Redesigning the Transit Network #CitiesSkylines Style. Lessons for Auckland

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 →

San Solaria Going Green Continues #CitiesSkylines

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 →

To 2018 with Ben’s #CitiesSkylines

Even San Solaria marks New Years New Years Eve was a quiet one in real life but was a noisy affair in San Solaria City. Coincidentally when I loaded the game up on New Years Eve it was also Sunday going over to Monday in the game as well. So why not mark it … Continue reading To 2018 with Ben’s #CitiesSkylines →

Lessons for Auckland Ctd – Proof is in the Pudding: From Motorway to a Place People Love. #CitiesSkylines

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 →

From the BIG DIG to New Urban Spaces. Stitching Up Two Urban Areas #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 →

BIG DIG – TRANSFORM SAN SOLARIA #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 →

#CitiesSkylines Night Shots an Art of Beauty

San Solaria at night Night shots of your Cities Skylines cities I find are a work of art and beauty. Just something about night time over a humming city that gives emphasis that your City is alive. San Solaria is a 24 hour city with activity always happening whether it be the industrial complexes, … Continue reading #CitiesSkylines Night Shots an Art of Beauty →

Set Phasers to Smite! #CitiesSkylines

Weather proves to be an ass Only one problem living in a California type environment, when the storms roll in they roll in! The recent storm is San Solarian City decided to cause all sorts of havoc for the City as these snaps would show: The resulting plantation fire kept the fleet of … Continue reading Set Phasers to Smite! #CitiesSkylines →

Amenities and Residential Development. What Goes Missing When Planning?

A question often asked A question often asked in the real world as well as Cities Skylines: How to upscale your residential area - that is how to trigger intensification or how to get a new residential area started. This is a crossover post with my Talking Southern Auckland blog on amenities and residential … Continue reading Amenities and Residential Development. What Goes Missing When Planning? →

Travelling Down the Subways #CitiesSkylines

Metro Overhaul Mod overhauls subway systems I will post an introduction to my latest city San Solaria in another post. In this post I will be showcasing what it is like being on a metro/subway train both above and below ground for the first time. This is thanks to the Metro Overhaul Mod for … Continue reading Travelling Down the Subways #CitiesSkylines →