How to Build Realistic Zoning to Beautify Your City in Cities Skylines!

[@xthexenoxx1885]

Please use the metro access in the new part of the city. We want the spider hub to be super busy

[@Symbioticism]

Seconded.

[@henrysalayne]

And Spider Hub still has no power or water or both and doesn't work, so all the metro lines going there will be empty. :)

[@manuelgreil4306]

Yep, at least one metro station at the Court House.

[@ananthsiyer2058]

Why do not extend the metro had 3 stops one for each district Add a basket ball court and Japanese garden Also have local market unique building to the commercial area

[@apolloj23]

Agreed. Just one stop by the Court House (as mentioned before) would be perfect.

[@Mykol808HI]

24:35 our tearantula's leg is just chilling there😩 and is like "don't forget me"😭.

[@actschp1]

I saw him skip over it like it wasn't even there and was like, wth?!

[@realpvs]

Yeah, I was waiting for the samething lol

[@Media_GoId]

Yeah, first thing that comes to mind as we've got the spider hub and the metro tunnel is already there. Build a subway station! 😭

[@DarrenHannah]

25:08 Nice bus line, though it sure would have been nice if someone had thought ahead and put a metro line to this area. :-P

[@rubenvdfdecloedt4824]

A line is present. But the station is missing.

[@nocona]

@@rubenvdfdecloedt4824 Yes, that's the joke :)

[@patrickchapman8583]

Yeah, it looks like the mocked-in metro line ends pretty close to the courthouse. Might be nice to have a metro station in front of the courthouse.

[@royvandermarel3953]

Classic Biffa move

[@mrhedgebull1658]

Are you intending to put in a Metro station on the line you've pre-built? Behind the courthouse has a perfect space and it should LINE up perfectly! :-)

[@brianherr2699]

I thought the same thing. That spur now is going nowhere.

[@JuZyAiku]

^

[@hotwaterishot]

Totally thought the same thing! Behind the courthouse.

[@Landmark-tq2qt]

Hope he sees this. Its like he just looked right over it when he was showing up all the lines. Literally a line that goes straight to the courthouse

[@francisskeleton]

This is driving me nuts while watching!

[@mrhedgebull1658]

24:23 You do realise that the hub has a built in bridge for pedestrians?

[@tardismole]

That's what I thought.

[@82SonicBlue]

Came to say the same thing

[@matthewparker9276]

It isn't unheard of to have an overpass and pedestrian crossing within a few meters of each other.

[@salty457]

That was my exact thought as well. tsk tsk BIFFA!

[@goldenknight578]

I was looking for this.👍

[@CityPlannerPlays]

Love the new residential district! Need to find myself a house there... 😎

[@lcolbyjr]

Me too.

[@Arhey]

24:21 but there is crosswalk built in into this train station (over the road) 25:00 add metro stop there, the tunnel is already there 29:48 you forgot the red bushes on the right side of the building 31:16 i think they don't move in, cuz they are kinda far away from services.

[@poetpinch1396]

The metro stop... Came here to write that.

[@ap9970]

Now we have a Court House, can we have a prison called HMP Guilt-Tea

[@code_sleep_live]

A city zoo would be excellent at the spot you told you would like a park

[@onemerlin]

We've already got an amusement park; mid-city is a bad place for a Nature Reserve; we've got other City Park areas; looks like a great Zoo opportunity to me!

[@Seppl_Tandtijger]

The New public library has a path behind it over the railway Line that you didn't reconnect 😉

[@zvicinou]

Ye this

[@noemierollindedebeaumont1130]

And he could connect the stadium to the new residential area at the same time as well

[@BuchZahl]

Maybe instead of a gigantic park, you can do a Zoo?

[@march1138]

I was thinking of Zoo as well. Maybe the zoo has a spider house?

[@MarkLloyd72]

Was going to comment the same thing.

[@brittanyeastep4866]

A zoo would be lovely there!

[@ScottySwans]

You kept saying "along the front here" so I think New Frontear could be a fitting name :)

[@amdkillaplays]

With the USS Enterpise park?

[@ScottySwans]

@@amdkillaplays Hugo can boldly go there :)

[@ThePaintsmoker]

Didn't you forget to add a metro station in the new area? Because their is a metro tunnel lying underground unused now

[@GavHTFC]

24:20 where you add the crossing, isn't that what the bridge is for?

[@SpacemouseGaming]

I was wondering the same thing when I saw that.

[@Phillthii]

Was getting ready to add the same comment lol

[@bilawalbaloch3655]

Same point

[@amdkillaplays]

I'm not sure if people that aren't crossing from train to metro are able to use it (it could be transfer only), meaning that those coming from the shops would have to walk to the end of the road and back for the train

[@Phillthii]

@@amdkillaplays I suppose you could devise an experiment where either the train or metro does not have a line and have a sole bus connection on the other side to see if the bridge is still used by pedestrians

[@stevieinselby]

Where you've got those fiddly little one- and two-cell bits of zone at the edge of the new area, you can improve that by putting a fence alongside the main road running past, or making it into a non-zoneable road, and then all that space in between will become zoneable from the road on the new estate, allowing sensible sized shops and buildings.

[@jasonewing8693]

He has the zoning mod he could have just used that

[@roddo1955]

These Skyline videos are so soothing and relaxing. I watch them when I'm freaking out. I hope I'll one day be able to afford a supercomputer to play this game. I used to be addicted to this online game 'Megapolis', Skylines is the kind of realism I'm looking for.

[@assaf2141]

Hey Biffa, if you'll ever get the clothing factory you can name it "Tea shirts factory"

[@mrhedgebull1658]

If you want to boost the land value wouldn't it be worth turning the island into a nature reserve or something? That would boost the surrounding land and would look pretty cool. You could have path access only onto the island.

[@adamiennd8167]

maybe a unique building would fit on that Island or some shops

[@CRemy-pk1fh]

Or a small camping area?

[@patrikhjorth3291]

I agree that a Nature Reserve type park (or really any type of park) would work _great_ in this area. It would make use of the beautiful river, and enhance the land value at the same time. Win-win!

[@kennashey]

Or a zoo that has a cafe & jet ski rentals on the island? I think this would be awesome!

[@NaiveBohdana]

i was thinking about a library on that island

[@bruh666]

always such a comforting moment when there's a new biffa video

[@spennycheese5847]

The park life dlc added in flower beds that you should use more in your decoratifying

[@pascalpavlik6276]

Me: omg yess next episode from biffa

[@zackpotter-evans8628]

Now I’m sad and stuck waiting for another

[@peewypeabody4284]

Heya Biffa! Love the new area! :) As always a few notes/observations: 1) You have a metro line that was dedicated for this area, but you didn't connect it. 2) The road between the rail line and the new roundabout has two junctions very close to each other. I would remove pedestrian crossings at one of those to limit traffic interference. 3) I would LOVE for you to start hunting for some of the big monuments (or what they are called) like the Space-Elevator. Well. Maybe not that one, but I'm sure there are several cool Monuments that would fit in nicely into New Tealand! Either way, keep doing what you're doing. I'm always happy when you post a new vid. Thanks for that mate! :)

[@MaxFX1984]

In the beginning of this build I recommended useing 'Zoning Toolset' by Arch Angel. You showed it, but haven't used it since... In this vid at 27:22 there's another great opportunity to use this mod to create some more zoning for commercial. Especially with the limited amount of building space this map offers, I recommend useing this mod more often!

[@jasonewing8693]

By that road that he's not going to build on is an ideal space to use it I agree

[@JMWZ_E]

24:50 Great metro tunnels underneath - I hope you are still planning to use them. Crest District could have a 4 platform station served by both lines, the other two districts could have one station each served only by the new line which might continue to the university and an interchange with an existing line.

[@Derek.Mitchell]

I like the name Teapioca for one of the new areas. That whole section with the river, sustainable housing, the university, and the courthouse feels a lot like Austin, and Teapioca is a locally famous tea house there.

[@dougsundseth6904]

That river meander, which was well on its way to becoming an oxbow lake or more likely a "wetland", had a low land value because it was a swamp. When you destroyed all that habitat for diverse species (like mosquitos), you raised the value of the land. Shocking. 8-)

[@poilboiler]

How about a raised or lowered roundabout so the people walking and biking aren't the ones who have to change altitude*? *alteatude?

[@klintzon1878]

That is a good idea

[@nathanwaldron4259]

Nah that’s not realistic

[@royvandermarel3953]

@@nathanwaldron4259 Are we going to pretend we watch Biffa for the realism?

[@tardismole]

@@nathanwaldron4259 Really? There's plenty of them in the real world. There was one in Sheffield, known locally as The Hole. It was a mistake on the council's part to fill it in. Now no-one can cross to the huge roads and the surrounding communities are rundown, without access to shops or jobs.

[@nathanwaldron4259]

@Roy Van Del Marel True

[@DemonofChaos264]

I've never played this game but I've been watching you for a couple of months. The way your mind works and builds things is really satisfying. Good job Biffa.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thank you :-)

[@lucymitchell3045]

Thank you Biffa for expanding my vocabulary. I live in Wales. Made a rare trip to London today - used the North circular. SO much Horkey Borkey lane changing! 🤣

[@auto_revolt]

Biffa that river system at the start is classic a ox-bow lake representation! After eroding the bank the river breaks through and the original meander fills up with silt, I think that's what the map builder was trying to represent.

[@tjanke42]

Sry for the late comment. Just fyi, that bend in the river is an oxbow, made when the river meandered and then cut itself a straighter path again. Oxbows do indeed dry out, as the map author depicted. Love the videos, very informative and entertaining. Keep it up!

[@qrofeus7285]

24:20 Why are you adding a cross-walk on the road You do realize that there is an elevated walkway built into the train-metro hub, right?

[@JackMacLupus]

Just wanted to ask the same. XD

[@ropale9730]

Yeah, but it's to go from metro to train. What if you just want to walk out to a shop?

[@danielwarren7110]

@@ropale9730 or the bus

[@Arhey]

@@ropale9730 There are stairs next to the buildings, so you can enter the walkway, without entering the building itself.

[@SpacemouseGaming]

I was wondering the same thing

[@adamiennd8167]

the perfect names for that 3 districts would be 3 types of tea, addding "Tea'strict"-from district at the end. Example, Black Teastrict, Herbs Teastrict, Strawberry Teastrict or whatever tea u like.

[@teemup9247]

Ah yes the natural railways. Awesome episode as always!

[@ukaszbrzozowski2377]

Hello Biffa, it seems that you've forgotten about metro line you planned for this area coming from SpiderHub!

[@nSnowCrow]

The second public library needs a walking path over to the residents. Also what would be cool and more realistic, is to lower the train tracks just a bit. That way your bridges dont need to be that steep. Keep on going. I really like the series.

[@adamiennd8167]

this is the only channel i turned on the bell, good work, Biffa

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thank you :-)

[@antoinepoitras67]

2:50 the lad value is mainly going up with services and road acces, the water does help but it’s really services

[@Arauge1981]

It's interesting to me to see how your play style has changed since you worked with City Planner Plays. Gridded areas and pipes under the roads as the two main examples. Thanks for the entertainment Biffa, I watch every episode.

[@Planet_Hunter]

I absolutely love this city, it’ll be incredibly enjoyable to see some first person videos, just driving through different zones

[@djholladay109]

Great new zone! I’m half way through the episode and one thing I figure is that you will need waaaaay more schools for that amount of high density.

[@bradarmstrong3952]

I am sure I will not be the first to point out that the train/metro hub that you built the low-density commercial around has a street-crossing bridge built right into it already -- old habits die hard! I also was surprised that you didn't take the opportunity to extend the subway line that ends at this same station to add a few stops in your new high-density residential zones. Love your work as always -- yours is the only Cities Skylines channel that I simply have to watch every new video from right away!

[@MossyTomb]

Love the new estate. The new park would look great with ponds connected by a stream with little footbridges, like a Japanese garden. Even build a nice Tea room

[@trixilux]

Loving the City Planner Plays esque city tour near the end there Mr B! Very nice 😊 The new path over the railwayline next to the new Libary in the Uni Campus is not connected (got demolished when you added in the 1U road for the Libury building)

[@janmekina214]

Just got an idea: Alien rock park could be called E.T.ea Coming Home

[@JediRalts]

Man I remember the days when this city would catch fire every 10 minutes. How far we've come.

[@NineEyeRon]

Lunchtime, perfect timing!

[@xumaurice]

Excellent video! One thought - I think the height disparity between zones will go away. The self sufficient buildings start out at full height and never upgrade, but the high tech buildings will eventually upgrade and get taller!

[@ashleyherkie]

We need another Bad Mayor Challenge!

[@Magickyaaron1987]

I tend to do reversing matching bus routes in case they want to go that way first. Especially if the route is quite long. Looking good!

[@iambruceybruce]

27:25 get rid of the 1x1 squares by running a fence alongside the main road, it'll kill the zoning giving you more room for the inside grid. You might need to upgrade/downgrade the road for it to appear.

[@Scotia_26]

Biffa - Sets up loads of very useful metro lines leading to a useful hub. *USES BUSES AS MASS TRANSIT OPTION AND COMPLETELY IGNORES PRE-BUILT TUNNEL FROM METRO*

[@BKPrice]

"We're having a big medium demand for commercial zone." I guess that's somewhere between medium and high demand.

[@nathanwaldron4259]

You should connect the new area to the little roundabout near the basketball arena. I also love the idea of a massive park across the road from your new area. I also think it is a good idea to connect the road near your new commercial zone to that highway junction.

[@jaskim5723]

"We will walk away. I am sure it will sort itself out." Spoken like a true government official.

[@daviddima6067]

25:00 Biffa don’t forget to put metro station there !!

[@tvdinner1986]

13:21 there is a second crossing where the bridge reconnects to the road, which is very close to the one at the 3-way. I would suggest removing the one at the bridge's edge, as it may cause unnecessary stopping for traffic later on; plus it would make the road-type transition look smoother, visually :D

[@DEBANJANNANDAN]

I think if you select the p+b path and then do the predestrian bridge builder, it will build it using the selected p+b path and you won't need to upgrade it later on. Great video by the way. Love it. 🙂

[@squallloire]

Another great Biffa vid to relax to with a cuppa :D Also, you added a crosswalk at that train/metro hub, but it already has an overpass foot bridge built into it :P

[@codisaddictive]

Biffa!! Right at @22:24 when you are de-zoning the main road, you could fence up the left side of this main road. This will remove the zoning from it and "give it back" to the residential side. So instead of having 1 square wide house zone, it will go wider up to the fence! It's a vanilla way of dezoning roads since i know you want to reduce the amount of mods you have and this does the exact same thing as the Zoning toolset mod!! Amazing vid!!! Cheers

[@lcorak97]

Just what I needed before I start my school work. 😊

[@trymetime]

I think the roads that end in a straight line would benefit from becoming a nice cul de sac road instead! Even though it's normally more used outside of the city I think it ends the road nicer and makes the turning around of busses and vehicles look better as well.

[@ashleyherkie]

*I miss Auto-Save…SIPPA TEA!*

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Yeah! Seems like I've accidentally turned off auto-save! Still got the tea though :-)

[@bozsiland]

It’s great to watch your videos because there’s always a little thing that inspires and so I can use it in my city. Thanks. Anyway, no matter how many times I walk the streets, your name always comes across on the big trash containers and I am immediately reminded of something in one of your videos. 🤣

[@ThorsonWiles]

16:49 - Remember the days when running water pipes were as simple as drawing a bunch of parallel straight pipes? I blame City Planner Plays.

[@Telugutunegamer]

wow so relaxing

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

I'm glad you like it :-)

[@MikeWillSee]

Great video! I'm loving watching this city develope, but I do have some suggestions regarding your public transport. 1. It's all very well having your train/metro station but you haven't actually set up a train line going to it yet so it's only intercity trains at the moment, and not local trains. 2. Your bus line around the area is in a loop, which is fine, but the loop only goes in one direction, which has 2 issues: a. It's inconvenient; imagine you want to get the bus to just down the road but to do so, you have to go THE WHOLE WAY round the loop. b. It could lead to overcrowding, if they are all relying on just one line. So yeah to solve these issues I recommend having at least 2 lines, a clockwise, and an anticlockwise.

[@AlexVomAlex]

Name Ideas: "First Flushington", "Second Flushington" and between them "All Blended"

[@WhiskeyHunterVAT69]

road works builds, learning for me. Ty for the VOD. 🥃🥃

[@spartacus987]

Should make that road next to the train tracks a small bridge to connext the areas over the river. Could then upgrade that whole outer road to something bigger. Having the bridge there keeps bridges centralized

[@82SonicBlue]

Got the notification at work there was a new video. Have had to wait to watch it. Yay. New Biffa. Thanks for the YumblTV recommendation too. Decided to create a new city and between you and Yumbl I feel this is starting a lot better than the first one.

[@looniebinn]

Did you fix the path next to the Public Library by the university that connected it to Sunset Park? I tried to look in the cinematic ending but couldn't get the right angle. Also, a dog park or a couple of small parks would be great in the new area! They would get a ton of use with all of the high density housing!

[@liscosity]

For near the stadiums and the alien rock park, I tend to put a lot of extra healthcare options if I have people living in very noisy areas. I find that it helps them tolerate it a little bit better if I put down childcare, elder care, a clinic, and maybe a pool and a sauna.

[@thomascastelein5476]

It's looking good! You could extend the large road in the new residentials district to the island, than move the library to there. I think it would look supercool to have a small river island library. I was also gonna suggest the gigantic park in the are you suggested, just before you mentioned you were planning to do that.

[@RobandJenny]

Reminds me a lot of Singapore! Cool city!

[@patrikhjorth3291]

The person who made this map did a fantastic job. Fun fact: the meandering curves in the river is created when a river makes its way across soft terrain, such as former seabed. At first, the water will dig a trench wherever it can, which can create some quite dramatic curves. Eventually, the river will break through in the places where such curves are close together, and will then prefer the shorter, faster route. This will leave the "abandoned" parts with less waterflow, and they may even become separated into little lakes. This isn't particularly relevant to your video, I just felt like sharing a fun fact.

[@naerbo19]

Alright. I noticed this in earlier episodes, but I'm mentioning it here for the first time. The roads you place have been depressed a couple of meters. The reason is a mod on your lower left hand side which only pops up when building roads. It is a small circular icon mentioning a number then m for meter. I.e. "1m". You'll find it to the left of straight road, curve and meander road icons. Also you love busses, but you have already planned a metro from there. You even have the subway tunnel there. If you have traffic problems it might be worth checking. Otherwise excellent video! Would love a zoo! You rarely do zoo's which is a shame as they look quite nice and brings in more life to your city. Also helps with increasing land value.

[@scheuer2302]

Make the shopping area near the hub to a leisure commercial zone to create something more special to the area ✌🏼

[@Tchelow]

That big area at the end might be perfect for a zoo 😊

[@ropale9730]

Yessss! I'm gonna make myself some tea and enjoy! ☕🍯🤤

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Perfect!

[@Phillthii]

The court house actually has integrated paths with connection. That's what those little circles are when you are building paths next to the building. A lot of landmark buildings have them.

[@SkitSk3tch]

i cant wait for the Airport , like i dont even play the game but ive got so many ideas for that map layout arghhh!!!

[@scl8798]

The bus line might benefit from having stops going on the opposite direction. Usually bus lines are not closed circles, but they go to a place, and then back again. That allows cims to go from place A to B without having to do the whole loop again.

[@Chaine310]

The gigantic park area could make for a really cool zoo! It's been a while since there was one in any of your builds, iirc.

[@BigCupOfJonny]

I really find your videos relaxing lol

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Yay, thank you!

[@16umarfarooq]

1) There is an unused metro line linking to the tearantula junction. The are behind the courthouse is perfect for the metro station 2) You could add a cable car network between the two areas on either sides of the mountain range 3) More trams please! 4) You could activate the ban cycling on sidewalk feature to encourage more people to use the bike lanes

[@fogpeople]

Awwww, I like that Biffa has embraced the whole "water pipes under roads" fad and done away with his flagrant spaghetti. :-)

[@alex._.1501]

ahhhhhh biffa is the best when it comes to Cities: Skylines. Change my mind and I'll buy myself tea.

[@rafaelsodre_eachday]

You are right, he is. Other C:S youtubers don't make sense.

[@rafaelsodre_eachday]

@Mahesh After your suggestion I watched a little, and for what I could see Akruas doesn't play the game, he just pops a bunch of stuff while talking non-stop.

[@alex._.1501]

akruas kinda boring ngl

[@samosborne4403]

Hey Biffa, I’ve played this map before, several times actually as it’s a gorgeous map. You’ll find with this map that traffic from the start point (and your main city) doesn’t have access through the primary three way highway junction to the area you are expanding to on the main island (new connections with the spider junction). Similarly, traffic flow is impeded in the other direction. This causes an increase in traffic through the University area, the roundabout and the intersection to the highway. If you update the three way highway junction to enable traffic from all directions to travel in all directions, I hope you will find a great return on your traffic flow 😊

[@stevengalloway8052]

Good video, Biffa. I like the meandering roads that fit in with the land, but the grid roads have their own thing going on, too. Yes, the Brew District really looks nice, don't you think? 😆

[@federicofuentes6146]

This might be too out there but I always thought with the islands and everything this map could have an area named after the ancient capital of the Aztecs, which was an island too. Tenochtitlan (Teh-notch-tee-tlan) could be TEAnochtitlan! Also, the Aztecs used to fill in land to cultivate out of lake areas, this was known as chinampas. If you ever "add" land to an island or peninsula it could be a TEAnampa!

[@anthonystriegel3327]

I think you should add a few more Taxi Depots, to extend it's service area and make your taxis more effective for citizens 😁

[@alextaylor181]

LETS GO! Perfect way to wake up!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Enjoy :-)

[@OwainMeadmaker]

Those triangular areas look like ideal places for metro stations.

[@sammilne6241]

Would love to see a cable car (ski lift) over the top of the mountain to connect the two ends of the city!

[@RealTheNatoorat]

I've been having a lot of fun designing 2x2, 2x3 and 3x3 zones which create nice buildings that are not very tall, especially good on riverbanks etc. Also walking path between the new area and the stadium woul be grand.

[@thesheq5023]

2 things: you should make your grids one tile larger each way. It will allow you to put a path in the middle. Additionally turning off parking means people won’t do the pocket car thing there

[@martyburgess341]

39:45 I can see a cable car coming from there! 😉

[@apolloj23]

Asset: I have walkways. Biffa: Let's add walkways around this asset. Asset: Biffa: Very good. Very good.

[@noahreijnen7496]

Biffa: Makes Train/Metro hub WITH crossbridge Also Biffa: Let’s make a crossing with traffic lights for the people who wants to come over