How Cargo Trains Cause AND Solve Traffic in Cities Skylines!

[@darthcalanil5333]

really appreciate the step-up in editing quality :D

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

I'll let my editor know, thankyou 👍😁

[@shirkit5798]

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines it has been noted, your channel is quite more enjoyable to watch

[@michaeld8304]

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines They're doing amazing, really fun to watch.

[@Arauge1981]

Its pretty impressive there are still trees on this map with all the fires.

[@frawa1530]

Hey Biffa. The Cargo Traffic is forced to stay in the right lane from the cargo station. And the right lane in the roundabout only goes right to the city. Before that, they left turned to drive to the autobahn. ;)

[@Michael-ln1sh]

maybe adapting the speed limits could even make it more "profitable" to use the highway -> less traffic trough your city

[@CouchPotator]

Exactly, he needs to move the transition node to after the spawn point so the trucks can actually choose a lane like he wanted

[@Nick-Emery]

Omg you're right, the node is past the point of the cargo entrance and they were mostly heading upto the highway before.

[@alienamzal477]

Biffa should see this

[@bruh666]

I'm screaming at my screen for him to notice lmao

[@GavHTFC]

Why does it always feel so long between these videos when in reality it's no more than a few days?

[@mattbaker3569]

It's the hype

[@bean_ctm724]

Yeah. Luckily they pop up at the top when I get off at 6 am cst

[@GuildedRose]

Literally!

[@Seriously_Unserious]

Because we're spending several days looking for the next one. When you're looking for something that isn't there, you notice the passage of time more then when you're not looking for it, and we're all eagerly looking for new episodes.

[@deadly_dave]

Because they are so awesome :)

[@TheStitchpanda]

Anyone else notice that his editing has been getting better with every vid?

[@bobbydavies3615]

Yeah

[@TheCreat]

So first we got: "Votes are in on which quare to unlock next, it was VERY close!" Quickly followed by: "this one got by far the most votes!"

[@FolgoreCZ]

First thing I noticed too.

[@PauxloE]

Maybe it was close between the second and third place?

[@lucasjames7524]

Kind of like how there will be massive residential demand and no commercial or industrial demand, and the next thing that goes up is a shopping or farming district lol

[@jamesfarrant]

Absolutely loving this city, I love how different it is because grids can be a little dull after a while. I've said this in a comment before, but Kapitea or Cuppatea could be a good name for a place or island because there is a island in New Zealand called Kapiti

[@TheOriginalBadger]

I suggested that several episodes back. Also Rangitoto Island -> Rangiteatea Island

[@wardy940]

I always try to build cities that aren't just grids but the larger it gets the more I start building roads like grids and it ends up looking like an American city.

[@wyntoniscringe]

or kuppatea

[@leprechaunsteve8930]

This community’s ability to come up with Tea related puns never fails to amaze me

[@MaxFX1984]

Hi Biffa! You're right about the "messing with the node" you mentioned at 33:38. And note to everybody who has the same experience: By increasing the corner offset of the node at 4:22, you've decreased the size of the roadsegment of the road where you later placed the traincrossing on. This in turn led to an even shorter roadsegment between the crossing and the adjusted node. Every time a truck enters that piece of road, it blocks the whole segment, giving traffic behind it a signal not to go until that piece of road is free of traffic again. This leads to the pauses you see at 33:12. But you've allready solved it by useing the junction restrictions tool.

[@MBeckers]

additionally, at 34:05 most traffic stops driving because he did not use the junction restrictions tool to allow vehicles to just drive through. When combined with more/better lane management the issue will mostly go away. His solution of just getting bigger roads does not solve the core of the issue.

[@autenmillion]

We want "No-problem Atoll"! The people have voted :)

[@alexpersson5692]

Omg that name is amazing!!!

[@23inator]

I'm a fan of San-tea-rini

[@bastilp3742]

10:18 "No goods to sell, that's not good!" I love these hidden jokes, keep it up, it's very entertaining.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

😁

[@22jcampb]

"That's no good..."

[@playerfoofafie6171]

Love the fact you picked some pointers from 5 city builders. Follow the routes with your water. And now making your own intersections.

[@christong2427]

Really enjoyed the junction road marking detailing you did this episode!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thanks 👍

[@withoutatrace52]

With just a few mods, like the intersection marking tool, the game really becomes incredibly detailed and satisfying to play.

[@dycedargselderbrother5353]

09:55 The Waste Processing Complex actually powers itself, though it is generally better not to have a split grid. 12:45 Due to the way pollution accumulates in this game, the Waste Transfer Stations are effectively pollution-free as long as the Waste Processing Complex isn't full. Noise pollution is actually the larger concern. 43:06 You're getting better with custom interchanges.

[@KefasLumbanbatu]

You don't know how excited i am everytime you upload

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

😁

[@peewypeabody4284]

New New Tealand episode begins, mountain range to the left looks recently burned to ashes. Yepp. Seems about right.

[@alexthyberg1675]

Biffa I messed up this map... Just passed 16k people and was building on the south island when I messed up the water level. So now the train tracks connecting the islands are flooded and people cant move between the areas. If I lower the level, its way to low and my pumping stations gets drained. It somehow seems like the water is stuck in the train tunnel, just east of the harbor you started building now.. CHAOS Everybody Fleeeeee

[@MegaDobieDog]

Spread the pumps out or make a deeper basin for them, that should fix it.

[@Kridafarr]

get the large water pump off the steam workshop and drain it, it would of happened across the other side of the water also, this happened to me, and this fixed it :)

[@danbuter]

Watching you play this game is more entertaining than most shows on TV.

[@TaterEklo]

If you use move it and hold ALT, you can select the node of the road to the ferry terminal (or any building for that matter) and move/remove the road.

[@psigh8161]

speaking for myself i do appreciate you using move it to get around that ferry connection issue, the only options were waiting to buy a whole new plot just to unlock that tiny corner, rebuilding or landscaping, that solution was very elegant and i for one approve

[@SirW1SE]

i like before watching, thats how much I trust Biffa to deliver great entertainment

[@MarioRivera27]

Yeah, me too

[@dopey23db]

Thank you for making the Saturdays even better Biffa!

[@CityPlannerPlays]

10:46 - You're getting as desensitized to the fires as I am - haha! 🔥🌴

[@QkeleQ10]

I am loving the transitions between cuts you used in this video! Keep up the great content, Biffa! :D

[@moddymadeye]

I've been playing city sims for about...18 years 🤯 Watching your videos have helped me to up my game. Thanks to you I've been able to, finally, keep a city growing and growing without getting down from 75% traffic; I'm currently in a city at 85k population and growing. My next goal is to make cities as pretty as yours 😊 Thanks, Biffa, for re-kindling my love for city sims.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Happy to help! :-)

[@saracease]

So happy to see more New Tealand content! The new intersection turned out really well. Watching you build always makes me want to play Cities: Skylines myself, so thanks for the inspiration. :)

[@SilverAnicore]

Forgive me for chuckling when you: - unlocked a new square to increase your population, and then decided it should be an industrial area. - saw all your shops in the western end of town were importing goods via truck, and then decided the solution was going to be a cargo train station at the literal opposite end of town. It's all good, you clearly know what you're doing, and I like the look of the expansion, particularly the new intersection / on-off-ramp you designed. ^^

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Lots of stuff is planned, but can't fit it all into 1 video. It'll all make sense eventually 😉

[@SilverAnicore]

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines Looking forward to it! :)

[@SapioiT]

30:34 You want the roundabouts to move faster than the roads connected to the roundabouts, to avoid vehicles queueing to use it. Ideally, you would want some tiny T-junctions instead, instead of roundabouts, to avoid slowing down the traffic even more (like you can see a few seconds later, in the video), though that would mean vehicles cannot turn back where they came from. The higher speed also helps offset some of the lost speed caused by slowing down to get into the roundabout. That's why I prefer turbo-interchange junctions instead, because they maximize the drive-through speed, even if they cost more. Higher node distances help with the speed through intersections.

[@AlexUrzica]

Lovely timing Biffa seeing as I’m currently redoing my entire cargo network in my city!

[@raistormrs]

Postal service is a big traffic creator you should try and keep the sorting facilities away from everything else i even tend to get them their own cargo stations/airports to get the post outside. You might want to treat the post sorting facility the way you treat a cargo train station cause once your city grows bigger it will get really busy there.

[@stevengalloway8052]

The way you handle the Street Marking Tool is making you a natural, Biffa! 😆

[@dlwatib]

@ 37:53 That second flyover bridge is a real eye-twitcher. You can definitely avoid the expense of that bridge, and make a nicer looking road network by connecting on the same side of the highway.

[@m05erili]

32:00. I think the ”No line change” lines you added at the exit from the train cargo causes everyone to turn right in the roundabout into the city. Before you added those a lot of trucks turned left.

[@frawa1530]

Same thought

[@jrg1352]

Absolutely love the little off ramp you did from the highway.

[@thatotherguy186]

ive been using Intersection Marking Tool for like a year, I had no idea you could move the dots............. mind blown, total game changer!

[@naerbo19]

Right! Excellent episode as always! The empty area where you deleted the industry can be3 an entertainment specialized businesses. To get the purple import down you'll need the general dirty industry. Farming industry don't count for that whether it's the DLC or the zoned version. To get MAX garbage processing numbers you'll need to look where you buy them. The large one don't only process 5000 a week. According to the wiki it processes 192 000 units of garbage. In the new city service industrial park you can place the water treatment plants as they don't care about ground pollution. Watch out for the post as that can get out of hand. There is an internet policy you can use to reduce the amount of mail. Great as always and I really appreciated that you moved the pillar in the highway when you built the new intersection. 😁

[@kinochdotcom]

That interchange looks more realistic than a workshop asset to me, great job

[@almedecilo6877]

you really should put fire hazard signs everywhere in this city :3

[@joeyginise6051]

The city is mostly known for the fact that, like Berk, the building are new while the people are old.

[@nicholasaquilino1928]

one of the nicest interchanges you have created I think! Your realism is really coming along! thank for the great video Biffa!!

[@wispiwispi1889]

You are producing zero generic goods. The industry you have placed is in an area set to farm only, I think.

[@heretolevitateme]

He needs to set up fishing industry/fish factory.

[@HeruKane]

Throw me fully in the camp that says it was absolutely fine to use the move it mod to bridge that tile gap. In real life I am pretty sure no company or city government EVER would go 'sorry, we can't move the mile through that water, better luck next time.' So yeah, its an arbitrary game mechanic that you used another game mechanic to fix and thus I am all for it. (Its the same with things like accidentally destroying a road or train in a non-owned tile - I am all for using mods to fix that.) Awesome episode. Love how things are developing.

[@BadgerStyler]

This map is looking really amazing. Half the joy of these videos is just seeing the nice landscape coming together

[@mircoferrara7871]

i agree with you on the last thing you've told.. "i prefer building intersection by my own" yasss it's more realistic in my opinion and i love it😍

[@BaldChimpanzee]

You sir are an Cities Skylines artist, all the cities, fixes and the way you design things, even the road itself is incredible, each time I watch your video I'm starting new city, because you've just teached me something new, luckily my current city is fresh enough so I can still make some modifications. Thx for your work Biffa!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thx, that's very kind 🤗

[@ruv1610]

Never clicked so quickly on a video!

[@tsram]

One thing I understood recently in industry traffic management is that you can have some warehouses with Industry Specialisation Goods (Farming in your case). They better be near the exit of your farming areas. Then the farming traffic will b constrained within the farming area, and the warehouse trucks will run around the city delivering things.

[@adambradley3674]

Loving the new editing, and loving this series! :)

[@meredithv3168]

Love the transitions in this one Biffa. Great work, and as always, it's improving. Now if only we could figure out your lefts and rights 😂 (27:50)

[@brittanyeastep4866]

I really like the on/off ramp you made this time. Don't forget that the fish factory makes goods, It's about time for fishing!

[@jessicaspencer1489]

Love this new series. I watch on my TV but it's not my KZbin account so I jump on my phone to like the vids! Haha.. 🤷‍♀️ gotta show the love to Biffa!

[@MontyBurns21]

Absolutely LOVE this series. New Tealand!!!

[@thecrowcook]

Biffa seeing a little bit of traffic : OH HELL NO! me with gridlock going all the way to maps edge: well at least i got the trash problem sorted

[@TL126]

Is it me or does it look like Hugo is forcing all the cargo to go into town at 32:30?

[@bencale3384]

No it ok as they can pick a lane when they join the roundabout

[@frawa1530]

@@bencale3384 no they can't. they are forced to stay in the right lane from the cargo station. and the right lane in the roundabout only goes right to the city.

[@heretolevitateme]

@@frawa1530 those lane connectors are for a node on the corner, not the roundabout.

[@fredwho]

I recently ordered my very own Biffa mug, and I can't wait to get it. Sipping tea from a Biffa mug, while watching Biffa is going to be great!😁 "Ooh, autosave. Quick sip of tea."

[@WandererRTF]

18:20 - you can get stuff (anything placed at waterfront) much better aligned with the quays if you select some normal 2-lane road (or gravel road), turn off the 'grid snapping' and then place a stretch of the road just next to the quay using the 'road guidelines snapping'. That way you can get the roads to run closer to the quay edge. And with the road next to the quay edge you can then snap buildings which comes with their own roads (harbors, ferry things etc) to that road - getting the buildings close and better aligned with quay edges too. Or alternatively just use MoveIt :).

[@MinneapolisRaven]

8:28 Nice woooosh! Biffa is getting good at this production quality thingy!

[@koenwieringa1904]

That little junction you built yourself looks fantastic!

[@empyrion8789]

Loving the junction detailing 👌 Also just realised no fires today! Success!

[@jessicameleon]

the interchange youve built in this episode is definitely something ive seen driving in america before, though i cant say for how it is in the uk or europe but in america the dotted lane divider lines are blank when merging into an off ramp instead of going the whole way to the side of the lane

[@peewypeabody4284]

19:30 ah! Screw that little corner. That's what mods are for! Totally fine that you did that.

[@TheCazadordelaluna]

32:30 The cars are forced to go on the top line and not the bottom line as you thought, and never change lanes on roundabout. going to the city: Love you vids Greetings from Argentina!

[@fancychocolatechips5409]

I’m so addicted to this series I look forward to it all week

[@Sky2042]

For the highway intersection added, I think it would make more sense to keep the two way on one side of the highway, and then have one way onramp, with a one way offramp not crossing the highway.

[@V0r4xiz]

Jesus Christ, man. Your video editing quality is just skyrocketing. One video more stunning than the last. And 100% entertaining, too. I love that you play C:S and wouldn't have it any other way but if you were to play something more mainstream, you'd sit at 3 mil subs easily with that skill and devotion. Not saying you should or that you're missing out. Quite the opposite. Just saying that your sub count is NOT indicative of the quality of your videos. But you probably know that by now :) Either way, I wanna thank you for the entertainment, the information, downright teaching me / us how to play this game, the inspiration and the quality time after work

[@kamil_ga]

Biffa, love New Tealand and thanks for this content! But when will be 5B1C?

[@danthiel8623]

All in good time my dude.

[@schooltechnology]

City Planner Plays just took his turn and Biffs’s turn is this coming week.

[@_araminta_]

Been a fan of this channel for years now. And I'm so sorry to say this, but Biffa has spoiled me for almost any other CS channel out there. Can't wait for his uploads.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

☺

[@bobblebardsley]

My thinking on using the Move-It mod to attach the ferry line is, you've done the same thing in the past when a highway connection was just outside city limits, and you would move it inside city limits, edit it, then ctrl-z it back to its previous position. I *suppose* the alternative if you really didn't want to cheat would be to terraform that little peninsula to create some clear water within city limits, because there's no sense buying that entire square just to connect a ferry line. But that would destroy a really pretty piece of landscape, so out of all the options, I really think you chose the best solution.

[@MrDarkwing78]

36:40 The issue with that roundabout is the feeder. You have it so they can turn right from either lane at the roundabout, but the next intersection has a right turn only lane too, so the traffic has to line up in the through lane till there then switch into the right lane at the last moment. Replace a couple of those right turn only lanes with right or through lanes and that will clear everything up there.

[@jaredlash5002]

I think that new area will be a good industry area. I'm a little confused, though, as to how adding an industry area is going to achieve the goal of growing population unless some things get rezoned as high density.

[@e1123581321345589144]

37:52 why the second bridge across the highway? you could have dragged it behind those shops to meet up with the road on the start of the first bridge. Or better yet, hook it directly in the road network at that nearby junction in the shopping area.

[@greatkinggames5356]

This is a great way to start a weekend. Thanks Biffa, also the city is looking good.

[@georgemaragos2378]

Hi Excellent stuff as always. I find one cargo terminal creates nightmare traffic, i am sure you are aware of this, but for first time viewers and players you will need 2 or 3 for a city this size, the others need to be close to industry and retail to minimize trucks spawning

[@stargazergirl22]

I love this series!! I downloaded the same map and it’s interesting to see how we’re building things differently!! Thank you!!

[@ewartbuilt660]

What map is it?

[@stargazergirl22]

@@ewartbuilt660 not sure what it’s called but he has a link to the map and assets in the description

[@noahreijnen7496]

Idea for the new district name: Chai DenseTea If you want more money and some ideas: - Make an highway interchange at the industry, so they can travel faster and the roads get lesser polluted (more land value) - Make new neighborhoods - Build some cargo stuff for selling and importing stuff - Make sure you putted the right policies in - Make a Cable Car line from Chai to Earl Grey - Put more Unique buildings in (more tourists and land value) I hope it helps!

[@jackadams2325]

u didn’t even watch haha good suggestions still

[@christhorne5167]

Love the small off/on ramps. I've only got the windows 10 edition and I make my own on/off ramps for my HWY. Its hard but rewarding

[@cartermcgowen]

That freeway junction looking very nice biffa!

[@Tearnofear]

Thx to you Biffa i did a complete rollback. Deleted all my old Cities, unsubed from the ~800 Workshopelements i had active on my last one and loaded those from New Tealand. Having ablast =) (i will load electric roads aswell, just dont like the way powerlines are implemented :-/ ) *edit* now that i think of it, i can still ad them as sceneryobjects :)

[@minecraftpc3036]

Always enjoy watching these for the relaxing voice and building.

[@martyburgess341]

35:51 I love that roundabout with the trams flowing with it! ❤️

[@robertotomas]

Biffa this episode “let’s make this Highway entrance ultra realistic with custom road markings “ also Biffa “let’s keep the pedestrian crossing right where the highway comes into the city” ...cims are going to die 😏 Also: “we need a garbage collection center thing.. where Can we put it? Ahh, there, a free spot on the oceanfront. Perfect”

[@JohnnyHughes1]

Wow.. Now you've done it Biffa.. I fired up Cities Skylines for the first time in months :)

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Enjoying 😉

[@nicholastopper9214]

Biffa, I've been watching your videos for some time now. Specially with the birth of my newest kiddo a few months back I've picked up my watching while taking care of the little in the wee hours of the morning (thankfully those nights are past!). I love your videos and the way you go about building and describing your actions (moooooving). I just watched you use that custom lines mods and had to applaud you for the great look and feel of that two road highway conversion to single road. BoXman3D

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Congratulations! :-)

[@NuclearDystopia]

trucks always stop at railroad crossings, at least here in the states. It's a safety thing. I didn't realize that they put that in the game, neat!

[@ScottKorin]

When it comes to trains, you really want dedicated intermodal networks. Instead of having your intracity trains going on your main right-of-way track, you should create a whole separate network for passenger service between stations as well as a separate network for cargo. Only connect to the outside main track when you want a station to receive trains from outside your map.

[@Fifhts]

I think it‘d be cool if you‘d turn the abandoned factory in the harbour into a clubbing/rave/party area. The industrial vibe would fit quite well imo!

[@LautaroQ2812]

Me, a dummy: Make a road, check waste facility how it fits. Correct road, done. Biffa, a mastermind of C:S: Move waste facility x 20k every time until it fits.

[@qrofeus7285]

About the cargo train terminal... The way you have set it up, the node comes directly in front of the output of the terminal... So all the cars will only go in one lane And because you have stopped them from switching lanes, they all go into the city You could either remove that node in front of the terminal output, i.e. have the single lane road continue till the next node, or just allow them to change their lane, so that they will take the newly available highway connection to enter the highway

[@leeblackadder3653]

I like how biffa shows himself eating his own words instantly as the intro to the video.

[@redmangc]

I will say at 19:13 its cool to use the move it mod to get a node to a place you own properly like that, i just think of it like you accidently deleted a road too far out of a city and need to rebuild it, but just dont do it to grab a railroad outside of your town pull it down then connect it to your own rail system. that just seems like its too much

[@Tchelow]

Great addition to the city. I hope they get another cargo station at the other side of the city

[@elise3455]

Loving the new industry area! (just give that train station a new place and some decoration later) Also the road markings are fantastic!

[@cheeki3reeki893]

Tram line isn't connected to main road, and nobody uses them.

[@sokonek1]

I wish they would fix the “conflict” when someone is trying to park and they cause all train and road traffic to stop

[@lachee3055]

Imma keep suggesting this name cause i love it: Van Teaman's Land for the HIghland District. You could also name the surrounding ocean the Teaman Sea, as a play of Tasman Sea.

[@bartvangils9442]

With the ferry pathway now connected, the ferry route can be expanded quite a bit!

[@LiqdPT]

Yup. He wanted to put in other ferry stops before that he couldn't. But now he can that they're connected

[@HerrRoehrich]

Pro tip for the marking tool: you can save junction patterns you tend to use a lot (highway exits/entries, lane mergers/dividers, etc.) as presets for future replication by clicking that little + symbol in the top bar. Because my OCD forced me to do lane mathematics and proper markings on every intersection on the map, that sure saved me a loooot of time :) This is such a great mod! This and TM:PE - how anyone can play this game without them is beyond my comprehension. :P

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

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[@mystic_galaxies9832]

I'm not sure you realized this, Biffa, but when you looked at the processing rates for the Waste Processing Complex versus the Waste Disposal Unit, you looked at the total operating capacity of the Waste Disposal Unit and the current amount that the Waste Processing Complex is operating at. The Waste Processing Complex actually operates at 192,000 units per week, compared with the Waste Disposal Unit's 48,000 a week. Just something that was bugging me :)

[@danielmwendwa791]

Thanks for making the video longer Really appreciate the extra content

[@alexmason2595]

Looking through the comments and now thinking about it I agree, this is a great series 👍

[@thefungalaxy2413]

when biffa said shipping in good i wasn't paying attention and thought that he swore!!! LOL.