Targeted Road Diets & Bike Facilities to Encourage Alternative Transportation | Verde Beach 85

[@CityPlannerPlays]

Save can be found here: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2815033161

[@TheRoadburner99]

you should add a rail connection to the oil port for freight traffic over in the new development in verde beach and maybe run a transit line with a bypass loop for passenger traffic essentially using one way rail to make the connections to the port from 2 way rail so you can make your loop with the one way rail

[@PhoenixWwrong]

I'm guessing 81 tiles is required to make this save work?

[@martinlehtonen]

Thank you for listening to us - residents of your city. We do appreciate that the city planner takes in suggestions from the people who live in the city!

[@nulnoh219]

Nice! I had to move, the mayor demolished my apartment to put in a bike path recently. Moved to Five Pillar Sq. Nice neighbourhood.

[@pumpedupstreams8783]

When you take gaming too far 🤣

[@ethanfenderson7023]

I live near the university enjoying every sunset 🌇

[@CityPlannerPlays]

@@nulnoh219 I'm sorry! Hopefully the eminent domain payment made up for the loss of your home

[@Yes_I_Would_Kent]

Really love these tiny parks in the middle of all of this density. Feels wonderful to discover a small park in the middle of a city to have a change of pace.

[@jase_allen]

Just an advanced reminder to Phil for when he reimagines the Bob Ross Memorial Interchange: Bob said there are no mistakes, only happy accidents. Also happy little trees and clouds.

[@nekto4658]

I'm really impressed how the traffic in downtown is so quiet like it's just a small bedroom community

[@iangoodsell]

Love how the budget is a teaser for next time! This is the first episode in a long time where you haven’t accidentally brought up the budget pane. 😀

[@CityPlannerPlays]

I think you're right about that!

[@IceDree]

Very thoughtful of you, Phil. My condolences to Johnathan and his family.

[@GregRush71]

To fix the goods issues, you could take a page from Overcharged Egg's book and build a fishing industry, ironically the fish factory creates commercial goods. It's kinda odd to see a department store getting stocked up with fish to resolve goods issues, but it does work!

[@CityPlannerPlays]

I was actually thinking that might be the solution after working on the DLC video. The industry is currently pretty small and could be expanded! Everyone likes fish for every meal... right?

[@HilcoKlinkert]

Apparently sushi is still hot in VB, so go for it :)

[@filipjovanovic529]

Love the improvements you have made in this episode, really rounds up everything you've done in the previous one. Btw, you forgot to add the courthouse in the government district...

[@CityPlannerPlays]

Thank you! That's going to come when I work on the bike path park. The two main things I wanted to do and I got sidetracked from both of them... lol

[@RAI-1911]

RIP Deanna... My condolences to Jonathan & family... Thanks as always for the video Phil :)

[@eliasvandenbroucke7666]

I don’t know if you’re still gonna develop new high density neighborhoods but if you will, you should put the modern city center theme on. The commercial buildings will look a lot better than the regular high density commercial and it fits perfect in a grid

[@jps080576]

Little downtown park with gazebo you could put in a newsstand and maybe concessions or foodtruck

[@lefdee]

Seeing downtown again is a treat

[@e1123581321345589144]

11:35 Most older American government buildings were built in a time when there was a revival of classical architecture in the world. The idea is not as "European" as modern sky scrapers are American, it's just that in Europe people didn't demolish old buildings to replace them with modern ones, over here there's a much broader focus on preserving cultural heritage. But the classical style hasn't dies out, though it's less popular these days, however the advantages of building in this style is that it provides a set of proportions that are guaranteed to create a pleasant looking and harmonious structure. It's a tried and true technique that has been refined over centuries, but it limits the ability to innovate. There's a youtube channel called ClassicistORG which has excellent content on the matter. I highly recommend their playlist named "The Foundations of Classical Architecture"

[@CityPlannerPlays]

Thank you - great points! I'll check that channel out!

[@hrani]

I know a number of people who would absolutely just camp out at that railroad museum, have snacks and watch the trains on their days off. Love it! ❤

[@naruto0123456780]

What a fantastic episode. One of the best for sure. Deanna Cresent park is a wonderful addition to the city

[@C4Reining]

Long live Verde Beach.

[@titaniadioxide6133]

One thing I’d love to see more of is shade! I grew up in Florida and just about every parking lot, sidewalk, and shopping location had trees specifically to provide shade. I know it’s harder in Cities Skylines but the difficulty of putting trees in places that they can provide shade is frustrating in my own saves.

[@roscoepentney5942]

43:07 If you're planning to re-develop some of the land freed up from sinking the railway then maybe you should consider a few small warehouses, or indeed small pockets of industrial zones dotted here and there. Should help get some much needed products into the city centre. 44:43 I would expect to see some sort of industry / unique factories near the cargo hub.

[@dachserdachs]

Loved the episode! I am a huge fan of the idea that you could go through an polish up some older districts a bit!

[@addisengaudette1602]

Great way to start a rainy day, thanks for the awesome content and detailed explanations of your methods.

[@owenbowden4420]

You should consider a elevated metro line, I think it would look really good.

[@edwardmiessner6502]

Yes! There are precedents in Miami's Metrorail, San Juan PR's Tren Urbano, and Honolulu's new light rail system

[@Ubi2447]

Super satisfying episode. Good to see these older areas revisited and grown with the change over time in the city. Thank you Phil!

[@CityPlannerPlays]

[@ajneuschwander8928]

46:52 It looks like that junction might benefit from having a signal put in, just to help facilitate all of the movement being done via the bike lane road

[@CityPlannerPlays]

Completely agree. I'll get that added!

[@WongKaiKo]

Dropping Kellerhouse down to a two-lane road made me cry. It just looked... Right as a six-lane palm tree lined road.

[@JonatanGronoset]

The rail museum, yees! It is such a nice building and I'm currently replicating it for a train simulator as a living museum.

[@nitzanmedina2453]

I really liked this episode! I think you need more episodes like this where you go back to a certain neighborhood in the city and decide to redesign it. This is a process that is happening in a lot of big cities in the world these days right now. Seeing examples of how this can be done aesthetically and beautifully and without compromising on the pedestrian, is something that is inspiring! I hope that here in Israel, too, they will begin to think in such a direction in the planning of our cities.

[@theroosterblocker]

Great work on the road diets and the respect for the railroad past.

[@Hyorinmaru0o]

For anyone interested in playing for themselves, humble bundle have the whole series minus this years DLCs for a massive discount :)

[@matnovak]

C:S bundle is a trap - it's so much cheaper to buy individual big expansions on sale. Bundles include content creator packs and radio stations that are way overpriced for the amount of content they bring to the table. Content packs are nice to have when you already have the expansions and I never listen to the in-game radio (if you do use the radio and you like the DLC music, then be my guest). Also, you get to choose between the expansions that you'd actually want to use. I picked up Industries and Parklife (my first 2 expansions) on Steam sale and I'm super happy that I went with this approach.

[@beastateverythin]

@@matnovak it’s like $20 for nearly all the DLC. Definitely not a trap in this case

[@amicusdeiciviscaeli5044]

I got it all for $20 myself. The downloader I was using for the epic version got shut down so I bought the humble bundle to switch over to steam so I could have direct access to the workshop.

[@CityPlannerPlays]

[@randallcromer66]

Awesome my totally awesome dude, you keep putting out the most excellent content and I promise to keep coming back for more of it and I also promise to keep sharing your video's with as many people as I possibly can because you my totally awesome city builder dude you definitely deserve it. 👊😲👍

[@mauricemorrison428]

Awesome 😎, I just finished watching Not Just Bikes on KZbin and immediately thought of how this would work in City Skylines. Also for Greenaway St, it seems like a roundabout would be in order and if you wanted to be fancy and unrealistic you could add a elevated bike roundy with on/off paths.

[@Romolisi]

Nice one, I think you may need a fence around the back to the central station to separate it from the train museum! the children!

[@kagenish]

I was thinking the same thing

[@ElDimitrius]

Us Dutchies love bikelanes! So, my favorite episode so far 😂

[@aijacha]

I love bike lane episode, because lot of people are against them in city where I live.. we can't get good bike infrastructure, because there's always someone complaining.

[@ElDimitrius]

@@aijacha sorry to hear that. Hope that changes someday. It's not only better for environment and your health, but it's fun! I bike almost every where in the city if possible. Takes about the same time as the car. Only groceries i get by car 😅

[@kevinistired]

Bike and pedestrian episodes are my favorite

[@floydiandroid]

I need a coffee mug with “just a little mulligan to start your day” on it

[@TheoLo]

I too have the attention span of a guppy! Also loving the addition of unique buildings, please add the courthouse!

[@widepeepoflo]

ty man, love all your videos always such a good/chill times

[@TheNorthStarTrilogy]

I love your work. I've been watching for a minute and I just want to say thank you. If I ever get rich you are making me an eco friendly city on my Private Island

[@jacobkonkel6793]

My house turns 100 years old this year! Please don't tear it down... 🥺 She's got a lot of life left in her.

[@Olie_d94]

The Deanna Crescent part was a very nice gesture

[@CrispyCheetah47]

Great as always! I really think you could clear up your goods problems in downtown by adding a few more access points to the highway. The highway runs along top the entire city and yet there are only like 3 access points. Getting anywhere for freight traffic is super convoluted!

[@DWCDR]

the bench and tree you placed for deanna made me tear up a lot

[@OneFuriousDon]

31:20 amazingly innovative assymetrical road usage...

[@VairyLeo]

good requests work on proximity. you need to scatter your warehouses throughout the city and set them on balanced so they will ship out readily.

[@enriquewiv]

The Mass Transit unique buildings are some of my faves, glad to see them worked into VB. It looks like your new warehouses are set to fill, which I think means that they are competing with your commercial zones for goods. I'd put them on balanced so that they receive deliveries but also send goods out.

[@CityPlannerPlays]

I'll give that a go!

[@michaelmohr4685]

Great episode as (almost) always! You only forgot the courthouse... Apart from the road diet I would also suggest a "useless line diet" in the train network and get rid of reduntant lines with low ridership only costing money.

[@aliccolo]

I think it might be fun to have a few food trucks near the new urban park in the IT district. Since it's meant to be an area for the workers to have their lunch breaks, I think it would make a lot of sense to have a few food trucks in the area to cater to those office workers enjoying their lunch break.

[@MacBolzack]

Could u do a city "on-foot/POV" view, maybe follow a transit route in 1st person to showcase the vibe in the city? Btw, I think u forgot 2 place Court of Verde Beach

[@aliaparker8267]

I would love to see some pedestrian roads replace under utilized roads in the city

[@CM-fn6sh]

Could I suggest looking at the imports/exports panels? If commercial goods imports are high, then a fishing industry (like others suggested) might be a better solution to "not enough goods" than adding more warehouses. Great video!

[@edwardmiessner6502]

15:35 May I suggest a Commuter Rail Station at the Verde Beach Government Center? I think it could sure use one. Also the Metro Government Line T-station at the upper right doesn’t seem to provide access to the government center. Maybe build a loop or a spur? Also early in the game you were talking about having to replace the Bob Ross Memorial Interchange sometime in the near future. May I suggest a rebuild like the California Interchange made by Lee Hawkins in Season 2 5B1C Port Concord series?

[@jacobrobinson7395]

🎶🎵The best part of waking up is “mulligan” in your cup🎵🎶

[@nekto4658]

40:57 You could run a bicycle path parallel the collector

[@ben0329]

Great changes. I think there are some more opportunities to have micro zoning of IT cluster (maybe like a block) throughout the whole city to evenly spread out the goods they make

[@xXxAngryBird101xXx]

It may also be good to enable big and small business benefactor, as I find that, in my cities, the gain in profit usually outweighs the cost.

[@capedkat]

This episode was particularly awesome ♥ I love the spot for the railway museum, it just belongs there. I'm saving up to buy 'your' computer, or at least the undressed version of the machine. I'm not sure whether 'undressed' translates to your language, but I won't be needing the editing stuff or mic is what I mean. But then at least I can download the city file without frying my computer.

[@RushFan-2112]

Sad to see Kellerhouse downgraded, I loved that road haha. Just like I loved the old Kellerhouse-Semperverde roundabout. Not particularly practical anymore but they really added to the feel of the area.

[@lordraven2264]

I know this is vanilla, but bike lanes are a nightmare if you're running realistic parking on the traffic mod. As for the trees, it's still a game, use what you like, I like your choices.

[@ryokutraining9430]

Thank you this was a major improvement

[@ericpowers3238]

Absolutely brilliant

[@flashpoint9135]

You may want to consider going through all the areas you just updated/upgraded and check the zoning. Specifically I noticed in passing some of your commercial along the new bike highway is not fully zoned.

[@JoMcD21]

Aww, the park was so sweet

[@thedocumentaryguycomputers]

Hey also please shift the oil industry near farming area and also add some ore industry in close proximity and make a unique factory complex to resolve commercial goods problem

[@VairyLeo]

the trail behind the rail museum could use a crossing applied to the road it connects to. there's a path on the other side but no easy way around.

[@PaxAnders]

Diannas park is really nice, good job man

[@PinkPanda-z5b]

fun fact, the coconuts trees in the streets reminded me of a problem we had in my region. As i grew up it was not uncommon to see mango trees in the streets, including in avenues with a lot of usage. As you can guess even though everyone loves mango and people would grab some, those trees were responsible for huge mess, mango falling all over the side walks and the streets, lots of dirtiness to clean up. Developers learned with that, we have no fruit trees on the streets anymore, but as a kid in those times i used to love, and it kinda makes me feel bad we don't have them anymore.

[@karu6111]

Mangoes are slip hazards, and they look and smell horrible rotting on the street. Almost every yard has them planted tho, where I live, because they’re awesome to eat, especially the crunchy raw ones.

[@beaul83]

Love this series.

[@123Comrade]

Viva la Verde! 🌴🌴🌴

[@evancollins1379]

I think you should add a restaurant to the park in the IT district. Being that it is a park for employees. It would make since to have one there.

[@clashtwo5066]

Don’t ever feel bad about having to do something odd to make your vision work - as a console player, I can tell you there’s almost nothing in vanilla you can do that won’t make me go “Yeah, I know that feeling”

[@pbwithj534]

you should make a quarry, i have some in my towns that i just use to get dirt from, looks cool sometimes. but you get soil!

[@jumble1652]

The little stub road at the start of the collector couplet should be a 4-lane road instead of tree lined. This would give 2 lanes to each of the one way streets

[@meekon33]

"Mulligan - a good way to start your day" - like a text on a coffee mug

[@michaelfoland2007]

I think you could add some toll roads, especially near the airport to bring in some additional money! Also! How about a weather radar? Keep it up :)

[@forever_noir_2155]

Those 2 warehouses out on their own can have an independent train connection to another more integrated warehouse. So an interior train line just for getting goods from those warehouses to the east of the system without a crazy infrastructure project

[@countertony]

Was "Cresent" Deanna's last name, or is it intended to describe the curved shape of the park? If the latter, there should be a second 'c' in there to form 'Crescent'. If the former...oof, my bad.

[@CityPlannerPlays]

That was my mistake - I'll get that fixed. Thanks for pointing that out!

[@Grant-dx3qt]

Hoping that one day Verde Beach can have a recognized LGBT district. In real cities they are hubs for tourism and leisure and big boosts to the city from the yearly parade in June!

[@miguelvilla7865]

here in bogota we have a totally pederestrian road, it is the most crowded zone of the city, and its full of comerce and offices, maybe in a future you can add one to your city with a mod

[@jannikmuller5792]

Why are you doing this to me? All the time i watch your beautiful cities, i also wanna build a city like this, i start with the downtown and then i've no creativity anymore and i let it fall and feel bad :D Go ahead!

[@Aetherish]

Surely by the train areas the tracks would all be fenced off in the more urban areas to avoid the general public from accessing such dangerous areas. Not to mention thieves from stripping any metals from the services for example any lead, copper etc.

[@nathanmock1824]

I may be wrong, but I would check on the monorail station on Kellerhouse. The node length between it and the busy intersection may be causing problems.

[@chrisbeveridge6891]

From a game perspective, it certainly makes sense to put the government center streets on a road diet. From a reality perspective, for a city of this size, I'd keep them wide. They're useful for various events that go on, from things like parades and marches and protests that are organized. What would make the most sense just isn't allowed in the vanilla game (or with mods I think) in doing what some European cities are doing and just having tram traffic through it and turning the roads into walking zones for the city center. Totally makes sense within this vanilla game though, but I could imagine quite some interesting events in Verde Beach's government center.

[@HilcoKlinkert]

Just came back from my first kickboxing lesson (intense!). My mind was clear and I finally found a word that describes CPP's playing style well for me (in Verde Beach at least, and despite 'Mulligalore'): *deliberate* Even just placing a bicycle lane, redoing it once or twice, the reasoning behind it ... almost like he does this for a living 😜 On the other hand, I'm pretty sure it also has something to do with the power of editing 😉

[@kontenterrorist2449]

At 45:31 there is an opportunity to link the two thoroughfares now that the railway line is gone which would prevent the neighbourhood road to the northwest of it from being used as a collector. (use a curved avenue to connect the road on the viaduct to the surface road)

[@MordechaiKarp]

One problem with that is disturbing the bike highway

[@kontenterrorist2449]

@@MordechaiKarp It's only a minor move to the left

[@iamdavehawkins]

Wish my city would do more of this..

[@magicalmac7505]

Idk if it's possible at this point, but I would really live to see a canal or creek in the city (maybe along a major road or emptying into/coming from a pond as part of a state park), and see citizens using it for kayaking or fishing

[@IBSkinnyB]

You are too nice to your cyclists. In my builds they be lucky to even get a path of any kind. Lol.

[@edwardpoynton8747]

Would you ever think about doing a realistic UK build at some point? Would probably be interesting for you as well

[@greener_cfc4842]

It definitely feels like the goods issue is really an industry issue, too much office not enough production.

[@coburgcoburg0152]

Another cool vid 😎

[@KB-nc7lw]

Leave some of the “lumpies and bumpies” lmao that’s close to realistic grading. Plenty of sites just have these large 2:1 slopes with no landscaping, just sod lol

[@piersnivans5983]

still watching the video, but I hope you corrected your spelling of "crescent" and reversed the direction of that asymmetrical road

[@Rikard_Nilsson]

Looks like cities skylines would benefit from including a "Truck depot" kinda structure to spawn more freight trucks in areas with too little room for warehouses

[@MordechaiKarp]

Cool idea, but trucks take up a lot of space too

[@jacobschenk6661]

I would love to see an episode 100 where full mods are used just to clean up little things.

[@pumpedupstreams8783]

That would defeat the purpose of a vanilla city.

[@Hyorinmaru0o]

I feel like the area where all the rail lines out of central station go underground should be fenced? Seems like a dangerous area :)

[@hasanal-attar9161]

I love your city It looks better than most real cities 😂

[@tigonologdring9189]

"If I had the Network Multitool then ..." So why not use it? It's not a vanilla build now anyway and hasn't been for a long time. It would make the city _sooo_ much better IMHO

[@akashsarkar2001-r5k]

You should make a podcast named "A happy little pipe".

[@lenin972]

Using eminent domain for bike lanes, good thing there's no courthouse in VB

[@Hahlen]

I think the final goal for Verde Beach should be to get the population to the same number as your KZbin sub count