Let's try Monorail We are all familiar The Simpsons and Monorail: There is even an essay on Monorails and Urban Geography: MONORAIL: A KEY URBAN LESSON FROM THE SIMPSONS. So last night I decided for the first time in Cities Skylines to build a monorail line from the City Centre to Thorton Park halfway … Continue reading Monorail! #CitiesSkylines
Testing out new features San Solaria recently reached its limits as the game as a vehicle agent limit of 15,000 to prevent the computer being overtaxed. This means your cities without a mod to break the limit mature out at around 300,000 to 500,000 as San Solaria did. I will keep going back to … Continue reading Introducing San Layton City A #CitiesSkylines New Creation
Could Cities Skylines transit network redesign offer hints for Auckland's poor accessibility to transit? Yesterday a paper was released by MRCageny on accessibility to transit and basically how Auckland's accessibility let alone equity to transit sucked. The paper can be found in the Tweet below and I'll write on this more extensively next month … Continue reading Redesigning the Transit Network #CitiesSkylines Style. Lessons for Auckland
New Green policy continues I speak Green in Twitter I follow Green on #CitiesSkylines. As shown in San Solaria Leads the Way in Low Carbon Future San Solaria gets 95% of its power from green sources while 1/3 of the Districts are 'Green' Districts and several more following E-cars for residents. The last week I have … Continue reading San Solaria Going Green Continues #CitiesSkylines
95% of power from clean sources - sodding incinerators hold up the rest Emissions free power or close to it. I talk about and advocate for it but do I lead by example within #CitiesSkylines? This graph is from San Solaria City on where its electricity comes from: If you wanted it in … Continue reading San Solaria Leads the Way in Low Carbon Future
Final Part of the Series (Part 6) in Lessons for Auckland In my ALL ABOARD. Light Rail Moving You Around. Lessons for Auckland post I had mentioned the two types of tram systems I run: Four new tram lines were built with two connecting to the wider city and two travelling within the area forming a … Continue reading Trans City vs Local District Transit. #CitiesSkylines Lessons for Auckland
Part Four - Moving Through the New Urban Form In Lessons for Auckland Ctd – Proof is in the Pudding: From Motorway to a Place People Love. #CitiesSkylines we see how the urban form established itself from what was a motorway to a new urban area mixed with residential and commerce. The question is how to move … Continue reading ALL ABOARD. Light Rail Moving You Around. Lessons for Auckland
Part Three - The Urban Form Established Where a motorway once was is now a thriving urban area that connects the City Centre up to the main urban area in San Solaria City. Putting down some side streets, a lane way or five, building the tram line and placing down some Government buildings marked … Continue reading Lessons for Auckland Ctd – Proof is in the Pudding: From Motorway to a Place People Love. #CitiesSkylines
Part Two - reconnect the urban areas A recap from Part One - Bury the Motorway: Motorways, great for moving cars and trucks but boy do they take up land and create large severance in the urban form. In San Solaria City the Great Solarian Coastal Motorway was a 6-lane highway that ran east-west … Continue reading From the BIG DIG to New Urban Spaces. Stitching Up Two Urban Areas #CitiesSkylines
Part one - bury the motorway Motorways, great for moving cars and trucks but boy do they take up land and create large severance in the urban form. In San Solaria City the Great Solarian Coastal Motorway was a 6-lane highway that ran east-west along the Solarian Coast connecting the city up to the … Continue reading BIG DIG – TRANSFORM SAN SOLARIA #CitiesSkylines
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