Building a City from Scratch: An Introduction to Urban Planning Through Manukau Ranges. #CitiesSkylines2

From Blueprint to a Living Metropolis Have you ever wondered why your home is on one side of town and the factories are on the other? Or why the subway entrance is precisely on that corner? These are not accidents; they are the result of urban planning, a discipline of deliberate choices that shape our … Continue reading Building a City from Scratch: An Introduction to Urban Planning Through Manukau Ranges. #CitiesSkylines2

Strategic Review: Urban Planning and Development of Manukau Ranges #CitiesSkylines2

The Evolution of Manukau Ranges: A Planners Journey in Cities Skylines 2 1.0 Introduction and Review Mandate The development of Manukau Ranges presents a compelling case study in the disciplined application of transit-oriented development principles, from initial foundation to a mature, polycentric city of 200,000 residents. This strategic review provides a comprehensive analysis of the … Continue reading Strategic Review: Urban Planning and Development of Manukau Ranges #CitiesSkylines2

5 Surprising Lessons from Building a Megalopolis in Cities Skylines 2

Manukau Ranges: A Planners Sandbox indeed! Introduction: The Unpredictable Life of a Digital Mayor Every Cities: Skylines player knows the feeling. One moment, you’re admiring a perfectly zoned neighbourhood; the next, you’re staring at a hundred little icons screaming about a garbage crisis, a collapsed power grid, or a mysterious city-wide thirst for beverages. It’s … Continue reading 5 Surprising Lessons from Building a Megalopolis in Cities Skylines 2

Making Cycling Work for YOU and Your City | Part3 | #citiesskylines2

Time to embrace the brave world that is cycling by using the tools available Commuter, causal, tourism, on road, cycle lanes, separated bike paths, end-of-trip facilities, single seat trip, multi modal! All a big Planning Word Salad when you first look it, but all essential questions that inform how you will lay out your very … Continue reading Making Cycling Work for YOU and Your City | Part3 | #citiesskylines2

Cycling’s Brave New World | Part 2 | #citiesskylines2

Cycling powers your cities both old and new! What was taken for granted in #citiesskylines enters a brave new world in #citiesskylines2 . The brave new world of CYCLING! With cycling now an option in Cities Skylines 2 I will be retrofitting Manukau Ranges with this powerful transport mode. However, I will use my latest … Continue reading Cycling’s Brave New World | Part 2 | #citiesskylines2

Cycling’s Brave New World (in #CitiesSkylines2)

Bikes are here, and it is time to put them to work! A brave new world has come to Manukau Ranges, and all my future cities in Cities Skylines 2. That brave new world being all things cycling (and even scooters), and it is time to put them to work! But it will be no … Continue reading Cycling’s Brave New World (in #CitiesSkylines2)

Introducing Marsden Point with new DLC | Manukau Ranges Part 7.0 | #citiesskylines2

Bridges and Ports DLC gets a work out with functional port! I also prattle Urban Geography concepts The Bridges and Ports DLC (along with the patch) is out from ‪Colossal Order and it time to get port building in Manukau Ranges! However, I engage in a quick urban geography review as the new game simulation … Continue reading Introducing Marsden Point with new DLC | Manukau Ranges Part 7.0 | #citiesskylines2

CHANGE OF PLANS! | Manukau Ranges | #citiesskylines2

Bridges and Ports DLC = PUBLIC WORKS TIME! To be honest since when am I NOT doing public works and Manukau Ranges continues to grow, while urban renewal is equally needing to be done? BUT! With the Bridges and Ports DLC from Colossal Order out this week allowing for fully modular ports and inland ports, … Continue reading CHANGE OF PLANS! | Manukau Ranges | #citiesskylines2

Bikes Update for #citiesskylines2 | Also Multi-Modal Transit in Action

One of the transport's GOATS modes long missing from Cities Skylines' successor finally tp make its long-awaited debut! Cycling and cycle infrastructure, one of the GOAT's (Greatest Of All Time) in terms of moving people and goods around efficiently inside an urban area. Cycling shares that GOAT podium alongside rail and when the two work … Continue reading Bikes Update for #citiesskylines2 | Also Multi-Modal Transit in Action

Going Organic and Self Sufficient | Pacifica City | Part 5.1 | #citiesskylines 

You too can go green in Pacifica City! Time to extend the Papatoetoe - Transit Oriented Development via introducing the sub district of Papatoetoe West. What is so special about Papatoetoe West? The Organic Commercial, and Self-Sufficient Residential District Policies were enabled? WHAT? It means houses are eco-friendly, and commercial sell organic and/or sustainable goods. … Continue reading Going Organic and Self Sufficient | Pacifica City | Part 5.1 | #citiesskylines