Highway & Interchange Reconstruction | Verde Beach Ep. 62

[@CityPlannerPlays]

Hey everyone! Sorry for being a bit hot on the mic in this one. I lost my OBS settings when my computer blew up. I have since fixed them an Tutoria 10 is much better (as well other episodes from here on out!).

[@kanzai12]

its ok, sound still good! love the content. Cannot wait for Tutoria

[@Bulkinc]

I agree

[@Liam301987]

Not sure if people will share my opinion on this so if not fair enough, but I'd much rather see a "highlights package" of what you're doing, rather than watch you build roads for an hour. It's not fun to watch you play the entire thing in real time, I feel like you could have explained what you were doing in the beginning then shown the roads you built and moved onto the next thing, there's not a lot happening in each episode and they go on for so long. Maybe others like watching the whole thing I don't know

[@ODP_Guru]

I thought it was my TV LOL!

[@drewhale3041]

@@Liam301987 I disagree, his channel is all about the real time builds, which is why I come back for more content.

[@pasikokkonen1603]

Remember that there is a "heavy vehicle ban" on policies, which could have stopped most of the movement on that road coming from the Large District.

[@avroarchitect1793]

he doesn't even need the ban, if he makes it a one way in the opposing direction to what the game wants. He will keep the connectivity out but divert the traffic.

[@CityPlannerPlays]

Great idea - doing it!

[@darknativity42]

For the Bob Ross Interchange: why not make the ramp heading away from the rails the higher and longer one since you have lots of room to spare, and make the ramp heading towards the rails the shorter and lower one since you have less space?

[@frojoe2004]

I came to make the same comment

[@CyanideCarrot]

if it werent finals week i wouldve been shouting this at my screen

[@maxx7901]

He just did not see that option

[@lowellkimberley]

@@CyanideCarrot I was shouting, lol

[@grindamadurin]

I was just about to write the same thing, seems way more logical.

[@greener_cfc4842]

Easiest solution at the Bob Ross interchange would be just the swap over which direction goes over the other, you’ve got loads more room on the other side for a longer ramp

[@Yes_I_Would_Kent]

Was going to comment the same, agree with this.

[@tiltedturtwig]

Was also yelling at the screen

[@royvandermarel3953]

You beat me to it!

[@crisaghemo]

this

[@spartacus987]

THIS

[@Plotatothewondercat]

As a note, every time I look at that solar updraft tower near an industrial center I cry a little (just putting aside the fact that it's comically undersized due to game scaling). The things consume massive amounts of land footprint, and so need the cheapest land possible, which means the middle of an unused field somewhere, not right next to a bustling industrial hub. Furthermore, the operating mechanism of a solar updraft plant is that it uses the higher pressure and temperature of air heated in the greenhouse to pump air up to the peak of the tower, through a wind turbine, to generate power, so by putting it near an industrial center it'll be constantly vacuuming up ground level air pollution and catapulting it up higher, thus increasing the degree to which it spreads outside of the industrial district. That's the other reason you put these things in the middle of a farm.

[@caitplol]

1:03:16 "Im gonna keep it pretty basic" cuts to the most luscious, tree-filled roadway I’ve ever seen

[@bevobexley4087]

Ok, real comment time. I really enjoy the information you toss in about going ons in America and a brief understanding of the bill

[@NightKnight347]

Emphasis on brief. There is no nuance whatsoever. This bill is absolutely disgusting, but it serves a useful and idealistic inspiration for him to make this episode.

[@rawcus918]

@@NightKnight347 why is everything you think or talk about so anti left? Not interested in who’s right or wrong but is your whole life consumed with these thoughts?

[@NightKnight347]

@@rawcus918 Consumed? Absolutely not. One of the hallmarks of the conservative movement is precisely the fact that politics is far removed from daily and only a matter of keeping the government in check. Unlike the left, I don't spend every second of every day stressing out about events that happen far away and trying to force a homogenous society. Positive rights are incredibly destructive to society. This is a city-sim channel, so let's use the infrastructure bill as an example. First, it is called an infrastructure bill, but not even a majority of the spending is on infrastructure. At that, there is no guarantee that the infrastructure is going to be worth the expense. As a matter of fact, almost all of the money will go to blue states that have neglected their infrastructure for decades just waiting for the federal government to bail them out. You are essentially taxing red states to pay for mismanagement and corruption in blue states. What's more, the majority of the bill is simply kickbacks to political allies. If you were a democrat and failed to get your policy through for years, you could slip it into this bill because this bill was guaranteed to go through. Now all of those wildly unpopular policies are law, with trillions in spending, which is further spiraling inflation out of control. All that half-completed high speed rail in blue states is going to be so useful when the dollar continues to spiral into inflationary nonexistence, Weimar Republic style. Do not worry though, the media will continue to meet with the administration in private to guarantee that they can maximize public relations. I comment all this because bad policy has real life consequences, and I simply want people who do not know American politics to understand that (shockingly) the presentation of politics by a youtube video game channel is incredibly superficial. I do not fault CPP because he is only using it as inspiration. I just want people to understand that this bill as as massive and corrupt as has become progressively more typical of our government since Woodrow Wilson. If not for your question, I would have forgotten about this video entirely.

[@NightKnight347]

@@rawcus918 So yes, because I am a traditionalist, my every thought is necessarily anti-left. Does that bother you? Also yes, because the left wing thinking requires that people become emotionally and not rationally involved in issues, I do oppose superficial presentations of it when it does come up. Once people see past emotional pleas, they pretty uniformly reject left wing thought, even if it's for something as silly as libertarianism.

[@rawcus918]

@@NightKnight347 You did see the part about not caring about who’s right or wrong right? At least 33% of what I said. Whatever your smoking it doesn’t seem to include what other people are looking for simply what you want to say. I didn’t read past he first few sentences of your essay but it’s clear you’ve convinced yourself that you have all the knowledge available and your decision is better than everyone else’s. So I guess you won at life. I was really looking for something about how you’re actually a thinker of different issues and not every issue has this decision already made for me attitude. You know how on some particular issue you leaned the other way. Also seems more like anti left as opposed to pro right mentality, but hey who am i to judge. Your obviously smarter than the rest of us. FYI probably won’t read any essay you decide to write in reply to this either.

[@MEGAME985]

Everyone is speaking on the Bob Roas interchange about switching heights on the ramps. I'm here saying you have a movements you don't need that allows people to do a u-turns.

[@JoseHernandez-kw7bp]

Thank you! I was seeing that as well

[@jimmyjohn8008]

He left the clover leaf ramps for U turns.

[@scottpearse1266]

Thank. You. I kept looking at that and saying "he's got to see the redundancy, right? Right??"

[@CityPlannerPlays]

Getting those removed!

[@CIsForSomthin]

@@CityPlannerPlays I think demolishing the entirety of the Bob Ross Memorial interchange was a missed opportunity. Would it be better to continue the other side of the interchange and downgrade it to the local expressway on that end? That way, the city keeps the existing interchange (even though it's already been partially demolished), and the local expressway and collector intersection is no longer needed, getting rid of the congestion. And downgrading roads on an existing ROW wouldn't interfere with the rail ROW. And! There'd be more Bob Ross Memorial interchange to detail!

[@toneDef77]

7:29 I would think that, if new bridges were being constructed as part of the highway funds made available, they would have had the forethought to build at an adequate height to at least allow ferries to pass underneath. Those bridges won't last if there's any future expansion up river.

[@nathanaguilar3491]

It's crazy to see how much money is spent towards highways compared to public transit, shows how much which mode of transportation is valued.

[@nedlife740]

It due to the size of America public transport between major cities is just unrealistic. The interstate high way system is the most cost effective and useful way to spend money as of now.

[@johnschwalb]

The interstate system was built to connect military installations across the country that can be traveled at excessive speeds to movie an military resources across the country in as little time as possible. Letting the public drive on it is just a justification for the spending. Highways were built by the states to connect population centers

[@SaltedMeats]

Imagine a type of infrastructure that was extremely flexible, could accommodate every type of transportation from pedestrian to freight to public transit, with minimal to no modifications. It exists, they are called roads. Realistically, roads and cars are going to become way more desirable in the years to come as technology makes cars quieter, safer, and non-polluting. AI will allow, in many places, fleets of smaller buses, running flexible routes to increase transit access in America beyond what is possible in some of the worlds other cities. All because of a robust road network

[@edwardmiessner6502]

And the responses show that people would rather build and widen more roads, rather than addressing the root causes of our horribly imbalanced infrastructure. They all talk about Intercity highways but are curiously silent of all the automobile congestion that is induced. For example, take the I-10 Katy Freeway in Houston. 20 lanes and the gridlock is worse than ever!

[@hoistercrackers]

"Don't tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I'll tell you what you value." Joe Biden

[@the.skirmisher]

So Biffa uploads and I'm like, "I'll watch Biffa and get back to work," then Yumbl uploads as I finish Biffa, and I'm like "Sure, I'll get back to work after this." And then CPP uploads. I think I'm stuck.

[@abigah]

Tuesdays are the new Saturday

[@edewaal97]

Wait, did Yumbl upload as wel? Guess I have to watch that than...

[@patrikhjorth3291]

This is how deep the rabbit hole really goes.

[@Did_i_hit_you]

i was like the same. wow 3 cities videos in a row :-P

[@ftanate4626]

For the Bob Ross Interchange I think you could have made the ramps without changing the rail bridge by having the ramp going towards the rail be the lower ramp. This would get the ramp low enough to merge before the rails and there is plenty of room for a longer ramp on the other side.

[@cam9144]

The thing I struggle with the most is highways-into-city entrances. Nothing looks great and traffic always jams up unless I make some questionable unrealistic decisions.

[@Zhaneron]

General thought: I think that the old highway bridges over the river would not likely be demolished. One way to repurpose them could be to extend the new local highway closer back on that old cargo train station and then split into the two legs of the bridge. Both legs should be changed into bydirectional roads, using the one next to the train bridges as a potential service interchange with the highway on the other side of the river and the other one as a totally local connection with a potential new development that would be on the other side of the highway. For the rail: You have mostly divided rails for cargo-passenger except for a short span between Lewis Garden City and the last interchange heading out of the city. Might relief some pressure if you go all in on that separation for this last portion and avoid trains merging on Lewis and splitting for the cargo terminal which is on the other side of the airport highway.

[@dominicmarten7887]

I just love how Biffa and you always mention each other in your videos.

[@ben0329]

I think this was one my my favourite episodes. The level of precision to build the new road network and junctions was just great to watch

[@lindsaycrimmins]

I was having such a down day and when I saw a new Verde Beach episode, my heart immediately lightened. Thank you so much City Planner.

[@kutayyalcner4707]

you could make a little district over the road and use heavy traffic ban, that could solve that issue without deleting the road

[@joeschmoe0216]

Just a thought, but with the Bob Ross Memorial Interchange, wouldn't it have been easier and cheaper to just make the incoming ramp higher than the outgoing ramp? Then you don't have to mess with the rail at all. Just from one Wisconsinite to another 😉 otherwise, fantastic job as always, my friend!

[@CityPlannerPlays]

I'll always consider the advise of a Wisconsinite and, in this case, absolutely take it! Thank you!! Hope you're going to be in the 60's today, too!

[@kcazllerraf]

I feel like Phil was having a long day when this was recorded lol. No sweat, hope things are going well! The new landscaping around the Bob Ross Memorial interchange is gorgeous!

[@thedangermouse1991]

Is there a reason you do not raise or lower the land of the highway, especially when bridge are going over it. I am from the U.K and almost all of our motorways are either higher or lower than the surrounding area. Also wouldn't lowering the highway from the surrounding land make a sound buffer and mean that bridges don't have the rise so much.

[@edwardmiessner6502]

The problem is building those below grade highways in CS especially in vanilla!

[@delvinwolf6611]

I like doing that in my city builds in the game because I like how it looks (sunken or raised highways, that is). But, as regards CPP not doing it, I suspect it's from the tendency to make things closer to what's seen in the U.S. Much of the Interstate System here doesn't sink into the ground, nor raise above. Instead, it remains at grade and cuts through the landscape. If you've ever seen the Pixar movie Cars, there's a scene that exemplifies this.

[@setyeva0]

@@delvinwolf6611 I was looking for a comment like this. As a European this looks so alien and kind of perplexing but I assumed the US bias. Also I won't criticize CPP because I don't play vanilla, way to much frustration for me to handle. _I gave up playing about 2 months after release_ and only came back to the game because of the network orientated mods available.

[@nathanwaldron4259]

It’s more expensive. Only in very urban areas where there is limited right of way does this happen in the United states

[@Diana-le7oh]

I love how you're like "Let's look at the traffic, 82%, not great" meanwhile I'm over here celebrating whenever my city hits 80%. Hahah. This has been one of my favorite VB episodes so far, I love seeing the infrastructure changes over time like this.

[@alexforsythe1116]

I appreciate that you stay away from politics, and the few times it comes up, its on things that directly impact your job. A city planner would have more insight on an infrastructure bill than an aerospace engineer or doctor, so it makes sense that it would come up occasionally.

[@mpcamposz]

Ohh how good it is to eat city planner plays while watching my lunch

[@johnmurphy795]

So I really think the redevelopment of this highway was a mulligan and needs another pass. The whole idea was supposed to be reconnecting and stitching the city together, instead you just replaced a highway with a two lane road and didn’t add any new connectivity, just a lot of really odd one way connections. I think with a major redevelopment like this you could do a lot more clean up of these odd road connections and instead of replaying the highway with a two lane road, it would still be a large arterial with a ton of new connections to the neighborhoods in either side (similar to your last highway redevelopment). I also know it’s not as realistic due to cost constraints, but I wish you would elevate or sink the railway on this entire stretch.

[@mahergampong7394]

thats the best intersection i've ever seen, with those little trees and others, so great!

[@SmoggySandwich]

I really enjoyed this one. How you choose to tear old decisions up and improve them is really interesting.

[@woverrinaq8893]

That local road that mirrors the train line would low-key be scary to ride when a train is passing 3 yards away. Some sort of wall would be nice

[@kris.monroe]

The V with both branches going the same direction @52:30 ish hurt! That was almost a great fix!

[@Ensivion]

I love the reference to the real world infrastructure bill, very apt and nice way to give awareness of it. I know someone else said this, but a heavy vehicle ban in that problem area would be perfect (and makes sense realistically)

[@DangerousGambit]

i built a city to 25k and had traffic problems, I watch a few of you videos and now i can get to 50k without traffic problems. It's my 2nd test run at a city so far and i think its good so far, Only thing im not doing is districts properly other than idustrial for oil,ore,farm. I'm probably going to start a 3rd one and fix this one with 50k later, it was going pretty good for a while. Thanks for the vid's it helped me a lot even before making my second city.

[@BoomerKeith1]

Another great episode! Loved the way the Bob Ross Memorial Interchange was decorated (wish we could have seen that, but there probably aren't as many people that love landscaping like I do).

[@jrm78]

Honestly, the Bob Ross Interchange should have been wholly replaced with a happier little design. The remaining loops of the old cloverleaf are redundant unless you want to allow a turn-around movement for the highways. Or you could have kept the cloverleaf intact and simply connected it to the local expressway instead.

[@_qwe_fk_1700]

Underrated comment, also these loops are so steep.

[@jrm78]

Thinking about it a little more, it would seem to me that the primary movement on that highway would be turning towards the north(?) heading out of town because I see the highway which heads towards the airport more as a spur than a through road. So reconfiguring the interchange to reflect that would be more beneficial to the traffic pattern.

[@Marsydotpng]

Wow! 62 episodes of VB already, what a journey! Love the vanilla interchange builds, really gives me confidence to try my own and keep things just good enough :)

[@jamesl46400]

Love the way you skipped to the '' Heres one i made earlier '' on the Bob Ross Memorial instead of us watching the decoration, then showed the finished product and explained what was done... Great episode bro!! Hoping we can get a road to the volcano very soon for those tourists!!!

[@trippeljo]

Hey, I like the way you're playing, talking, giving information, and solving vanilla problems! One thing, I don't get: why you still use the dirt roads for planning those intersections and ramps? By the time, we all should know that they are causing issues due to different height and pillar constraints. I totally understand using the dirt roads in the early game when you have (almost) no money. But now, you have a lot and could avoid fiddling around to make the dirt roads connect nicely, try to upgrade, notice problems, and rebuild the complete intersection. Just use the final roads ;-)

[@DrDoom-ph4gi]

Since Verde Beach has gotten some sweet federal grants, there’s a railroad project I’ve been thinking for a while might be useful, which could greatly enhance connectivity downtown. The above ground rail, downtown right by the government district, could be moved underground, the right of way converted to green space, and your crazy pedestrian bridges made somewhat saner.

[@ChristopherGoetting]

You're always so concerned about bridge and tunnel lengths - have you met Boston?

[@Perseca]

14:25 Why not make the 3-lane highways recessed to reduce the elevation of the overpasses?

[@TheHolydunk]

FINALLY! I have caught up on Verde Beach! I have been watching for about a month and CPP your content is fantastic! I have loved downloading this game and following alongside this city and learning from you, you are so thoughtful with the way you do things and make me aware of things I had never thought about before! Keep it up brother and I am very very much looking forward to more Verde Beach!

[@eviciousthetalon8608]

I love that I learn so much about real-world infrastructure stuff on your channel. ^_^

[@damilolaibikunle6705]

"A Prayer for George" by Matt Large. I love when that song comes on. I wish there would be a tour episode with random Sims exploring Verde Beach at ground level 😊

[@ejhoffman2625]

Bob Ross would be proud, I know I am! Take care and thank you for another top tier episode, CPP!

[@ianstubbington2334]

that set of junctions around 50 minute mark, for the love of god just make a roundabout!!! ;)

[@adriafitzy6459]

I think this is a look into the future. Millions spent on roads just for marginally worse traffic.

[@liesdamnlies3372]

For the US and Canada, absolutely.

[@illinest]

At 56 mins when you severed that connection. My dude, you should've turned that dead-end road into an overpass. Cross over the highway. Prevents freight from accessing that road but maintains traffic connection from the town to the industrial area. As soon as you cut that, all the cross traffic had to load onto your short highway ramp and make a left turn. Second issue. When you were rebuilding the Bob Ross memorial interchange --- ah forget it. Everyone said the same thing.

[@sandsquid1683]

Your patience with landscaping all by hand is impressive. I have mods and such that make it easier and I still can't make things look as nice as you manage

[@bjorniilopez]

39:14 rare fottage of a cargo train drinking red bull

[@DuelScreen]

For that first trumpet interchange you built I think you should make the bridge extend out further away from the road underneath before splitting and turning. This would give you space to make better looking connections.

[@raypedia]

Having watched so many different creators building interchanges, one trick you should consider is focusing on the major crossings and getting them smooth and realistic, then doing the exits and ramps. You seem to instead build the ramps and then hope you can cram the main roads in. Think of it like trying to start a house by starting with the doors and windows and then adjusting the walls and roof hoping the rest of the construction meets up with them… it’s going to get weird quickly.

[@fifthturtle48]

I love that you have the Bob Ross interchange. I actually think of him a lot when watching your videos. You're the Bob Ross of city building sims

[@WillCSOfficial]

Another great episode! Amazing what you can do with just the vanilla game!

[@steaks4uce750]

Alright, I won't mention the fix to the Bob Ross interchange, as it seems so have been mentionned about 50 times already. What I AM curious about is whether you would be interested in making a long-form city tour taking us through the entire city? I feel like Verde Beach has grown so much, and there are parts of the city we haven't seen in SO long. Would be nice to get a first-person-ish tour.

[@stevieklaer9347]

I know the Bob Ross interchange was a bit of a hassle, but if you felt like rebuilding, you could send the side that swings towards the rail underneath, and the side that goes away from the rail over! That way you should have plenty of space for the taller connection, and the forced lower connection will connect before the rail.

[@DangerousGambit]

I also noticed when that truck fell of the cliff when you deleted the road actually looked pretty realistic cause it fell off and skidded into one of the lanes like in a movie. Haha.

[@frenchfriar]

Hey, I think you should re-think the connection on your new road that comes out next to your rail bridge, I think it comes out too close to your other junction, and you had the perfect opportunity since it came out over a bridge near the rail junction, to turn at that point while still in the air, and then meet on the other side of your rail bridge in a 90 degree to your connector on the other side of that rail bridge. I hope that actually makes sense. Turn the bridge as it's coming over the rail junction, and just connect on the other side of the rail bridge over the connector. Nice to see Bob Ross get some happy little trees! Happy holidays!

[@patrikhjorth3291]

So, I had an idea for the area near the former Bob Ross Memorial, the part with some trees. Draw a dirt road from one of the major roads, and meander it around a little. Zone low density residential, 1x2 properties along the dirt road, and let an "informal" trailer park form in the shadow of the viaducts and the industrial area.

[@Eisenhammer78]

The first Episode, where I am really impressed by your Road Design. Everything smooth (so far, 22:22 in) and my german OCD isnt tingeling 👍👏 Also very efficient designs and usage of space. Brilliant. I know its 5months old by now, but I took a big break from the series, cause I am a fan of bingewatching stuff 😅

[@Shenron557]

Around 37:54, you could just swap the height of the ramps. The ramp that goes below can go up and vice versa. 🙂

[@ArturdeSousaRocha]

A connection from the bus terminal crossing to the loop ramp in the industrial area might help.

[@Arkaine_]

I'm liking that you're linking real life events into your build. As well as giving awareness to the poor state of infrastructure in the US. As a non-American; I've seen my fair share of poor infrastructure. But that's usually because of a real honest-to-God lack of funding; really no funds to be had. And not out of neglect. Also I remember the joke; is America going to fall like Rome ? No, Rome had good roads.

[@watchthe1369]

Have you seen Yumbles arterial interchanges? They tend to be highflow and might solve some of the hotspots you have.

[@JamieRogers95]

Kinda depressed, spent the last month watching the entire Verde Beach play list and im at the end now. Excited for more uploads!

[@jasonarthurs3885]

A solution for the trumpet with flyovers on dual rail line.....swap the overpasses; have the entrance ramp stay lower and raise the exit ramp instead. You can back off the exit point as far as you like on the other side of the interchange as there is no rails to encumber placement.

[@matlikescats]

41:35 I think the rails aren’t connected, I’d double check that to make sure trains can use them properly.

[@finalFlickVideos]

Thanks!

[@57thorns]

Interesting numbers at the start: 273 billion for highways 0.5 billion for reconnecting communities 0.35 billion for wildlife crossings. But 7.2 billion decided locally, even if only 10% of those goes to make life easier for people instead of cars, that can make a whole lot of difference in reducing car traffic. And as you said, most of the first part is maintenance that should have been done five or ten years ago. Highways are hideously inefficient and expensive, at least in real life. In Cities Skylines they are cheap and problem free.

[@pancare0]

beautiful episode man! Thanks a lot for it! Verde beach is my favourite city build EVER!!

[@RryhhbfrHhgdHhgd356]

19:00 That dirt road comment. 😂 I’ll admit, I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time. Thank you for that.

[@fbr35]

In the industrial area, i guess ermm maybe can put a little bit of zone. same to at lewis garden city, maybe can put zone for residential and expand transportation. anyway, that fix is so big grateful for verde beach. very well planning for the city!.

[@jamesanderson5658]

Good way to tie in irl events with CS!

[@Fr3DDy73]

I was hearing BIffa in my mind shouting "USE THE ASYMs, CPP"" and u just did. It's amazing how asyms work nicely :D

[@ladymorwendaebrethil-feani4031]

37:58 - I would construct a loop with the viaduct down to the road below. 50:00 - I would have built an avenue with a tram and a bike path beside it.

[@ummftsiq9116]

You made me really think about my local roads and why they are the way that they are. I'll probably still complain though.

[@iangoodsell]

Loving the happy little trees on the Bob Ross interchange!

[@noahduszynski2625]

You are my favorite KZbin Channel, just can't get enough of this content.

[@Zbandman]

I would love to see the farmland off of Verde Palms get "sold-off" to local developers, and moved out to a more realistic rural location now that we have a re-jigged highway network. Fingers crossed!

[@NJHProductions512]

I cant wait to see the suburban areas get developed!

[@paytonpryor]

I love this city more and more every episode. I really wanna see Verde Beach have more tourist amenities. Expand the Hamilton Experience. Build more high rises and luxury hotels

[@TheNickoslicK]

Hi! At video time 51”50 I think you have an ideal opportunity to create a roundabout with various entry points to clean it up that whole area. I can see the beginnings of a roundabout where you have the express way connected via an arc to the base of the bridge. The bridge could remain and act as a priority ‘flyover’ if you wish, or conversely, you could eminent domain the bridge and remove it and create a priority ‘flyover’ for the express way to the industrial area. I love your videos man keep up the good work!

[@paulphilley4246]

To fix the cut-through problem between Lewis Lumber and I-10 industrial park, try upgrading the local road in the industrial area to a collector, so that would have the faster movement to River Road. Then, add MORE connectivity, not less - you only had one road between the homes of Lewis Lumber and the jobs of I-10 industrial park. That should entice the freight traffic to the river via the new collector, and disperse other traffic across multiple local streets.

[@callisto3828]

Man I love your content, so relaxing and informative, feels like im learning stuff while enjoying myself. Keep it up!

[@Patricio4Christ]

At 1:05:39, although you made expansions of Verde Beach, it still looks somewhat like a butterfly.

[@edwardmiessner6502]

I see you built a much nicer T-interchange than the vanilla one that comes with the game. Excellent job! 👍

[@oneyoungdaniel]

It talked about animal crossings, you should build Wild life crossings on your highways. And that Bob Ross interchange is looking very nice 👌

[@fancycousin1]

7:18 nice

[@Zackf-zs4eo]

Building interchanges are my nightmare, probably why I use tunnels in my cities so often...underground roundabout anyone? 😅

[@jwurnig]

You could probably afford to turn that final parklow bridge section into a functional roundabout.

[@marcusfowler8544]

At least your train didn't do the Biffa Slingshot lol. Really good interchanges for vanilla, certainly better than I can do without mods

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

For the second system interchange, you could have swapped the ramps and made the lower one towards the rail and higher one over the open side. More space to descend.

[@nossonaber6088]

for the bob Ross interchange you can make the ramp heading toward the tracks bend right before making a wide left not hugging the highway.

[@jaredlowe3927]

Interesting episode. I'm not sure if I like the local expressway. One potential fix near the industrial area is to stop the left hand turns and add extra clover leaves. Right now there is only one, which has very large backups.

[@mpfromnl1986]

I like the highway being rerouted but what i don't get is how it was replaced with an expresway. You mentioned connectivity for Myrtle Park but in the end it got nothing extra. It still feels secluded how it is now. Or are you going to expand on that next time?

[@techguy5487]

A+ on the Bob Ross Memorial landscaping

[@JoyBuildsCities]

I say keep the little trumpet as is and call it the Charlie Brown Trumpet. It’s too cute and it’s unique. 🎄

[@drekfletch]

At 53:00 you're talking about the tiny stretch of road that the heavy trucks are using. In the district options, is there a policy for no trucks? I vaguely remember making tiny districts just for that purpose.

[@travisemerson933]

At the Bob Ross memorial interchange, the direction that you put on top should be on bottom and the direction you put on bottom should be on top. So that way you don't have to change your rail network. You would have more room for your taller ramp going the other direction

[@p.f132]

Not gonna lie, that left turn off the express way was pretty much guaranteed to create traffic mayhem.

[@lw256]

It looks like the inside loops on the Bob Ross interchange are redundant now. They just let cars coming in off the interstate do a U-turn? I don't know if you want to rebuild that though because the decoration is sooo good. Awesome episode. The ones where you do huge highway projects end up being some of my favorites, I think it's because it's so satisfying watching all the developable space become available.

[@pasikokkonen1603]

Correct. They are now just a U-turn ramps, nothing else.

[@RAI-1911]

3 interchanges in one episode, that's rare from you, aesthetic aside, if it works, it works :P Thanks as always :-)