a Sim City OG (SNES)... never got into any other city builder game since then though, always just reverted back to my nostalgic SNES fav... but i recently got Cities Skylines AND CANNOT WAIT TO BUILD !!! Love the fact that you're an actual pro city planner playing this game!!! So f'n cool... You sir, will be getting alooooooottt of watch hours from me lol
@miguelromano9431
3 жыл бұрын
I've been watching your videos for the las week, bought the game, but i think that i have spent more time watching the videos that actually playing. My wife is just kinda puzzled that every time i am in youtube i am watching this. Just long way of saying, fantastic work! Best regards.
@robertstacey1700
3 жыл бұрын
What is the best way to lay out emergency services for your city so that they are able to operate quickly and efficiently?
@Nick9Three
Жыл бұрын
I’ve been playing this game since launch, but I’ll never miss a tip video. Good looks.
@delbennett4745
2 жыл бұрын
I’ve had this in my steam library for a bit now and have been toying with actually trying it. Cheers for hints and tips
@user-wq9mw2xz3j
3 жыл бұрын
I suggest getting familiar with the game, use the tips from this video and more. Then after a while, download mods! Make the game 10x better, and you wont even want to play without them after you try. It works even if you got the game on Epic Games, just takes longer time to install the mods
@GreatBeef97
3 жыл бұрын
Thinking of getting back to this game and really apperciate these tips! Defintely found my number one issue before was having a highway connection mixed with residents and industrial imports/exports haha
@kris.monroe
3 жыл бұрын
Those roundabouts straight off the highway, into the initial square are priceless to make early on! Wow!
@DerekMckean
7 ай бұрын
One of the things I have taught myself just now is to work backwards. So many times on the internet, more often than not, people will give easy answers to hard problems: start a new game or give up. You're too much in the hole, so just destroy everything. The one thing about me is that if I see a problem, I want it solved, so I can have fun. My little town of less than 7000 people has reached an income of: - $4, 300,000. That's right negative. However, I've been able to slowly get positive using my problem solving of working backwards How to work backwards: 1.) Note garbage production output units and garbage processing. If production is 170,000 units and but processing is only 40,000 units, your city cannot pick up the trash. If you have a negative income, you simply cannot just purchase an incinerator. You must work backwards 2 ) in working backwards, start de-zoning areas slowly until your garbage processing reaches the yellow or at least right at the end of the red area. If processing is 90,000 units but production output equals 118,000. That's a little more manageable 3.) In regards to trash, slide the night trash all the way to the left. The day trash should be near 100% when making negative income. Yes, it will become more negative. However... 4.) as you continue to get deeper into debt, lower the day trash budget by a few percentages as well as continue to dezone more areas slowly. 5.) When de-zoning don't bulldoze roads until trash processing power is in yellow. 6.) Gradually you will begin to notice your income is not going down -$2500, but maybe -$800. This is progress. 7.) Now make sure all roads are accessible for the trash trucks and think if there is a bit of infrastructure you can destroy without a.) Blocking access to a road with houses b.) Destroying too much. You need to have lots of areas you can rezone later as you slowly make less negative income, like -$50. If you can destroy a bridge but cars can take another bridge to get to that same area, then maybe that bridge can be bulldozed. But again, be mindful. It's better to do a whole lot of dezoning as opposed to bulldozing roads. If you destroy a road that block access to an area you want to later rezone, destroying that road may block your chances of working backwards. 8.) Pay attention to income and expenses. If trash is first the most part picked up, 9.) Wait it out. Even though city Skylines may say I want more residential, don't give the city much. Maybe plant a few high density buildings. Again, you want to be able to pick up most of the trash. You be tempted to say "the green bar is all the way up, I'll plant 50 houses." Don't do that. But you may say "But the game is begging me too!" And will say "The game probably doesn't account for your negative s million income and barely manageable trash. So don't plant 50 houses just because the game wants a high demand. Plant 3 or 4 houses or 2 high end residential structures. 10.,) Wait it out more. Now when you dezoned, you might have lost your electricity connection next to a powerline. That's why even if you want to make money, don't bulldoze powerlines. You might have destroyed your chance of working backwards. So don't do it. When rezoning, the first structure rezoned should be next to a poweline. 11.) As your numbers fluctuate and as you slowly wait it out, you may get to a point where you start earning more money. Even though I was at negative 4.3 million, I managed to get it in a positive direction to negative 3.8 million. I said alot, so it may seem overwhelming. Let me give you a few bullet points. -- manage your trash. Don't built too much of a city to the point you cannot pickup trash -- use day abs night incomes to your advantage -- a point, I dud not share: turning off a building might work to your advantage. It may or mat not -- dezone smartly: don't destroy roads and powerlines unless you know for certain you have enough to rezone. Again, you can destroy, but I told you not to destroy powerlines since you might regret it later and have a non-savable city and may have to resort to cheat mods. Using a mod just provides you with an easy way out. Dint do it. See if you can do it without mods by working backwards. The game of life doesn't use mods. And you'll feel much. Are accomplished if you went from negative millions into positive money. -- Wait it out, rezone as slow as a turtle 🐢. Don't get over cocky just because you see a high demand. --I did not share this. If you're in the hole, don't turn on policies. --The reason why a city may nit be salvageable is if you destroy sources of water and power, mainly power. But you don't go around destroying pipes because no water is basically saying you don't want a city to exist. If you destroy your pipes out of frustration, you CANNOT work backwards unless you only destroyed a section or 2. So again, dont do it. You'll hate yourself later.
@sillywilly1347
3 жыл бұрын
just got cities skylines and I'm so thankful for your tips and you city building series, they help alot for inspiration and tips too
@Snuggles0127
3 жыл бұрын
Bought this game during the steam summer sale and I feel very overwhelmed. This video gave me a better direction on what to do. Thank you
@prepareuranus8097
3 жыл бұрын
Honestly the road design and management tips are some of the best you could possibly give. Many people wouldn’t have a clue how to design an efficient road system. Everyone thinks they could make a better city and this game really shows that when you have hundreds of KM of city blocks and hundreds of thousands of people. The problems never end. You’ve always got to adapt. A city is a constantly evolving life form. and i have made the mistake of connecting streets to highways and arterial roads on almost all my maps. And i wonder why my traffic ends up at 65% Thank you good sir for educating me. being a government offical
@nicholasslepnikoff9771
2 жыл бұрын
This has me thinking about simcity4 differently as well. Thanks for the road tips.
@mp5_glitch947
Жыл бұрын
Dude you helped me so much I always run out of money or put super complex roads and stuff thanks for showing us these amazing tips
@deldarel
2 жыл бұрын
Explaining road hierarchy I like to liken them to blood vessels. If you connect a capillary to the aorta, it's gonna burst because it's not supposed to withstand that volume and throughput.
@Luckydiver83
3 ай бұрын
I grew up playing sim city and all those type of games. I have tried to watch other KZitemrs videos to learn how to play the game. But I always end up coming back to yours. I wish I knew how to get the mods on laptop pc.
@jdm1014
3 жыл бұрын
I'm 100+ hours in, but I'd never noticed the option for roads with bike lanes. Appreciate the heads up!
@janeldavis905
Жыл бұрын
This was so helpful! I've always gotten frustrated with this game because of traffic, and I can see from this video a couple of things I've been doing wrong. Thank you for sharing with us!
@jaden8084
3 жыл бұрын
So my understanding of the roads is basically simplified as Arterial = Freeway, Collector = Highway, Local = Streets. Or in my head thats how I'm looking at it for my own understanding when doing the roads. Thanks!
@navajowarrior9412
3 жыл бұрын
You can get around the maintenance costs of roads by lowering the budget during good weather. And raise it during snow
@peterthecoderd.1210
2 жыл бұрын
There is a KZitem channel called "Not Just Bikes" which is hosted by a fellow Canadian who has moved to Amsterdam.We cannot relate to the cycle/pedestrian oriented traffic plan. I was hoping as I learned this game, to make models showing the success. Your guide here is a lot like their strategies. They also have excellent public transit systems. Virtually all of their transpotation systems are given higher priorities than cars. Here in North America, everything is designed around the car. There is a much better way.
@beansbeans985
3 жыл бұрын
Can I date your voice and city knowledge thanks
@Seriously_Unserious
3 жыл бұрын
I'm already using busses and metros to curtail traffic, but definitely didn't think of not placing residential between my industry and exit, also haven't looked into bike lanes. I'll have to see what I have in that area to play around with.
@rawrruby
2 жыл бұрын
been following ur guides since i started playing, you have saved me so much time. thanks for these
@xXBeeDeeXx
3 жыл бұрын
1:17 that voice change tho
@LuigiCotocea
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah!
@Aninkovsky
3 жыл бұрын
Please make, how to make a large but efficient industrial area. And how to connect them with residential and commercial area...
@CityPlannerPlays
3 жыл бұрын
That's always a tricky one, but I'll look to tackle it!
@Aninkovsky
3 жыл бұрын
@@CityPlannerPlays thank you 👍
@sarmatianns
Жыл бұрын
IIRC, the game automatically sets up traffic lights on junctions. Do away with those, just implement road hierarchy properly (who gives way) and you will notice much better traffic, without the needs to use mods for the most part.
@scythal
3 жыл бұрын
These sound like great tips, I'll be implementing them in my city! (I always thought that having "highway rings" around the city would improve traffic, turned out not many used it :P )
@yoAventus
Жыл бұрын
This video is so helpful!! You're easily one of my favorite channels on youtube lately, keep up the good work :)
@Max-ju6be
Жыл бұрын
Wow the quality of your videos really has skyrocketed in 2 years.
@HowdyHartholz
2 жыл бұрын
Such great tips, thank you! Specially the first tip woth the roads will help me. In the past I didn't really think about it, but it makes absolutely sense. Also the industrial areas. Your video showed me some of my mistakes, I appreciate that!
@Striker9
2 жыл бұрын
"People are drawn to the fastest speed" Yeah I must be weird lol. I prefer backroads 😆 Thanks for the guide!
@samanthascott2589
Жыл бұрын
I appreciate the tips, I really need to take a closer look at the road options, cause my first city, whilst it is making money, is 90% the cheapest road 😅
@Gyyuvfggggt
Жыл бұрын
5:55 you can also make that a one way going into the the industrial area so people who I've there just take that road instead of going all the way around
@LuisNV26
2 жыл бұрын
Greetings from Puerto Rico... I've seen your videos, they're excellent, although I don't know much English, it helps me with what I see and do on how to play City Skylines correctly. thanks somehow.
@kman237
3 жыл бұрын
I just now found you and your videos. This helps so much. Thank you. Please continue
@Teddy-vw9we
2 жыл бұрын
Played city skylies for 2 years and i dint knowed these tips Thanks!
@hsmcdonald
3 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed the video. I had no idea on the bikes recommendation. Definitely going to use that asap. Also like the tip on spacing out intersections for busier roads. Subscribed! BTW what is the track you are playing in the background towards the middle of the video. I played all 3 tracks in your description but they don't match
@GoneGamingBadfish
4 жыл бұрын
Nice video, will definitely help the game be more accessible for new players! Keep it up!
@CityPlannerPlays
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, will do!
@danigo5119
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed! I struggled so much when I first started. I really love this game, and I'm glad I didn't give up!
@takumi2023
3 жыл бұрын
Are you using modes? Theres a mod that allows you to use yield signs instead of stop signs.
@CityPlannerPlays
3 жыл бұрын
Not in this guide, but yes - TMPE allows that and it works quite well!
@rraine3
2 жыл бұрын
Love learning new stuff for this game. Thank you so much, it was really helpful!
@daviddavis
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you man, your videos have been truly amazing for when I’m building a city
@ParecetamolSmile
11 ай бұрын
I found these tips incredible useful
@localdrunk2338
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for explaining this is in a few minutes rather then 40 minutes.
@InevitableMayo
3 жыл бұрын
Hmm. I have a bit of a problem with expanding my industrial zones and not expanding road types (bike lanes, tramways etc). I'll definitely have to take these tips on board next time I play
@ShankDrums
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, great tips, since switch doesn't have mass transit. These were very helpful
@baconchaney
3 жыл бұрын
That's a question, where would you typically put landfills? Would you still put them in industrial areas or out of the way altogether?
@Spido68_the_spectator
2 жыл бұрын
I remove landfills as soon as i can lol
@huskieboi458
2 жыл бұрын
Found this very helpful for a beginner like me. Thanks
@ReadyPlayerMovies
3 жыл бұрын
I've just started watching your channel through the 5 builders series with Biffa, czardus and the others...and I'm enjoying it so far. One question though, could you further elaborate what purpose the Collector road has? I'm really scratching my head over it.
@mrsmiley_1468
3 жыл бұрын
So that all of your local roads are not connected to your big arterial. With a whole lot of intersections on your arterial traffic will slow down.
@jwlothbrok
Жыл бұрын
this guys voice. So soothing!
@giggles0369
2 жыл бұрын
This is so coooool!!!! Thank you so much!! I love this game! Thank you for explanations and suggestions! Exposing why and why not to do something or best laid plans for types of zoning. All of it! Can't wait for more city planning information!!
@kylerector6082
3 жыл бұрын
Do you have a fuzzy number for the distance between Junctions for each of the hierarchies of roads?
@CityPlannerPlays
3 жыл бұрын
No specific number, since block sizes differ. I try to double the distance between access for each level I move up the hierarchy, though.
@DataumCats
3 жыл бұрын
Every 100-300 cells (the little boxes you see from zoning) for connections between arterial roads, depending on what your doing, and capacity of the roads your using. Local roads should connect to each other about as often as you like. Try and keep it in about 10 cell increments though (10, 20, 30...): that's what the game expects and if you deviate from it the zoning can do weird things. Local roads and collectors or local roads and arterials can connect fairly often. 10 to 30 cells is just fine. The issue there is rarely the number of connections but the type. Just make sure they're not producing traffic lights and that your local roads aren't generating or carrying a lot of traffic. Collectors should connect with each other rarely if at all. If you find collectors are intersecting a lot somewhere, you either have to many collectors, or at least one of your collectors should probably be an arterial road. Collectors should provide the shortest path from local to arterial roads, not get you to other collectors. Collectors should connect to arterials halfwayish between where the arterials do, but can be far more dense that gives a better road strucutre. Two collectors meeting the arterial 20 cells from each other can be just fine. Collectors connecting too close together is mostly just wasteful than disruptive: if that's happening a lot you've probably got collectors doing the job of local roads. You also ideally want collectors to end at arterials rather than go through them. Where that happens they can connect a lot more frequently since a T will be far less disruptive than one with cross traffic. That said, these roads aren't defined by how far apart they should be, but how much traffic they carry and how they get people around your city. Your cims decide that, not you. Ideally they agree with your design, but they don't have it. If you have a really busy commercial district you may find yourself needing a lot of collectors in a small area just to carry the traffic volume in and out. In a dense downtown core, especially if you've done something that will draw a lot of traffic from other parts of the city, you may want arterial roads 30 cells apart.
@enforcingtomb6148
3 жыл бұрын
Im a new player to this game and this was very helpful, Thank you. What map is this on ?
@snxw69420
2 жыл бұрын
I haven't downloaded the game yet, but I'm planning on downloading this really soon. Hope that these tutorials will help me when I play. I've saved a few of them already.
@g1ugiuc
2 жыл бұрын
I made a city a long time ago, it was called Los Vegas. In that city I linked a local road to the freeway. I lost that save without any chance of getting it back. Since then, I have a city called "In memory of Los Vegas :(", in this city I connected a local to a freeway too. I have very big traffic problems but it remembers me about the lost beloved city. R.I.P. Los Vegas.
@asterisk3281
3 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, I find myself upgrading collectors to arterials for lane mathematics, which I argue for simulation is more important. Dedicated turning lanes (thru TM:PE) works wonders with despawning off wherever people are trying to turn. With other tools like IMT and node controller you can get it so that only happens near the intersection, but sometimes its just easier to build it all the way thru but then adjust the speed limit. BTW, #3 can be simplified as "make sure industry areas are connected directly to a highway". BTW, #4 removes parking spaces. With TM:PE you can see buildings needing parking and it will occur more readily with more realistic parking enabled. There are assets on the workshop with parking-protected bike lanes and trees, for example. In vanilla isn't as necessary but you can still find people parking really far away or "looking for a parking spot"? when analyzing their routes and inspecting sim'd cars.
@thurqs1938
3 жыл бұрын
This testing city looks and functions better than any city I've built this far
@Jorge-tq1ch
2 жыл бұрын
I picked up all if these tips playing the game. good to know i think like the pros lol
@TnD_BigJax
3 жыл бұрын
Step one: Buy Mass Transit, Green Cities, and Sunset Harbor DLCs. Saves you time and money in-game on sewage, energy, and traffic management. Campus and Parklife are mostly money makers, but also add to the city in education and leisure, respectively. Unless you're RTGame and enjoy the suffering of others while listening to Country Roads, or you prefer a more immersive, "always prepared for anything" type of city, Natural Disasters is otherwise unnecessary.
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