Cities: Skylines help wanted

StalePie42 · April 9

I recently started playing Cities: Skylines again and as the title suggests I need help. The city is by no means on the verge of collapse (that I know of) but I would like help making improvements. First of all ,average traffic flow I suppose 73%~74% is not too bad but I would like to fix some of the more congested areas as well as adding a more cohesive highway structure. Second, I would like to have some plan as to how I could allow for future expansion of the city. Third, I would like to make the whole thing look a little better. If an experienced city builder could help I would appreciate it.

manikyath · April 9

congestion is interesting to deal with, i make massive slipway intersections right trough the middle of my city and i still deal with congestion at certain key points. the way to reduce that problem is to have as long distance as possible between intersections on the busy roads, and to have no "single" entry point to a region, you want to spread the influx of highway cars across as many stoplighted intersections as possible.

as for expansion: making highway "ringroad" type structures between districts is my way to go.

i also prefer to expand towards a side that gets me something i want, usually something from this checklist:

- a water area where the wind/solar generators get me max power.

- a resource for industry (oil, for example)

- access to more highways for before mentioned ringroads

- access to rails for freight trains (this reduces the in/out truck traffic A LOT, which helps with before mentioned congestion)

as for making it pretty.. i'm not your guy, i *always* do grids. efficient cities are not pretty.

porina · April 9

Learn the quirks of traffic flow in the game. This is where you'll have to work the mechanics as opposed to keeping it realistic. One example is you generally don't want short distances between junctions, on both small and big roads.

I'd be tempted to put some road connections across the river. If I'm seeing it right, there's no way across without going all the way around? The metro helps a bit I guess. Check they have enough capacity and maybe consider more routes.

The cheap trick for making things look better: trees everywhere!