Taking Worlds Worst Traffic & Making it Disappear in Cities Skylines!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

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[@archieharrison4801]

"Turn this more into a roundabout rather than a BLOP about" Biffa 2019 Biffa's sayings are the best..

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

:-)

[@arjunanjali114]

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines Agreed!

[@sdalt14]

By the end of the video traffic moves almost as fast as we click a new traffic fix video!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Indeed :-)

[@Zetharion1]

I had no idea he was pumping out this many videos on this so fast. I just watched my first one, saw there was 41 episodes and was thinking it started several weeks ago lol. Saw the date of the first video and I was like "WTF? Is that right?" I guess it must be.

[@jaroj1112]

*almost*

[@SpoilingForAFight]

I came across your channel recently, related from watching Sims videos, and then I just had to get this game and now I'm hooked. Your traffic tips are excellent. Roundabout power! 🤘 😂

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thank you Kristen Hood :-)

[@mgunter]

17:45, that area cleared up because you didn't connect the tracks back up to the station.

[@masihnewbie0]

Yes

[@SilverMe2004]

There was a second station just around the corner. Apparently having two that close is not good

[@juanjodpr]

The problem with the cargo stations is the low speed the traffic goes. It's far too slow and honestly it should be increased up to 60 or something in future updates. Also, if you have a ton of production, many trucks will swarm them trying to sell the godos. That's good for getting money but it can block the trains, so you have to make sure the tracks are one way out instead of two ways in-out. I know this because I learnt it the hard way and now I have 6 cargo stations all working more or less ok in a city of 260k people. However, despite that tremendous amount of citizens, only 4k use the metro and 2k the buses. I guess the game can't load more citizens and the more you grow up the sooner you reach the cap which I guess must be around 80k people. I remember having up to 10k people using metro and then suddenly they abandoned the metro.

[@MyNotSoHumbleOpinion]

@@juanjodpr I always use two tracks: one for passengers and one for cargo, so no issue with train traffic.

[@BorisEagle]

@@juanjodpr My guess that it is 65536 persons limit when each person is tracking individually, after that the game is using another logic to handle more. Saw the option in some mod.

[@DerAua]

Biffa fixing traffic after a hard day helps me fix my soul. A sip of tea and a fixed traffic. An all round (!) evening.

[@MeDicen_Rocha]

Biffa, seeing how much your audience is starting to learn from you when building cities, you should explain road hierarchy, so we stop seeing those cities that are built around the 6 lane avenues that are not only ugly but worse in terms of traffic.

[@PlatypusVomit]

I use them extensively for roundabouts. My 170k pop city moves much better with them instead of 3 lane roundabouts.

[@revimfadli4666]

@@PlatypusVomit teach us your secrets

[@imperialsecuritybureau6037]

PlatypusVomit yeah 6 lane roundabouts that are more than say... 30 or 40 units wide are so effective at sponging up really high-traffic intersections. They act like sponges and just take everything you can throw at them

[@PlatypusVomit]

No real secrets. Just doing to my cities what Biffa does on these fix it vids. I’ll think about uploading a vid, but I have no vidcap software at the moment so probably won’t.

[@salmjak]

PlatypusVomit OBS?

[@colonelgraff9198]

When your traffic goes stiffa Just call up Biffa

[@SPARKYYT]

"This is a RoundAbout, and not a kasjdfh About" Hahahahaha. Love it

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Lol :-)

[@SPARKYYT]

Ayyyyee, Got an Haert from Biffa :D !

[@machr293]

Is the shape really important for the traffic flow?

[@SPARKYYT]

@@machr293 Maybe in Real life, but in a game. maybe not.

[@lukeday87]

My city on xbox has surpassed the 100k population mark and have traffic flow of 80-85% no mods thanks biffa

[@hunternewzealand6823]

One of the best things about you Sir that you mention the way to do it plus the name of the mode i.e. 13:55 and 15:08 so not only you are fun to watch fixing cities I am actually opening my steam workshop while watching and search for the mods the second you mention them. so thank you so much i started my tenth city and improving day after day.

[@murrayboyton8779]

I've started getting excited when i see roundabouts.... I think i may have a problem.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Lol :-)

[@machr293]

You are getting biffafired 🙂!

[@carlacarlacarla-]

when a highway exit branches out to two one lane roads, you can upgrade the exit to two lanes and the actual highway to one lane up until a highway entrance joins! i hope i was clear enough :)

[@ninesquared81]

I would keep the highway at at least two lanes if possible and have the slip road split into two lanes at some point but leave the highway with only one lane.

[@ryanmitchell4426]

12:24 Is it just me or is that a 6 lane one-way bridge leading into a 6 lane two-way road?

[@glitzyx4x852]

I noticed that too

[@Willrc57]

Turn this into a _roundabout_ rather than a **poop noise**-about, which is what it looked like.

[@hyperbytesgaming6493]

I am relatively new to cities skylines but have been watching it on KZbin for years! Watching your videos motivate me to play more. LOVE YOUR VIDS! #HorkyBorky #GetYourTea

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thank you HyperBytesGaming :-)

[@hearthjunkie8173]

Was anyone else expecting the “backing up backing up baaaaacking up” to open up the video 😂

[@crackedmachine6193]

The timelapse at 11:42 issuper helpful and satisfying! Please include more!

[@ZielAmerak]

you know, I stop playing Cities Skylines like 2 weeks after it was released, cause the traffic problems, and I don't think I will play it again, but I like your videos, is just so relaxing when the traffic move the way is has to.

[@loviebeest]

I just want to say that this is completely not my type of game, and I know that even if I got that I would not enjoy it. But you make it seem so fun and enjoyable to try this game and its really tempting me. I'm binge watching your city fixing videos and cant wait to see them all. Have a nice day to you and anyone who reads this ^^

[@Fost16]

Before biffa video readiness for Tuesday-25%, after biffa readiness-75%. Keep up the work

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thank you Fost16 :-)

[@riannaHermione]

The vehicle at 10:24 just decides.."I'm gonna off-road this thing! WEEEE!" lol

[@scottpearse1266]

Absolutely love your upload schedule -- there's something new to watch almost every day!

[@spitymaeh]

Biffa I just started this game and your tips helped me a lot with my city. It is growing very well. Currently half way to 80k and I could fix the traffic issues of high density areas quite well so far with the advice of your videos. Thank you so much! Love this game.

[@kly8105]

These must be like puzzle stages for you, the only thing missing is "achieve 80% traffic" objectives xD What would we do without Biffa, and what would Biffa be doing without us :P

[@Cynyr]

@24:40 "make sure to set your roundabouts up correctly" is looking at a roundabout with 2 turn off lanes...

[@mouzlymakes]

Yaaaay time for some horky borky!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Enjoy :-)

[@dyrcosis]

Love the cim at the very end just strolling across the middle of the roundabout and onto the highway completely ignoring the pedestrian bridge!

[@ananthrey9031]

I hope your little one gets well soon. Love your tea-fueled videos. :) will join pateron when I get employed. Motorcycle accidents are devastating!

[@russelljacob7955]

Train bypass tip! Put mainline so it runs under the terminal. Branch a oneway off each side before the tunnel, and lead those one ways into and out of the station. This way trains never have to cross each other.

[@Flobeeee]

Motto for this city: Biffed again

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Lol :-)

[@Mr1234karlos]

Sorry Biffa, Been away. on the plus side now have Four back to back Biffa videos to watch, Yayyyyyyyy. Bring on the TEA. :-)

[@stacymoffatt]

Hope your little is recovered and your family is 100%💛💛💛

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thankyou 😀

[@JettoDz]

That white truck coming out... sort of out the cargo station at 10:23 just went full offroad into another area of the city. They didn't told him this isn't Forza Horizon 4.

[@SgtBurned]

Hope you're little one is doing good, all the best for them and keep up the great work Biffa :)

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

👍

[@MaxClavboPettersson]

Yeah man, looking forward for a good video while eating lunch! Big Love from Zermatt/Switzerland!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Enjoy :-)

[@D-Ruys]

Oh wow zermatt! Beautiful location there, I've been there before! The hotel there is great aswell

[@nanfredman1991]

Massive 6-lane roads everywhere and one-way systems: NO. Just, NO. Stop it! ;^P No, really. You're hurting yourself! The Small Heavy Four-Lane road is excellent for industrial areas, as trucks can turn across the middle of the road (they can't on those special Industry roads, it seems). That cleared up a lot of my Industry area traffic problems. The other thing (for Industry DLC areas particularly) is to make sure trucks can get to the next stage of production with only right-hand turns. Like: Ore mine, ore mine, ore mine, ore mine -> ore warehouse -> ore mill, glass manufacturing (etc.) -> glass warehouse, metal warehouse -> quick exit to highway or cargo terminal. Use roundabouts judiciously so both sides of your roads get used. ;) This really works.

[@lisa1162]

Wonderful. You taught me a new trick today. I didn't know about moving the road up and down to clear the trees. Thank You Biffa. 😊

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

You're welcome :-)

[@ArcticISAF]

"Taking Worlds Worst Traffic & Making it Disappear in Cities Skylines!" _Biffa hits the clear traffic button_ "There we go folks. Thanks for tuning in! And I'll see you next time." Great vids as always, thanks for making them :P

[@DownundaThunda]

"Turn this into a roundabout, rather than a pbbt-about" Video hasn't even started, and I'm already cracking up. This is going to be a good episode... BTW, I might submit my city on here soon... I've started getting some pretty major traffic issues in one part of my city... but it's still pretty small, and fairly early on in game... I wan to build it up more before i submit it.

[@lordhostile]

Hey Biffa, watching your vids has made playing Cities alot more fun and interesting. Thank you for the great content, Cheers from Las Vegas!

[@augustskolby6622]

Still loving the videos! Thanks for saying the mods/DLC's for the roads :) Been watching for a very long time but haven't seemed to notice you saying it anywhere so that's why i was wondering, started playing the game again because of you :)

[@randomcommenter494]

"Many lanes" is in my ears and in my eyes There beneath the blue suburban skies Too many lanes Edit: typo. Didn't know I'd lose the heart when editing :(

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Lol

[@danielsottilemusic-official]

I hope your kid is OK! Keep making fun vids!!

[@sunriselg]

If someone wants to have the 2-lane-highway without buying the Mass-Transit-DLC, it's also in the mod "Network Extensions 2".

[@desertzombie]

I'd love to see what you would do with real world cities and trying to fix them in game. Would be fun to watch

[@Sk8rToon]

Alex Martin yeah. I wonder if someone made a recreation of Los Angeles he could fix up.

[@desertzombie]

@@Sk8rToon I'd love to see Vancouver as well

[@SadisticSenpai61]

I've found using the one lane/one way roads (from the Vanilla+ Roads mod collection) and having at least 2 cargo train stations are absolutely massive for reducing cargo train traffic - and I mean 2 cargo train stations right next to each other. When cars aren't trying to turn out in front of each other, it all just goes a lot more smoothly - plus by splitting the traffic up, they get in and out faster overall.

[@vgk_ef4791]

The wife and I hope your little one gets better soon. We love the videos keep up the great job biffa.!!

[@Sirani]

3:30 What are you doing? That's against your lane mathematics! (3 lanes + 1 lane = 3 lanes)

[@jamesfroyum23]

What is this insanity

[@Axelerati0n]

Yeah that is also the roundabout he is showing during his 'summary' at the end of the video, while he is saying: "yeah rembember using those lane mathematics, when you have a three lane road, go down to two lanes when a road goes off, and add it back in when a road comes on again." I found it really funny that he explains that while a wrong execution of that exact example is just showing in the background. Makes me wonder if it wasn't intentional, because otherwise he does a good job fixing traffic.

[@riannaHermione]

About 12:50.. I would connect 1 of the 6-lane roads into the other one further down so it's not 2 incoming to the roundabout. That would definitely work along with downgrading one of them, like you did with the one on the left. :)

[@CrazzlY]

Another Biffa video! My tuesday evening is SAVED! :D

[@nohax8232]

Thx for the entertainment for today, mr Biffa!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

You're welcome :-)

[@arjunanjali114]

Agreed!

[@ericgeesaman7341]

“Turn this more into a roundabout more than a 😝about”

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

:-)

[@stevengalloway8052]

Biffa, what's a "pfftbout?" 😆 And some of those roundabouts (or traffic circles) have the worst looks I've ever seen! 😆 They look triangular! 😆 You did some REALLY serious rework on this city. It didn't occur to me to keep the roundabouts clear of buildings on the out and insides. 🤔 Good thing to know. Look forward to more...

[@fredriksandberg3483]

Biffa, at your outro 24:40 "dont forget to setup your roundabouts" while you hover over one of his, look at the lane management in the middle lane :D

[@dcstone]

Top 10 oddly satisfying videos- Solving Traffic with Biffa

[@sylvainprigent6234]

I keep noticing that players keep using very bing interchanges (like the big turbine i think it's called), but in many cases it is a bit of an overkill. And in many cases people lack passages to get from one disctrict to another, making the relatively few highway exits blocked up. To all, when planning your cities just don't fail to add a few highway round-exits, or even a couple extra simple diamond interchanges and apply the basics of road hierarchy (highway to get from two parts of the city, arterial roads are the big streets connecting to the highway exits, need to minimise the number of intersections, add roundabouts if needed. Collector roads are the next lever down, and connect the local roads to the arterials). As far as two high-ways interchanges a simple cloverleaf interchange is usually sufficiant, if it is not just upgrade the exit ramps to two lanes rather than one and that does the trick. Edit, in this particular city, it was actually done quite well, wich is good to see, but the advice could still be usefull

[@josejaimes-ramos1546]

I can testify to this. Keeping the road heirarchy in your mind while building is enough to keep traffic down even in large cities. Combine that with the transportation heirarchy and you almost don't need roundabouts.

[@edwardsr70]

7:05 Biffa: "That's my chair squeaking" Me: nothing some wd-40 cant fix😂😂

[@adichiki8897]

Hey Biffa, love your vids, cant wait for the next one! And I dont even play cities :) I'd love to see a video explaning road hierarchy!

[@mrb6206]

biffaaaaaaaaaaa. I gave up on this game like two years ago because my dumbass could never fix my traffic and my biggest city was sub 20k before it all came crashing down. thanks to watching a few of your videos I have a city at 140k people with 77% traffic flow. thanks a lot, im excited to be getting back into this great game.

[@Yorickje1234]

Hope your son is fine after the medical trials, Biffa!

[@Manbehindthelens58]

Love the guy walking on air at 24:40

[@williampan9870]

11:06 Roundabout traffic is so bad that a car decides to just turn out and drive over the river

[@dramaqueen4490]

I do hope little biffa is feeling alright my 13 month old had eye testing last week but all came back good

[@luminax_gce]

14:18 A Slip lane with right arrow, but no right turn? how does that work?

[@SODPROSPECTDrift]

Hi Biffa, hope the little ones test comes back good. Love your videos mate

[@matthewlewis4831]

Fix an industry. Would love to see how you balance the different elements with the storage to get the most money.

[@sam.ramphall]

I've noticed a lot of times when youtubers do a "fix your city" video, they use the method of doing one way streets only partially, either in or out of an intersection. Please, consider doing it all the way down the street or using another method, it's not realistic and sometimes breaks down mass transit routes. Other than that, the videos are great

[@BelleVanSchijndel]

Train traffic can be such a nightmare. I play on console, so no mods, and the trains backing up in my 100K city was absolutely horrendous until I separated my passenger and goods lines. I've now got two parallel tracks running through the city, and it makes a world of difference.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Nice :-)

[@MadocComadrin]

It's not as necessary as it used to be, but you might also consider splitting up your local and external cargo by creating a transfer station: one station connects to local tracks, one connects to external tracks, and both are connected to each other by an isolated road loop. It forces the trains to be less frequent but more full.

[@joaopedro1322]

Hey Biffa, nice video. I have a suggestion, instead of making those curves for the "cargo sponge", couldn't you use a road that has a lower max speed?

[@fuhrab]

More Biffian Biffisms to liven up my day. Thank you!!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

You're welcome :-)

[@AoiKaze2000]

Do you know if there's a way to define industry supply chains? I'm having an issue where several of my industries aren't properly sending out resources to a production area (as I've built all the unique production facilities that work off of multiple industries in one area), so I've got resources produced at a good rate... just not getting to manufacturing and I'm wondering if there's a mod for industry akin to traffic manager.

[@j.nilsson5362]

You should have build some train cargo hubs on the edge of the map for incoming/outgoing trains. Also the one way road from the industry should have changed place with the ingoing at the roundabout. It’s the same thing you said in your traffic tips video

[@Preyfr60]

Weird roundabout => potato-bout. Every time I see you modify one, I get hungry. :)

[@kly8105]

You know that roundabout in the end with the walkways going up above it? it would be cool if there was a huge walk-in mall right in the middle, that you couldn't drive to.

[@EricLS]

Biffa, he had props everywhere in his roads because of Prop and Tree anarchy being on the whole time. Happens to me too with both road and T&P anarchy.

[@EricLS]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand he said this 30 seconds later....ugh

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Yeah I've done it too!

[@sharmsma]

Biffa, you're the best! Keep up the great work!

[@Oldman-Havok]

Ok, you got me wanting to play it now. After 2 months of simply watching you. Lol. Do you mind giving a quick Mod tutorial for us, and maybe what mods you recomend the most.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Mod top ten on my channel, pinned in the top post and pop up in the video 👍

[@champagnefreddy2108]

5:28 "What is this?" 😂😂😂😂

[@gghic260]

5.05 thank you. Sorry that I and people like me don’t listen but I know now, thanks

[@runesrensen2902]

18:10 100% traffic flow Hahahaha NICE

[@ubemcgrebbiii1923]

10:24 that man coming out the cargo station said “ight bro I’m boutta head out”

[@Eve141290]

New favorite from Biffa : a *fart sound* about 😂

[@mirandalyndon]

Nice video. But at 14:10, did you stop the right turn?

[@dylanrivers97]

Hi Biffa, was just wondering what mods you're using and whether there's a list anywhere?

[@firesmith2863]

i never see anyone do diverging diamond interchanges in the road fix it vids, i use em in my city and they work awesome. You should just try em for the fun and entertainment value.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

No good for lots of traffic without all sorts of timed traffic lights horky borky 😎

[@firesmith2863]

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines id send u my city to see how i use em but its all modded and would be a pain in the ass, i have a 30k city where i use em on nearly all my major intersections. I dont set up traffic lights on them but let them flow themselves and the ai works it out. All i generally do is set the lanes. But yeah they work well.

[@MisterNi]

Love this channel and what you do!

[@allanwilson4009]

I love your youtube its so entertaining so much, keep up the good work.

[@Jet-Pack]

Whoever suggested this as a drinking game... "keep moving". I give up.

[@dorkydragon5055]

Your videos are the cutest an I always look forward to watchn' em when I get of graveyard xD

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

😀

[@EvilDaveCanada]

Biffa, Could you post a collection of all the Mods you have running when you do your videos. I want to know what mod is giving you the additional items on the toolbar. Also Is there anyway to force that road with the bidirectional middle lane to force it to be used for turning only? We have one of those down the side of our biggest shopping mall so cars can turn off in to the parking lots for stores on the other side of the road from the mall BUT they can only travel in the middle lane until they come to a driveway on to the street from either side. It is a MAJOR ticket & demerit points if they catch you using wrong with spotter cars there at random times on random days.

[@or2kr]

I would like to get a better focus on where the cars are going and not where they are standing still. The biggest issue with roundabouts is that when cars can't leave it, the whole circle and thus every road feeding into it comes to a halt, so making the cars flow behind it is much more important than fixing the roundabout itself. It's kinda tiring to only see the rules being changed because that is the only thing that seems to be happening, while other solutions that only affect the road after the intersection are mich more important in my opinion

[@alanrobert3098]

Why is watching you fix traffic so mesmerising? Also, legit question, do your affiliate links work with console DLC purchases?

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

No steam purchases for pc only 👍

[@alanrobert3098]

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines that's a shame, since my laptop is a molten pile of garbage... I'll have to wait until I get paid again, buy something and make a donation: I can't stop watching the vids!

[@thefreakDWN]

I honestly thought you would make an ovalabout between the cargo island and the big city island, that wouldve been glorious.

[@ChrisB01]

I have another way to get rid of the many traffic on the roads. Solution: BOMBARD THE ROADS! (not guaranteed that your city will survive).

[@Duduicostin]

i just bought cities skylines because of you:)) i ain't even gaming, i just want to apply all the knowledge:))

[@johnrenzco5401]

what mod is that at the upper left of the screen? beside the disaster icon.

[@markd.9422]

I don't understand why people make ALWAYS big roads? JUST WHY?

[@Butterfly1025A]

I guess they never zoom in? Maybe the big roads help them see 😂

[@MadocComadrin]

This plus having intersections too close together and having too much segregation causes a lot of problem more than anything other design problem in CS. A lot of these fixes have really sparse traffic in most places. Road hierarchy is everything.

[@kostpoliakov]

Because most people, and even some city planners, don't realize that adding more lanes doesn't ~magically~ proportionally increase street throughput by 100% for each added lane... Also, who ever remembers city streets having parking to be accounted for? Yeah, I get it, it's a game, and blah-blah-blah...

[@TheSpangster]

You can pop up office buildings at roundabouts and at mhighly used roads because they cause like no traffic and it´s good for the usage of space, i guess and in my city i also makes the ways to work shorter, i guess :D

[@malcolmrodrigues911]

23:00 looks like vehicles from the station are forced into the exit lane rather than stay on the main road, or did I miss something?

[@ziiofswe]

Looks like it, but we never got the whole info. Can't tell if he allows lane change when exiting the terminal.