Also a nice chat to fellow gamer Caz Finally I got back into Cities Skylines and work on Valhalla City. I even managed to lay my first bus lines to while the tram lines are still being built. So how did it go? Check out my most recent video: The first bus route for Valhalla … Continue reading Progress on Valhalla City Comes Along Nicely
We run the infrastructure AHEAD of the developments - not behind A Tweet about Melbourne failing Transit Orientated Developments annoyed me as I know Auckland is just as bad in doing such developments as well. This is why Japan it is normal and not a second thought is given in doing TOD's as standard. https://twitter.com/bloodiedwombat/status/1181722522800328704?s=20 … Continue reading Transit Orientated Developments and #CitiesSkylines – How Do I do TODs?
Let's see what I have been designing for San Layton City Since Cities Skylines came out in 2015 I have been honing in my Urban Geography and Urban Design skills. That is trying out different spatial developments, different urban design techniques and most of all working the transport system in so your City does … Continue reading Urban Design in #CitiesSkylines? Always! Urban Design and Transport (Integrated Planning) Evolving? I Hope So
Tad wet Just a quick update with San Layton City while I put together the San Layton Reserve post. Today we follow Bus Line 16 from the City Centre to new nature reserve at Garnet Hills. As the title said it was a bleak day (well night) but no matter as busses and monorail … Continue reading A Bleak Day in San Layton City #CitiesSkylines. Also Checking Out some Urban Design Up-close
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
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
San Solaria goes green The latest DLC for Cities Skylines came out earlier this week with the theme about being Green. From Paradox: Green Cities 1.9.0 Patch Notes 20 OCTOBER - THELETTERZ Good day to you all! Here are the patch notes for the 1.9 patch coming today along with the Green Cities Expansion! … Continue reading #CitiesSkylines Greens Cities Out. City Going Green
Commentary from a driver on Bus Line 17 and how the City evolves We get back in touch with the driver of the Bus Line 17 to see his photo essay of one of busiest lines in San Solaria. Since our last meeting there has been quite a bit of development in San Solaria … Continue reading Another Day on Bus Line 17 #CitiesSkylines
Slowly rolling out new features in Mass Transit DLC Last night I managed to get in a few serious hours of game play on Cities Skylines with the new Mass Transit DLC installed (and core mods updated). My initial reaction is mixed as the ferries do not yet work (game crashes out) and the … Continue reading BLIMPS! And a Bus-way (Finally)
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