America VS Europe VS Asia - Public Transit in Cities: Skylines

America VS Europe VS Asia - Building a Public Transport Network in Cities: Skylines [Sunset Harbor DLC]
In this Cities:Skylines [Sunset Harbor DLC] video you can see me building the public transit network in three different ways. The first one is in an American Style Build like you would find it in the United States.
The second one is inspired by Europe, for example, Germany or France.
The third and last one is a build from Asia. You can find builds like that in japan or China.
For this video I used barely any mods...
This time: Fine Road Tool
Fine Road Anarchy
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[@dsch772]

How many level crossings do you want in your city? America: Yes

[@PerfectAlibi1]

ALL of them?! o_0

[@CityPlannerPlays]

Ah... lovely preemption laws that exempt rail companies from state and local regulations...

[@engu1348]

@@CityPlannerPlays Lol.

[@alexandergustafson599]

not funny

[@javierfilloy3677]

I like level crossings, Argentina have a lot of level crossings in their cities

[@namenamename390]

I love how you said "there are always exceptions" to stop people from commenting "um ACTUALLY I live in city xyz, it's not like that here"

[@imperatur]

😂😂 yeah you can’t compare new york with denver

[@namenamename390]

@@imperatur and denver is one of the few cities that's actually trying to improve non car transport 😂

[@anteeklund4159]

@@imperatur Rather Houston

[@valerieprice1393]

@@imperatur Meanwhile Im in denver and I thought we were shit... we have a few busses, union station, a light rail, and thats about it.

[@potatoesare_jesus2278]

For America you forgot to add the Subway line that doesn't serve anyone cause it doesn't go where you need it to go.

[@imperatur]

😂😂😂

[@voodoolilium]

There's also no way to account for the fact that taking a bus from A to B takes like 2 hours versus a 20 minute drive :P

[@StacieMMeier]

Ah, you have been to Atlanta.

[@anwalborn]

And to Baltimore 😭

[@patrickdavis950]

@@StacieMMeier MARTA: Subway to Nowhere

[@RafaelAndre00]

You should compare how they zone their cities, and how the skyline looks I think that's a good way to also finish up these cities

[@imperatur]

Yes:D

[@jolonghthong5377]

@@imperatur where’s it at?!

[@anteeklund4159]

Skyline: America: yes Asia: yes Europe:

[@TANNAPON]

@@anteeklund4159... Until Valentines Days, with Ireland!

[@spacedoutorca4550]

@@anteeklund4159 America and Asia: Drown everyone in mile high monstrosities Europe: hey have some cute three storey boutiques and cafes that are actually accessible at a human level.

[@Jorge_Pronto]

Another major difference between American and European Public Transport, is that transport lines in America are centre-focussed (all lines go to and from a central point, but no connections between the nodes are present), whilst European transit is more cyclic.

[@imperatur]

Yeah that’s a good point:D

[@Bananaman412]

That's very true, for instance, the L, in Chicago, goes from the suburbs and outer edges of the city to the center, making it very inefficient to use public transport to go from one suburb to another.

[@prechabahnglai103]

Why did they make it that way?

[@ilevyzeke]

@@prechabahnglai103 Before the 1960’s, most jobs were in Central Business Districts and along arterial roads. Starting in the mid 1960’s, cities became more dispersed, but transit systems became neglected. They are trying to catch up now by the creation of crosstown bus routes & ring routes on rail systems, but it’s going to take time for the US to catch up

[@alohatigers1199]

@@ilevyzeke It’s too late now. There is no structure. You can’t start over. This is why planners should’ve plan AHEAD. Once you start constructing, that’s it. It stays that way for centuries.

[@aurora_tba]

public transit U.S DLC: a single bus. literally just a single bus. U.S public transport sucks.

[@Yeen125]

Unless you live in a city like Chicago or New York. And even then, they pale in comparison.

[@aurora_tba]

@@Yeen125 as a resident of Chicago, Chicago, and every other us transport system actually sucks. the only thing it's good for is going downtown. there is essentially no outer region to outer region transport other than the car compare that to somewhere like Toronto or like- everywhere in Europe and you'll see what I mean

[@CoNkOrE]

because we all have cars and our own city block for a house lot

[@pranishchhetri777]

@@aurora_tba sounds like Chicago copied Melbourne (or it might be the other way around)

[@marklee8644]

Lol even smaller cities in Canada have wayyy better public transport then most bigger cities In America

[@thebladesharp1042]

I'll once again ask for a roundabout with bicycle lanes in them like in The Netherlands. Would be great for a bicycle oriented city! :D

[@RobertDoornbosF1]

Wouldnt really work, as our bicycle lanes physically go on the roads, and unless ypu use anarchy you cant do that in CS, so they would just use the pedestrian crossing i think

[@thebladesharp1042]

@@RobertDoornbosF1 Well we've got plenty of intersections/roundabouts that have bicycle lanes that either go around the entire structure, or under/over it. The car is 2nd priority here after all.

[@RobertDoornbosF1]

@@thebladesharp1042 ik denk dat ik gewoon NL tegen je kan praten, dat is waar. Ik dacht dat je gewoon een rotonde bedoelde zoals in een woonwijk ofz, waar ze wel over de weg gaan. I hope ur dutch otherwise i look like an idiot

[@thebladesharp1042]

@@RobertDoornbosF1 Mensen denken ook heel snel aan bijvoorbeeld een turbo-rotonde met fietspaden. Maar ik zat eerder te denken aan iets wat alle gebruikers kunnen maken op elk platform. Ondergrondse paden of bovenliggende paden voor een snellere connectie met de andere delen van je stad. Basically fietsrotondes met een reguliere auto-rotonde erbij. Of hetzelfde voor een kruispunt. Genoeg opties.

[@Robbedem]

The problem in CS that I have found is that pedestrian and cycling paths need the same height as roads, which ofcourse is silly. 3m height for a pedestrian or cycling path is plenty, but would not be enough for a road.

[@Milo-um1bo]

Next: America vs Europe vs Asia: Farming area

[@hoppingh907]

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[@emirhankose9495]

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[@dylanwagemans7718]

Meh

[@hoppingh907]

@@dylanwagemans7718 Meh++

[@sir_boop6486]

And Canada

[@kojeb]

I love how the american trains go through every road posible

[@JETZcorp]

With passenger trains it's not that big of a deal. It takes AMTRAK 20 seconds to go by and you get 4 of those a day if you're lucky. Freight trains it's a different story, and they usually do try and keep those from crossing as much as possible. One of those suckers can take several minutes to go by, and occasionally they'll just drop anchor in the middle of the city for half an hour. So grade crossings with freight rail (which, let's be honest, is all the rail in the US outside of the NEC) are mostly found in old city centers where they didn't know better, or out in the suburbs where a 2-mile detour is a 4-minute detour. Also bearing in mind that there's usually 1 train line going through a city of 10 million people, so for most people if there are grade crossings, the solution is "don't buy a house in that neighborhood". That's where we get expressions like "from the wrong side of the tracks", because it's pretty predictable who has no choice but living next to the Union Pacific.

[@kaihang4685]

I am from East Asia. When I immigrated to the West, I told my new friends that I liked metro trains. Some of them didn’t believe me, so I told them that one of my former classmates from Hong Kong was a public transport bus maniac. Eventually as I grew up, it made a lot of sense as to why my Western friends reacted the way they did.

[@CP3oh322]

America: Efficient grid-like roads and long, mostly straight highways. Also America : lol what public transportation?

[@alohatigers1199]

Why would I pay bus ticket when I can get there faster by car? It’s not rocket science.

[@CP3oh322]

@@alohatigers1199 That's just the point though, not everyone can afford cars. If I could commute to work on a bus I would. Instead of just driving I could read a book or play my Switch. But because our public transportation is so inefficient it would take nearly three times as long to bus, hence I have to drive and put tons of miles on my car.

[@nicolasortuzar336]

@@CP3oh322 well, being honest cars are cheap and affordable to anyone in america, if you have 1000 dollars you get a car (a shitty rusty one, but it runs) and oil is extremely cheap, so i think Americans don't develop good public transport infrastructure because they all have cars and live really spread out through the suburbs, so putting a subway would be not as worth

[@carolederent7638]

Aloha Tigers Cars cost maintenance, insurance, petrol, etc. It’s incredibly more expensive to use a car than other forms of public transport

[@carolederent7638]

nicolas ortuzar Cars cost insurance, petrol, maintenance, etc. It’s actually more expensive to use cars than public transport

[@lukaslyngas1805]

Asian public transport: 👍👍👌👌💪 Europe public transport: 💪💪👍👍👍 American public transport:😐🤷🏼‍♂️😠💩💩💩

[@samuelhedenskog9980]

In Europe, metro lines often switch between over and underground.

[@potatoesare_jesus2278]

Same with places in America with more developed metro infrastructure

[@imperatur]

That‘s true

[@voodoolilium]

I've seen the same in Japan. Kinda just depends on where you are and the lay of the land I imagine. Although I guess downtown metro is generally underground. (It's been a while too, so I might be mis-remembering)

[@nitusrivastava7803]

In india there is no underground metro

[@nitusrivastava7803]

Its all over the ground of course by india. I mean delhi cause i love there

[@lusom22yt28]

So at the end you are building 3 dfferent cities at the same time and they are looking pretty nice 😀

[@imperatur]

Thanks:D

[@killersuhas4207]

Amazing comparison, military base airport next please

[@user-jg1ft2wr8b]

Next: America vs Europe vs Asia: Difference in commercial centers (city center)

[@d1c8]

Yes, please! I'd love to see those centers get developed

[@blagoevski336]

Yessss

[@swededude1992]

City centres: North America: Square streets, skyscrapers and cars. Europe: Crowded, bareley not drivable, walk and bikefriendley, parks and shops Asia: No knowledge of personally... ???

[@jordycalvin8272]

@@swededude1992 from what I know(which also isnt much), Asia would be like Europe, just 10x worse

[@ArdFromRiA]

@@jordycalvin8272 Europe is not that bad... unless you are on a car. For pedestrians it would be a great walk.

[@jonathanfan8813]

In China, central railway stations are usually close to center of city, freeway system is usually is on city outskirt and not really into the city center. And metro in the inner city is usually underground

[@bekirbadem3101]

Tokyo has one of the best puplic transport system

[@imperatur]

True

[@baskapat5239]

But overpopulation makes it uncomfortable during rush hour.

[@minecrap4733]

Puplic

[@piplo1734]

Howling - Lupus Nocte (also known as GoodTimesWithScar superfast build mode music. I love this soooong soooo much

[@imperatur]

Haha great:D

[@analogbunny]

On that first opening chord I knew we were in for Super Fast Build Mode.

[@zirohnull1133]

i was hoping to see at least one comment about that and you sir did not disappoint A+

[@Andrew_G4CH]

I'm glad that I'm not the only one who recognized this! :D

[@lightninlarry8936]

I wish they had that cross metro stop in the vanilla game.

[@imperatur]

Yeah true that’s must have

[@edwardmiessner6502]

Also connected parallel underground metro stops

[@KageTheDanish]

I love these videos! They are not only interesting to watch, they are also a massive help to styling your city. Im always happy when I see that you uploaded, and your content inspired me to buy the game back in 2016, a decision that I've never regretted. Keep it up! :)

[@GoneGamingBadfish]

Extremely helpful video! definitely gets tricky making transit lines when you are only used to one particular style!

[@maryamotion6398]

You forgot that asian public transportation also features buses to connect stations that aren't connected by trains

[@imperatur]

Yeah:)

[@xeron3430]

You simply deserve more views and likes. Yours videos are very entertained and i learn a lot. I love your work. Whatever you do next will amaze me ^^

[@Yeen125]

Oddly enough, the “Asian City” looks a bit like the Chicago Loop (especially the elevated rails).

[@user-kw8fw2yr1r]

Hmm……I think it is a Japanese city

[@YMandarin]

Yeah it reminds me of tokyo

[@yeeted9466]

America: go into budget and slash all transit funding

[@EdgySniper497]

America: "We can't afford public transit, we have to fund our oil companies"

[@baskapat5239]

@@EdgySniper497 *Military budget*

[@davidlawand2805]

Okay... now you've made it a little more clear for me... thank you! ♥️

[@Teodrummer92]

I really would love to see a new series where you start building an Europe city! Well or in general I'd love to see more "tips and tricks" about european cities since I personally find them the more challenging in CS! Thanks for your great contents mate :D

[@angelo8555]

Your videos are honestly the best! Again and again! Love this series!

[@andresfelipetellezruiz563]

In Colombia, the bus is all. Bogota, where I live, with 10 M people haven't metro, train or nothing else, only bus.

[@nataliecovers__]

Must be some very busy roads

[@hanifalhusaini5455]

But at least it has bus rapid transit, which has dedicated lanes so that the buses are not stuck in traffic.

[@diplomat022]

Commercial shopping areas might be cool. That might just be a good one for your vanilla builds. Love the channel 💯

[@user-rc4je2rr9d]

I was waiting for the latest work in this series. I'm glad. Perhaps crossing the railroad tracks reminded me of the city that appeared on the stage of the "A Certain Magical Index". It seems that Southeast Asia is playing an active role as a means of transportation.

[@secondlieutenan]

Cool! The road plasment is like real life

[@tomaszdugin]

After road layout and public transport urban planning (zoning) is only natural! What a fantastic series!

[@sugandhachouhan4916]

Your videos are surprisingly relaxing

[@vojtechsukup4488]

I really apreviated the song you used while building Asia, I really like GoodTimesWithScar

[@shrubbii]

Loving this series. Perhaps compare suburbs or industrial areas next?

[@129-pushyamitra8]

This the most wanted video i ever wanted

[@CrossriderBankai23]

Lot of lesson learned here, nice job, you have so much ideas and talent 😲👏

[@aksanzft.bogenktzy5740]

Hello Greetings from Indonesia Next, make a complete sports center Thanks

[@imperatur]

Greetings back:D

[@aksanzft.bogenktzy5740]

@@imperatur 👌🏻😉

[@saidhyanpathani2392]

You should compare the American, European, and Asian Suburbs.

[@-guest89-]

Jesus, Asia is a very good place to live then😂 Thought Europe has also aboveground Metro lines :P

[@KITsuneCh_]

Well, asia already have a lot of population and beautiful places so.... why not?

[@aeb9100]

Europe very beautiful, croissants chocolatines, fromage etc... 😏

[@-guest89-]

@@aeb9100 spaghetti, pizza, trams, museums, landmarks...

[@KITsuneCh_]

@@aeb9100 yeah every country have their own unique thing

[@aeb9100]

@@KITsuneCh_ @- Guest89 - yeah sure I was just kidding because I'm French but Asia and America are surely good places to live in !

[@amanohashidate3298]

Nice, hast dich an meiner Heimatstadt Frankfurt versucht :D Höchstens U-Bahn und Straßenbahnnetz haben einen kleinen Hauch Fiktion dabei :)

[@jefflau4846]

Really impressed by how you replicate the street layouts and transport systems 🔥🔥

[@CoolTransport]

my favorite video u did so far!

[@trainman305team]

Thank you very much, you have made my day

[@imperatur]

Great to hear:D

[@tronix6015]

Very nice and helpful video!!!! Could you compare the road layout next please?

[@jsonattard2179]

I like how you used your city planning map

[@mattes4929]

You forgot the most imporant part in both America and Europe: Chronic underfunding. And what about public transport in more rural areas? Here in Germany at least you can consider yourself lucky if a bus stops twice daily in your village.

[@imperatur]

Hahha true

[@edwardmiessner6502]

In the US there is no public transport in the more rural areas

[@John_Kap]

Your videos are incredible but I cant seem to figure out why so many people haven't subscribed yes

[@imperatur]

🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️

[@rancidmarshmallow4468]

perhaps beyond the scope of this video, but public transit in larger american cities is usually 1-2 extra modes defined by the era it was built. so take the bus+amtrack of the city you had, and add anything from light rail, to streetcars, to aboveground metro, to peoplemovers, and as long as you only add one or two, and don't connect it very well with the existing bus/rail network, you've got an American city.

[@SntVTC]

My cities on skylines always looks like asia lmao

[@jordiriera1081]

How about some underdeveloped road layout competition? South America vs Africa vs South East Asia

[@simonsv9449]

One thing you forgot is that american cities usually have a light rail system. It’s even more common to have light rail than commuter rail in america.

[@markusz4447]

Very well done! In bigger european cities, there is a visibible developement away from terminus stations to central stations which are not terminus (I am lacking the proper word but you get what I mean^^)

[@lokiodinson5412]

little over the top with metro-stations in europe... but anyway great video ;)

[@kimberley4083]

Great video! :)

[@jaydaj6999]

Me when he started building the Asian transit: *super fast build mode intensifies*

[@williamhuang8309]

GoodTimesWithScar?

[@merlinbreaud7379]

That was Noob VS Pro VS Modders, in the right order.

[@csch1510]

Now that is video I would have loved to see one year earlier Well, better late than never

[@imperatur]

:D

[@marcuseweimin2645]

All of these comparison videos are accurate @Imperatur especially the Asia one as all of the transport hubs are crowded into one place. Pls do a suburb comparison video. It will look so different from these three areas!

[@YTomi26]

This is so true! In Asia, they will put as many type of public transit as you can! 😅

[@shubamroy7241]

@imperatur You are GOD when it comes to Cities Skyline! Amazing videos every time. one request is, please make more of Tutorials. :D

[@RFGfotografie]

Really nice music to watch this video's :P

[@analogbunny]

Also about Asia; the distinction between "commuter rail" and "subway/metro" is actually pretty fuzzy. Most subway systems come above ground on the edge of town and have their terminus in remote rural areas. Also a lot more local vs express, where the remote rural and non-hub stations are served by a separate line that shares the same track with an express line that only does interchange stations.

[@marcosradaelli2364]

I think it would be a nice idea to conpare urban planning :D

[@davidbenson6108]

I'd love to see a comparison of waterfront development styles!

[@Hazesitoo]

I'm from Spain, and in the cities of Europe public transport is very important, even more than cars

[@jonnyzhong8614]

Just a nitpick. In Asia, many train stations are by elevated road. In other words, one can only access the train station through highways rather than the common roads. So maybe you can build train stations by highways.

[@omerv2742]

Asia to america: ameaturs

[@fan_srpelo]

That moment when europe layout looks less messier than my weird grids and randomly placed streets,

[@SntVTC]

Mexico City be like: Do you have good public transportation? ):

[@andreicarbans4501]

Scar viewrs are vibing!

[@natahn9568]

there are many exceptions though, too much that cannot be put into this vid. anyway appreciated the hard work done in this vid. btw isn't building and planning at that angle hard? (such as 9:05)

[@ericm262]

Do, prisons next for America, Europe and Asia!

[@linksrepublikaner]

Yes, there are really big railway stations in Asia, especially in China. They are massive.

[@RundeKatze]

For Germany the distances between stops is really everywhere nearly the same. For busses 300m for really important areas (city center pedestrian area sightseeing places) 500m everywhere else in the city. For Trams = the same as busses. For Metros (here called U-Bahn) around 500m-1000m. For city trains (here called S-Bahn) 1500m-2500m. For local trains 3000m-5000m For Local express trains ~10´000m And for intercity service... well only cities/towns with population greater than around 80-120k people. And metros are only underground to underpass critical traffic areas. Metros are mostly overground in rural areas and underground in the city centre or where it needs to underpass a major street junction because tunnels and bridges are expensive. For trains it is the same. No major bridge or tunnel constructions. It is cheaper to build a street-bridge or a street underpass over a train line than building a train bridge or even underpass for a street.

[@kretRL]

Here in Hamburg we have 4 Intercity stations, which is pretty much. But you need to remember Hamburg has about 1.8 Mil Population, not 100.000.

[@marcusv9691]

I’m from Houston Texas and the buses were ok part! Houston is president out so we have hov lanes. Each hov lane exit has a whole bus terminal at it! Many American cities have metros and sometimes trams (light rail) but they are all usually terrrible compared to Europe and asia

[@ryansimioni5843]

I'd love to see some of this stuff based on Australian cities, it'd be very useful :)

[@stoplightgaming2302]

Australian cities I think might be around the same as US but I'm not sure

[@TrickyMario7654]

@@stoplightgaming2302 Australia has much better public transport than the US in most cases.

[@heshaw9662]

作者很用心 概括的不错 我这里简单讲一下中国规划的特色： 中国的北方和平原地区的路网基本都是在横平竖直 比较方正 热衷于造环线和放射形的高速 南方因为江河湖海比较多 桥/高架/涵洞的使用比例也飘高 所以路网歪七竖八 无法用东西南北指路 只能在比较碎片的区域内做有限的优化 加上比较喜欢造主路不怎么优化次等道路的习惯 导致高峰期经常堵车 再者是中国的客运铁路系统的运载量是全世界最牛逼的 不接受反驳 ps：虽然德国西门子技术不错 但是毁在和低速列车公用轨道这一条上经常晚点 至于铁路线路分两种情况 传统的低俗列车使用传统的有砟轨道都是直接铺在地上的 和欧洲的做法没什么区别 但是高铁列车轨道比较偏爱使用桥梁 隧道 减少对地面交通的干扰 也能减少对与土地的占用 降低了征收成本 地铁建设的条件之一：城市总人口超过700万，市区常住人口在300万人以上 总里程已经在世界名列前茅，但是规划水平亟待提升，需要向Tokyo学习。 公交系统就那样 基本只能覆盖城区热点地区 最后：我其实会写英文 但是感觉用中文会说的准确一些 动动手用Google 翻译一下吧

[@ducxandy9889]

New York: Where's the metro system?

[@imperatur]

New york is a exeption

[@kube2555]

My city: just a lot of dirt roads

[@rosaria8384]

There may be exceptions. Yep, especially in the Philippines where public transport in the capital is just two overground rail with no alternatives plus congested bus and jeep lanes that are unidirectional.

[@WGriff7774]

A plus Content!

[@mixeray]

Nice video. Can you upload the maps to the workshop please?

[@HAJDog247]

Here in the Philippines (South East Asia), our railway (metro) system is mostly aligned above the median of the avenues. If it transitions to underground from elevated, the alignment is under the same road-so that when it goes elevated again, it won't be that hard to do so. 🇵🇭🚈

[@Marksman560]

How to recognize a great designer: By the amount of public transport he designs in an empty city :)

[@martinwyke]

In Europe most urban rail lines will predate modern development and run in straight lines to and right through the cities. They will have use a lot embankments and cutting to keep a level grade. New roads will bridge or underpass railways. Quite a lot of Light rail/trams are often built on old decommissioned railway side lines. Buses routes will typically follow a wheel and spoke layout, in and out on main roads to suburbs dissected by orbital routes at major junctions.

[@ShaudaySmith]

As an American who grew up in the suburbs and commuted to work mostly with cars and eventually the train.... confirmed accurate for my area.

[@juliansinclair3799]

You should do US, european and Asian skyline on these grids, could be cool.

[@Gamma78.]

the town loks like zurich(swizerland)

[@CJLloyd]

Asian public transport is the boss! I'm from Europe, and I've been living in Asia for the past 6 years. It's waaaaay better here. Europe tries hard. Asia succeeds harder.

[@amtorraziert]

8:47 Lets go Howling comes in, so its time to hit super-fast build mode

[@rudolflevente6760]

Europe: Has highways in the city Budapest: Ah sh8t here we go again...

[@thegamingteen4447]

Asian section: exists Imperator: time for super fast build mode

[@astromemo3116]

You should compare natural reserves next time!

[@pascalbaryamo4568]

Little comment on Europe, tram and metro usually don't come together. Nevertheless, metro often goes ground level in the outskirts or in places where you would expect a tram (it's usually one service, but game trams can't go underground). If you want to include an additional tram, it's rather for touristic or historical purposes, it won't cover any areas built after say 1930.

[@mariobolanoacevedo]

Really cool, i'm latin, and i felt identificated with American designe

[@yuwuhaotai4879]

What a fresh hot video!

[@imperatur]

Nice:)

[@user-komcom]

I'm Japanese, and this video is so interesting! What city did you refer to when you make this?