Fantastic Ferries Decrease Traffic & Increase Revenue in Cities Skylines!

[@joostvanneerven8850]

The tram is expensive; and the Teawis cant use it because the tramroad has almost no connections to the main road (like with the hearses) - so an opportunity to fix! :)

[@jamesfarrant]

Kapitea would be a good place or island name since Kapiti is an island in New Zealand

[@MackerelCat]

Or even Cuppatea ☕️

[@cinamontoast2555]

@@MackerelCat kuppitea

[@Adam-qs5ir]

Good idea

[@Richnessdiosa]

That spelling is perfect

[@thecoobs8820]

Not sure if he was thinking about New Zealand when he named this city

[@anonymousperson26223]

5:39 "It's my city!" _Slams cup of tea on desk_

[@tvdinner1986]

Biffa be all like: "This roundabout, I like it! ...Another!" **Smashes Cup**

[@Seriously_Unserious]

No, no, no, that's all wrong, Biffa will NEVER, EVER, EVER slam a cup of tea down, the tea would slosh and he could never forgive himself for wasting even a drop of his precious tea. Just hear how happy is is every time he takes a sip! He's so happy the recording software picks up on it and includes it in the videos and it becomes impossible to watch his videos past a tea sip part without beaming with happiness! 😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@TheGamingChefOG]

I've come back for two days now to click this time stamp. It makes me laugh ever since 🤣

[@Seriously_Unserious]

@@TheGamingChefOG "THIS IS NEW TEALAND!!!!!"

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

@@Seriously_Unserious he said he smashed the cup, not that it was full of tea SuperVinlin

[@MrGilidry]

At 6:45 - Biffa: "You know what we could have, in the middle here?" - Me: "ROCKS!!!" - Biffa: "A duck pond!" - Me: *frowny face* "Oh... yeah, that too..."

[@kayasia8916]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@affanmohammad5220]

Biffa, think there's a problem with the tram line. Hardly anyone is using it. I suspect the stops might not be accessible for pedestrians.

[@jakubesko1627]

Yes, he didnt put sidewalk inbetween road and tram road, so citizens cant actually reach it, due to game mechanisms (They won't go from one road to another one, even if they are totally close and even when their sidewalks joined, but you need to put another sidewalk network between them...)

[@larkendelvie]

Biffa - you're on an awesome water map, you're having budget problems --- why are you not fishing?

[@JustaGuy_Gaming]

In my experience the fishing industry is hard to make profitable. All fish types sell for the same amount and all you can do with it is sell it at a fish market or can it in a factory. For the amount of workers that go int it, I don't generally see a good return. I usually just put fishing boats in my cities because they look good.

[@larkendelvie]

@@JustaGuy_Gaming I find that the Fishing boats work great for me when I have high unemployment. What is the real money maker though is the Fish Farms (with the added bonus that you don't have to fiddle with the routes). The other big help is that it is much less polluting than the basic industry stuff and the factory produces commercial goods, which reduces your importing.

[@JustaGuy_Gaming]

@@larkendelvie Honestly I usually just put down one algae farm and one fishing boat so I can click the Dolphin safe policy to make people happy and the better filtration one. All they do is reduce your fishing production, which doesn't matter too much if you barley have any and make a lot of people happy.

[@TheScorpioProject333]

Turn the highland island into a high density residential fishing town one under ground tunnel or bridge leading to it

[@mutestingray]

😧

[@asbestinuS]

If you ever run out of space, you can always just remove a bit of mountain you know ;) Also, what I wanted to say for a few episodes now: I don't think your tram line is connected enough to the road beside it. As far as I know, the cims can not cross roads which are beside each other without an intersection. So if I saw it correctly, your cims are only able to jump on the tram where you put that dirt road to the cementery. So you have to put in more crossings or put a little pedestrian road between the two roads. But as you said, "it's my city!" so do as you please and keep the episodes coming, thank you! :)

[@gamingwithblueberry4638]

@@mr_frible3061 it's cims. Cities skylines simulated citizens.

[@Atherax]

@@gamingwithblueberry4638 no it's teawis

[@Skystalker23]

That shouldn´t be a problem. The edge of the tram tracks count as sidewalks and can connect to the ones from streets afaik.

[@royvandermarel3953]

@@Skystalker23 It should work that way. But judging by its amount of users, I feel it doesn't. A little review of the connections wouldn't hurt.

[@alohatigers1199]

@@gamingwithblueberry4638 It’s CITIZENS. Refer to the agents in the game as your citizens.

[@covishen]

At ~23:00 where you were working on the ferries. You might try running a line up to the city limits and using the move it mod to drag it through to the other side. I've been able to do that with roads and walking paths. I haven't tried it with ferry paths but it might be worth a try to see what happens.

[@whooshboosh]

Good idea! If that doesn't work, the Cross the Line mod should work too

[@zombiefacesupreme]

This does work! I've done it before.

[@MarkVanReeth]

I had the exact same idea and came to the comments to suggest this.

[@trixilux]

Yup! That works, done it before (and commented it too 😊)

[@osets2117]

He probably doesn't want to cheat it, earlier in the build he could've done the same thing and chose not to

[@ashullu]

suggestion: i think cable cars would work wonderfully in this city going through the mountains!

[@royvandermarel3953]

That is an awesome suggestion. All along I was thinking to add a tunnel through the center of those mountains, to connect one end to another. But this idea would be waaaay nicer. Might add some stops near the summits and turn it into a park area

[@lucasjames7524]

You should terraform the point of that peninsula to squeeze a tiny ferry lane right along the edge of what you own! It wouldn't be that much movement of land, and you'd be able to link the rest of the city up without having to waste your next square on a pile of water.

[@thebestspork]

Or just use a canal. Good idea!

[@eugentomas1922]

@@thebestspork 0ggg

[@kaltaron1284]

@@thebestspork I canal would probably look a bit too unnatural. Fiddling with the coast line a bit might yield a smoother result.

[@andrewspielman1921]

I was literally screaming that at my phone when Biffa was working on the lines.

[@philr5523]

Was going to suggest this, making sure someone didn't beat me to it. Great Idea

[@ahmadelsaegh282]

Maybe you can add some spotted small residential zones up in the mountain to beef up your population and perhaps have a nice attraction. You can do that with cable cars and a wiggly mountain road.

[@Seriously_Unserious]

Being a resident of BC, I'm VERY familiar with those winding mountain roads, we've got them EVERYWHERE!

[@trixilux]

You can use the Moveit Mod to extend your ferry pathway through that corner square. Grab the end of the node on the pathway and drag it through. It's a massive shame to spend the new square for that island

[@drsoups]

Yes

[@ashleyherkie]

The island should be a sanctuary/zoo!

[@eskreskao]

Is it large enough though?

[@ashleyherkie]

@@eskreskao I think so! Biffa will make it work 💪🏼

[@StaK_1980]

Name it Jurassic Park, then ... :D

[@peperoni3140]

Careful when placing trees in your farming area, it sometimes converts fertile land to forestry, stopping some buildings from growing crops UPDATE: this was an old bug, so plant away!

[@kaltaron1284]

Can't land be both?

[@peperoni3140]

@@kaltaron1284 they can, until you place industrial areas that rely on the soil... farming relies on fertile land, but when you place trees on fertile land, they turn to forestry and some farm buildings wont function properly. It depends on tree density and proximity to buildings, the industry overlay is useful here

[@kaltaron1284]

@@peperoni3140 So, if you have placed a farm it should remain fine but placing a tree might remove the farmland status and make the terrain inferile for future farms? Sounds a bit convoluted and strange but also exactly the thing that can happen in a computer game. Let's hope Biffa doesn't try to replace those decorative trees with more farms then.

[@peperoni3140]

@@kaltaron1284 that happened to me, yes. I tried to detail my farming area with some trees, and buildings began to say they didnt have enough raw materials.

[@kaltaron1284]

@UCAeq-15ubnPcydW0ToZGutw Is that a general rule? Any space can only be good for one type of industry? Sounds a bit arbitrary. But might make things easier for the game.

[@TheGamingChefOG]

Biffa randomly adds Mooooove to the video. I hope he laughed about it during editing just as much as I did watching it! ❤️

[@CarinaCoffee]

The Neptune Media Store... as a German I had to chuckle a bit at that one. One of our big electronics chains is called "Saturn" you see.

[@faizg8324]

You can see where they got the name from

[@Seriously_Unserious]

LOL, my business coach is named Odin! These Gods of the ancient world are STILL everywhere! 😄😄

[@andersjamtfallhusby3208]

I'm dying😂🤣 the sheeps match the music, best mix ever😂 12:35

[@gluk134]

Went into comments to see if anyone else noticed! 🤣

[@redmangc]

I think the most important thing for your next square isnt where it is so much, whether you put it north or on the island, its making sure you have high rises on it. You got tons of areas with no High Rises and while it looks great it limits your population.

[@xarzneimittel8220]

It's all about the looks tho

[@CRemy-pk1fh]

@@xarzneimittel8220 No, functions over looks. No point having a beautiful city while having a shitty traffic.

[@abubzlife8733]

So he should build high density, and make them all historical. Then you get population with no high rises. Problem solved.

[@andrewspielman1921]

In reality, city does not have very many high rises though.

[@ashleyherkie]

Name suggestions: Deja-Brew ArborTEAtum (instead of arboretum) Matcha Memorial STEEP Hill TwistTEA Trees (for the forestry area)

[@imoreno9]

TwisTea Trees HAHAHA XD LOL

[@acps110]

You’ve got quite a bit of space on the mountain sides and mountain tops for some more high-rise residential. Build some 4 lane switchback roads up from the highway, and in between each, put some high-rise residential. You can double the population with the tiles you have by utilizing this method. The view from a tower on top of the mountain would be spectacular!

[@tyronepowers76]

Biffa is loving the grids this time. For the money issue, i always use the “Biffa dirt road” hack when i start the city now. Save that money!!

[@colebyholtswarth5012]

Biffa is the only channel where the comments are very respectful and helpful rather than demeaning and rude like normal.

[@osets2117]

Depends on the KZbinr honestly, respectful and courteous ones tend to have respectful subscribers

[@wyomingcowboy2378]

Real traffic laws: You aren't allowed to change lanes in intersections. Biffa traffic laws: You're ONLY allowed to change lanes in intersections.

[@Stant123]

To be fair though, in real life, traffic changes lanes in the segments not the nodes, and in the game, traffic changes at the nodes not the segments. So not really a Biffa traffic law as much as it is a colossal order traffic law as they programmed it that way.

[@alohatigers1199]

@@Stant123 You mean PARADOX developers. They are a development studio of Colossal Order, which they are the PUBLISHER. Colossal Order is a BRAND name. Like EA, they PUBLISH games. You mean EA sports, they are the development team under the BRAND name EA.

[@marrs3312]

@@alohatigers1199 Other way about - Colossal Order is the Developer, Paradox is the Publisher

[@Jacob-yg7lz]

@@Stant123 Plus car accidents aren't a thing in cities skylines too.

[@anonymousperson26223]

@@alohatigers1199 confidently incorrect

[@joshw9424]

How NOT to manage your city with Biffa: Set your education to 60% and forget about it

[@osets2117]

Oops lol

[@JustaGuy_Gaming]

To be fair it's not a horribly plan. If you can put down two schools at half cost it has better coverage for making nearby houses happy than one at 100%.

[@joshw9424]

@@JustaGuy_Gaming No! I'm sorry, but there is no reason ever to set your Education to 60%. Education is the most important of all services, plus it has a huge effect on land values. Biffa's land values (and tax revenue) would go up if he increased his Education budget (and he probably also would not have needed to place like five elementary schools in this episode)

[@stubby83]

Hey Biffa, you should separate the bus lines into 2 types, local and inter...district ?? The Universitea Line is super long. Make a separate line for Chestnut Hills and less stops on the Universitea line, 1 at the uni, 1 in north chestnut hills, 1 at the bus hub etc. The Chestnut Hills Teawi's will use the local line and it will make a quicker journey for the Teawi's from the other area's. Oh and remove the zoning on the ring road (its too big to be a roundabout) so you can put more zoning on the surrounding roads.

[@karnematch]

"let's make a little duck pond" digs a km downward

[@kigut7443]

the ducks need to dive VERY deep to get those pond weed!

[@SilverAnicore]

You made a great choice using this particular map to keep things fresh! The islands, the limited space per square due to the mountains, and the general fact that everything is stretched out more, all pose new challenges that make this build different from your previous cities. ^^

[@justmatthere4791]

If any city is gonna have a park in the roundabout, it's gonna be a Biffas city! Ahah

In Paris, I know there's a parc in the middle of a rondabout in Place d'Italie.

[@simongeard4824]

Once big enough to put a park in the middle, it's not really a roundabout anymore... just a circular one-way system.

[@ryanrippstein]

You could do a canal to get the ferry through that land section of the map corner where you’re blocked!

[@DanRichardIsdahlEngh]

My thought exactly! A canal would look awesome.

[@romulobarretofernandes8545]

Hey Biffa, your educational budget is too low. Love your videos, man! It's very inspiring to work on my cities

[@BenjaminVolk]

He already has noticed that. He put in a text at ~16:30

[@romulobarretofernandes8545]

@@BenjaminVolk Oh yeah... that's true, it blinked there and I might have missed it. Thanks

[@ashleyherkie]

When you build the university the name should be “Chamomile CommuniTEA College”

[@jrm78]

You could finally build the Timber industry that you marked out several episodes ago to help grow your treasury.

[@5thPlatoon]

"Put in a park to make them forget about how bad that area really is" - hahaha this bloke was born to be PM

[@JustaGuy_Gaming]

Nothing like a Dog park to make you forget about the radioactive fall out. So what if your dog has 5 legs?

[@bluey8110]

All the extra green space is environmen-tea-ly friendly!

[@pauloseibert]

After so much time playing CS and always wondering how budget really works I finally went to the wiki and that clarified everything. Hope this helps: "At 50%, services will operate at only 25% effect, and at 150%, services will operate at 125% effect. In general, services should be running as close to 100% as possible." ... and this one is really a good tip: " Increasing the Fire budget to 101% will grant an extra fire truck at each station, and an extra helicopter at the Fire Helicopter Depot" Great VIdeos as always Biffa, keep up the good work, the city is getting awesome!

[@maidenminnesota1]

The Chestnut Hills roundabout could be made into a park, like you said, then call it "Saucer Circle".

[@davidofford6971]

I came to this video straight after watching Target's premiere! Two great CS episodes back to back - what a treat!

[@GamerBadger82]

The university is crying out for a an express metro, with 1 stop per region === Upade: love the ferry ⛴️ :)

[@n.gravey3735]

Do a Dubai! Reclaim some land from the sea to build a high-density residential grid on

[@jeffgibbon2531]

To increase population: I vote that you have the mainland of New Tealand be high density, and then develop the various islands to be self-sustained buildings with entertainment themes. With this, you can buy the square to connect the ferry line.

[@alohatigers1199]

OR maybe create a mod that can enable citizens who live in low res (think of it as a single family house like a house in a suburbs) to repopulate like real life. The game mechanics just let a family of 4 to move in. But once the teen becomes a young adult, he should be able to form a relationship with other young adult to repopulate 1 kid and then another.

[@tobybrown3045]

Buy the bottom right square for the segment of the new island! The high density will look really cool and a nice change to the low density on the main island :)

[@clickclkboom]

Change that hotel to "Hotel California"....you can check in but never leave...

[@kaltaron1284]

Wouldn't it be better to use the train for connecting the parts of your city instead of a bus and then shuttly people from the train station to the university? Via Monorail loop or busses? I had a few suggestions on the previous video, guess some don't matter anymore: A few suggestions: - put pedestrian tunnels under your roundabout/park and let the entrence come up about in the middle. Should look interesting and you can't just farm people cutting through. ;) > I like what you did, maybe another time for the tunnels. - a ferry connection starts to look really promising > Kinda surprised that you can't connect unless you own the tiles for the route but I guess it makes sense. As others have suggested, maybe move the coast line or build a canal? You also have the train as an alternative. - yes to a monorail going around the outside of the area > Waiting for it. - if you connect the areas by train (and I think you should), do you think you need to future-proof it by separating cargo and passenger lines? > Your traffic seems to be still low, and your lines will probably be quite linear, so maybe no separation is needed? - You have a really nice spot of sandy beach for a small park area. > It still exists so maybe next time.

[@Seriously_Unserious]

One thing I'm noticing with the University line is the way it's currently set up, anyone on the right hand (outbound) side, has to go all the way out and around several districts before finally arriving at the University. That's going to make their trip time very long and probably discourages them from even bothering with the busses at all. You might want to consider doing an interchange just outside of that region and have that line just do a short circuit around that one area and have other feeder lines connect with the rest of your existing lines to bring people in from other parts of the city, so the locals don't have to go on a scenic tour of the city every day just to commute to work/school, but other can still get access to the university via the feeder lines and transferring to the University line. I usually set up my mass transit routes to follow the main roads and connect with other routes that follow other main roads and ridership tends to be very high across most of the network and the people do transfer between routes very readily.

[@alexmason2595]

You have such a great cost effective schooling system to the point where your playground is the parking lot! 16:55 Also a suggestion for your population and the dilemma of what square you should buy, I think it would be better buying the northern square and expand of from what you already have instead of the south-eastern square, if you build down there a bridge would look weird/bad and a fiery won’t cut it as the can only Carrie over people not goods and services. Economically and aesthetically it’s better to take the northern most option is better. (But this is my opinion of my understanding so I can be wrong)

[@CakeboyRiP]

That last minute milestone was amazing! I would go for the island tile to unlock first as long as the highway is connected. It would bring some amazing scenery and skylines

[@lucian5194]

I have the same map and I wanted to follow you along , but I just couldn't wait :D , at this point I built an area for citizens on the right side, where that highway is in the corner, and I bought the tile with the small island in the middle and made a small beach residential area, with a beach district style. Now I'm at 35k citizens and over 3 billion currency

[@CallmeKenneth-tb1zb]

FYI I realise this is an old video so you might know this by now, but on the off chance you or someone else reads this, you _can_ put a ferry or fishing line through a tile that you don't own, _if_ you use Move It. Simply draw a line close to the out of bounds, then use Move it to drag the line across into the owned tile on the other side. Ferries will cross but the camera won't.

[@jpsg1801]

I think the surroundings of the "Park-about" needs some detailing, it feels a bit empty. Name suggestion for the "Park-about": Lipton Gardens

[@Orion-or7ck]

I really like the idea of a high-rise city on the big island in the bottom right corner square you could buy opposite the green tea farms

[@workingclassk9]

What makes me happy, Biffa uploads, CPP uploads... any uploads from my favourite subs. Love this map. Lots of restrictions to force smaller suburbs as well as great places to do something interesting. playing this map, going towards the port will give you heaps of zoning space and make you heaps of money.

[@mukhilchandran.c9208]

in that little island you could place where the Eden project unique building placed . it would be a government funded project to discover clean energy (like in spider man 2) it is placed there to protect the teawies if something bad is supposed to happen

[@FizpzPlays]

8:11 This made me so happy that you pointed it out. Cause I was so afraid you just made the park and forget about allowing people to get to it lol

[@CarinaCoffee]

I agree, the next square should be the one you pointed out next to where we started. It gives us the most use to grow. If you think you can make it up to 15k with the island you pointed out afterwards you could go for that as well, even put ferries that side of the map, but I think buying a square with less water is definitely what needs to happen unless you want to terraform the map.

[@heretolevitateme]

Biffa, one "secret" game mechanic is that the more profit you reap from special zones (Parklife parks, Industries DLC zones, Unique factories, Campus DLC universities) the less income you'll generate from your general taxation (it silently lowers as a sort of balancing mechanism). So build some 5* areas if you really need income and the self-sufficent buildings won't be as much of a bother--that 30% will come out of a much smaller portion of the pie. And if you need students in your university, you should use the Education Boost policy.

[@dlwatib]

I've noticed that if you keep a large balance in your bank account the game lowers your income. Spend it as you earn it and it lets you earn more.

[@mgunter]

Highlander was filmed in New Zealand. So you could have Highland Cows, but they're can be only one.

[@aquakroot]

public transportation really gets me goin. hubs on hubs on hubs

[@andrewspielman1921]

If you make a canal or adjust the terrain, you can have a ferry pass around the corner so you won’t have to buy the next square.

[@toddabbott781]

I find it MUCH better to just try and balance the farms and such to the manufacturing (flour mills, bakeries...) as they all have small internal warehouses. I rarely use warehouses as they just increase traffic, costs money, and takes up a lot of space. They ONLY time I use warehouses is if one or more of the goods are not made in the area. So if you need say glass, paper, and animal products for something I might put a factory in the farming area and have small warehouses for the paper and glass right next to the factory as those supply trucks are not as regular. Also to manage traffic I focus heavily of subways and crosswalks in high traffic areas. I keep ticket prices down in parks because that helps them grow faster as it is based on people visiting and not income. After the park is maxed out I raise the ticket prices. I also try to have a strong railway system only for goods that connect to the harbor and run between manufacturing and commercial areas. I do like the inner city busses for bringing people into the city because I do not use trains for people transportation. I put a subway right next to it. Also I try to have train depos and harbors and airports on highways... with only one way roads coming in and out. I try to avoid tunnels if I can. I also like to have a small low density residential with some low density commercial near the industrial zones and put no high school in the area to make sure you have the low education workers they need.

[@rayhughes]

You, and a couple of other KZbinrs are keeping this simulation/game alive for me - Thanks Biffa!!

[@williamgarry2635]

Build out your forestry area and add some fishing to bring in more revenue!

[@h2o742]

Biffa, I think you should buy a square north of the starting area. You need a square that would give you the most land to grow your city. Don't buy the square to fix the ferry route problem. You have a couple of other ways to solve that. Either by "sinking" a bit of land to give you a water route or by using the "cross the line" mod.

[@Warren_L.]

Just a thought -- I think there's a mod that lets you build outside your current borders, so perhaps you could run the ferry lines? Or, maybe create a small canal right at the corner to allow ferries to get through?

[@joshsw1m]

If you look at the square selections the island is probably the best option. You could add in Ferry stops over but also it has a nice highway access smack in the middle to handle the traffic. I've been working on those islands and they are quite fun and those interchanges are quite unique along that highway.

[@SydneyPorkchop]

Listening to the sheep scream along with the trance-y music is a new auditory high for me!! **chef's kiss**

[@asenseofyarning5614]

Those farming industry upgrades are cute. You're moving on to greener tea pastures!

[@mike8040]

Hey biffa, i think, you should go bottom right onto 'Long Island (iced tea)' ! The connections are in place and you can make a kiling from ferry stops. Would be a good tourist area.. looks good anyway, cheers for the content!!

[@tylerm.9408]

Parks inside roundabouts is common in Washington DC, we hang out in them all the time! Lovely places.

[@JackKelly96]

A tip on the ferry issue with getting through the tile you haven't bought - the move it mod can drag the ferry line through to the next square which you do own, and you can carry the line on from there.

[@chiefkeefgaming2005]

Biffa you should make a highway entrance and exit to the industry area because if the trucks go through the residential they cause noise pollution and even more as you upgrade it and also ban heavy traffic between the residential and industry to stop them using it.

[@hannessteen7699]

I'd love it if you made the tram more of a light rail system. You should really upgrade the coast road to a tram line I think It would look absolutely fantastic. And it would help with connecting your city. Oh and call it something like "the green tea line" really loving the new map btw👍

[@dlwatib]

Trams along a coast should be avoided in favor of cable cars. Much less impact on a sensitive natural environment.

[@th3_li0nk1ng_pt2]

The best cities skylines builder and tea drinker and traffic fixer!

[@neonrex8306]

Hey Biffa! Not sure if the train lines connect to one another that are behind each of your districts, could these maybe be utilized to get people back and forth if they do? Love the videos and New Tealand Series!

[@hotwaterishot]

Even though you can't connect the ferries from one side of the city to another, it still might be a good idea to create a separate ferry line on the other side and then connect them when you get that square later. Also, I like the idea of the island being a nature reserve. Another side note, it might be cool to make that whole mountain range a nature reserve!

[@bobblebardsley]

Would be cool to terrace one of the mountain sides, maybe in the area near the wind turbine, and have a few rows of high-density housing at different levels. That would be a great opportunity to add the cable cars everyone's been asking for, too, and would 'create' some flat land for building rather than squeezing into the space you already have available.

[@Styrestian]

I hope the ferry lines will and up in a circle, I really hate the boats turning around like they do now. . Springberry hill(or something else) sounds like a nice little district somewhere. Looking forward to the next episode 😊

[@gamingwithblueberry4638]

Biffa, for the Ferry stations you should use the Touch it! Mod to unlock the road and make it consistent with the other roads around it.

[@GabrielMartin92]

Biffa, if the traffic in the roundabout becomes too much with the ped crossings, you could changed all 4 crosswalk lights to one joined timed traffic light so that everyone stops at once and continues on at once.

[@Kuznia_]

You should buy the one on the bottom right. You'd be able to connect it to the "Highland District in the middle and bridge or tunnel to the other island.Keep up the content dud! Stay safe

[@kashimokid]

I say you go across to the long island with the open land. You can build a good entertainment district on the inland bay, some good housing and "downtown" commercial zone, a port on the open seaside along with fishing. Looks like there is also space for farming on that island. When you get to building an airport, build an artificial island in the bay like Hong Kong or Kansai or Nagoya international between the tip of the long island and Green Tea park so you can really control the traffic and land use. It could have tunnel train and auto access to the mainland, long island, and highland district along with ferries. Essentially a "Hong Kong" inspired layout.

[@clairwerk]

Get better soon, dear Biffa! And congratulations on YOUR big city

[@bcukdannage]

Definitely suggest the tile past the farm. The other island will be cool, but hitting that big flat area in the middle can hook up transport to all your existing networks, so you won't need to create new mass transit links. And word of warning, if you keep knocking down houses, I think City Planner Plays might come and set another Verde Beach fire in New Tealand. :) ... I like to think Verde beach is on the other side of the water, and they keep sending fire imps over...

[@wavesAndBerms]

Your schools have almost no coverage. You need to increase school funding. Then, you won't need so many schools, and have to work so hard to get students to attend them.

[@alohatigers1199]

That’s dumb if you think about it. You increase fundings means you increase the range? In real life, that’s not how that works. If there is a bus line, you should be able to walk to the bus stop, thus go to school EASIER if your house is far away. That’s what I expect the game mechanics to be. The bus stop should be a connector, like the large tower power lines connecting one source of power on one side of the city to other side of the city.

[@wavesAndBerms]

I’m not exactly sure of the exact mechanism; I just happened to notice something funny when he was placing a school. As I understand it, when you place a school, the roads turn green near the school to show the coverage of the school. I noticed that when Biffa placed a school, only the streets within a couple of blocks or so turned green. It seemed like he has having to place way too more schools in a small neighborhood than I’ve found necessary. When he went to the budget panel, I noticed that the school funding was turned way down. So, I’m not sure whether school funding affects the coverage area, or just the number of students that schools can educate. I hope he takes a look at this, because it would confirm my understanding of it.

[@Izzy.occhi16]

Gotta say thank you Biffa. Finally I'm playing some Cities Skylines, and my traffic is soooooo smooth thanks to you.

[@MarkVanReeth]

You should extend your tram line all along the coast by tunnelling under the rocks. Mobility is very important since the city is so stretched out. When you do this, make sure that the Teawis can access it, it seems your current tram line has some problems.

[@viniciusrodrigues1689]

Hey biffa, I already finished my city on this map, yours is looking far better already. About epanding your area on the next episode, I recommend going fo the one bit on the side of your farm, it gives you lots of space for both more industry and houses and easier traffic management of imports and exports with the train line and the highway

[@Tchelow]

Nice way to finish the episode ☺️ If you want to work around the issue to connect your ferry, you could use move it to bypass the area you don't own.

[@johnshutich5177]

With the water in the middle of your park you now have the ability to place the fishing pier from the park. That pier is one of the best building to up the desirability.

[@tigletpiglet]

Another fab video. Thanks Biffa, one of the reasons I love Saturdays, a Biffa video 😀

[@ramonabalog412]

You could maybe change some of the low-rise residential to high rise? But as much as I'd want that ferry line continuing, you should definitely buy that square above the farming industry. You can still create a ferry line on the 'other side' and connect it up later, when you bought that bottom square. In the meantime, they have their feet, bikes, cars, buses and trams available to link the two ferry lines. :D

[@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 - Make a Campus for students - Put more Unique buildings in (more tourists and land value) - MAKE THE TRAIN DRIVING AGAINST THE NEW DISTRICT I hope it helps!

[@milktar2182]

Ah the portal reference (the cake is not a lie) haha

[@patricksilva94]

It made me smile 😂

[@adrielvenne985]

Amazing final timelapse at the end there! Truly. Very Zen.

[@catofclysm5924]

I had kind of a nerdy/pop culture idea for that big island. If you put an amusement park or zoo there you could name it Tearassic Park as a nod to Jurassic Park

[@MsEgwene]

Without buying another square you can have the ferry on the other side of the little area where you can't draw a ferry line, connect areas on that side (like residential areas and the farm area), and then have a bus route over that fun mountain pass at the coast just run back and forth between ferries on both sides until a ferry can take over the connection later.

[@faizg8324]

I often build parks in my bigger roundabouts, although it’s a bit noisy on the outer section of the park!

[@groningenparanormaal3642]

I think you need to buy the square with the little island. It gives you a challenge to fit as many people in as you can rather then having plenty of room which to me is kinda easy. Good luck!

[@billie-jomorgan4930]

17:05 thankyou @biffa you just gave me another idea for a new asset based on my old schools both infant and junior school were in the same grounds, so im gonna do that with elementary and high school :)

[@Papershields001]

Here in DC most of our roundabouts have parks in them! It’s a great way to get neighborhood parklife into the city

[@andrewmartyniak626]

For the ferries, maybe look at either creating a canal through the peninsular or creating another ferry line on the other side with walking paths/roads connecting each side. Save you purchasing the square then.