When Complete Destruction is the ONLY Traffic Fix Option in Cities Skylines

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

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[@ChrisG404]

You used to link to the save file for these. I always enjoyed trying to tackle the traffic on the cities you showcased. Could you please start posting those links again?

[@sltkm]

You didn't build in the forestry industry at last...

[@jeffldavis1969]

Hi Biffa- I noticed that you did not recap the population. It started at 32,323 peeps (1:33), and at the end of the fixes the population was 34,180 peeps (39:37)

[@OmikronTitan]

Which is really noteworthy since the population dropped to 20k when everything stalled.

[@zloungeact]

Lots of abandoned buildings need to be demolished too.

[@stripybread3715]

Thanks for fixing my city Biffa! Great video

[@WarWithVarun]

Ah, what a great opportunity to learn from this. Note how Biffa fixed your city and what changes he made, and you'll get to building many great cities in the future!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thanks for sending it in 👍😁

[@ed4373]

Thanks for submitting your city Stripybread! Would you be willing to share the original savefile for those of us who want to try to fix your city for practice now that we've seen Biffa do it?

[@tom_peters]

Can you please share a link to your city so we can have a go at it as well?

[@Crimethoughtfull]

@@WarWithVarun As someone who has been playing for less than a week, what a great learning opportunity for me! For one...traffic mods!!

[@LalaLala-hk4wt]

I saw the issue right away! They are all driving on the wrong side of the road!!! Sure, this isn't working 😅 (sorry for this joke 🤣 I love your fixing videos!! )

[@PerfectAlibi1]

I know right? Who drives on the left hand side?! 🤣

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

🤣😋

[@scotto7047]

Australian here... Not sure I understand. They are driving how the sane part of the world drives! 😄🤣😂

[@LiqdPT]

@@scotto7047 imagine Aussies believing they're sane... 😉

[@scotto7047]

@@LiqdPT Indeed - Not this little duck!

[@nohax8232]

Ah, good old city fixes! 2019 vibes :)

[@Pro_Existance]

Yes!

[@lasstnight]

I love this series, glad it's back

[@doesitmatter3642]

Always nice to see a good old fashioned city fix :D I love the city building series, but I missed those.

[@wohlhabendermanager]

So glad this series is back. I was predicting 15% of traffic, which wasn't too far off!

[@logankowalyk2580]

I actually love doing massive overhauls in my city. Making it cleaner and more efficient is so satisfying. I just finished redoing a main road around a shopping center and it was alot of maneuvering but it looks so much better now

[@jandraelune1]

At 24:40 , CS even tells you in a pop-up to not have long stretches of road to ease up on traffic build up.

[@Raigoth]

Definitely missed these! I love this series and the city building series but please dont get burnt out!

[@m.poppins4843]

31:06 Took you, Biffa, aka MISTER ROUNDABOUT EVERYWHERE long enough to spot that this junction was the perfect candidat for a roundabout. I legit celebrated this moment lol

[@gandalf_thegrey]

0:48 "Get a grip" "Change" Feels way more intimidating when written out lol

[@kaltaron1284]

My estimate for the traffic was "teens, tops". Seems like I wasn't too wrong. 3:00 To future prove things and maybe get another way to the industry, I'd have changed it into a 4 way intersection right then and there. But those lane mathematics take next to no time at all so there's that. 9:16 same with this one. 13:49 it was just a matter of time for that connection to go, wasn't it. 19:45 maybe tunneling under the winter market would have been an interesting alternative? I know you don't like tunnels that much but at that place it could have been an interesting solution esp. as there's a small hill anyways. 21:15 "Spaghetti Central" certainly needs more noodle nests with connecting lines of sauce if you catch my drift. Too bad you didn't reach 80%+ but incredible job otherwise. I guess spreading out the industry, adding better train acces and maybe putting busses back in, would have done the job.

[@heygek2769]

That remaining 20% was mostly because of the city design, those long roads all connecting to the main road creating a lot of junctions. I think the video contains enough info and tips for the original builder to fix it himself. Although let's be honest, if he's been watching Biffa and still builds his city like this, then... i don't know.

[@kaltaron1284]

@@heygek2769 Yeah, I guess so.

[@JMWZ_E]

Love traffic fixes and really missed them. 38:59 Dedicated lanes are great but a very smart guy on youtube once invented a concept called lane mathematics. You should really check his videos.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Sounds like magic to me!

[@keeneboy7700]

I know. I was WAITING for the downgrade to 2 lanes that never happened. It's not that busy, so the spot would have been ideal for that.

[@jagbarakor1303]

I noticed that cargo train station helps a lot on lowering trucks on road. It's worth checking that out. Manage to increase the traffic flow with 20%.

[@phillcasedy2228]

11:44 nice little backing track :) you should put them in while you let the traffic builds up when you turn on hard mode. Perhaps allow for musicians backing tracks and have them send in their works and advertise for them while you fix the city :)

[@peskypigeonx]

19:50 You could’ve just made a tunnel under the Winter Park and the Hill so it didn’t look bad lol, plus some extra roads to connect it with the side roads; anyway love the series

[@bjlee2011]

Fantastic turnaround! That traffic is so much better and you didn't even have to put his bus line back in

[@Francois424]

To me this is as entertaining as the 5B1C videos. Loving these city fixes. ( Surprising amount of work for such a small town... Sometimes the best challenges come in small packages ! )

[@edwardmiessner6502]

1:42 I predict the traffic will go down to 4%. This city has serious C:S Appletown vibes and not because of the building types. Edit: 2:16 12% better than I thought.

[@PerfectAlibi1]

I guessed 25% 😅

[@RailRide]

Appletown, you say? Is that a lentil more than a melon and a half yeast of Cloveland? :D

[@stevieinselby]

That entrance to the city from the highway where the 3-lane highway hits a 2-way road with one lane in each direction ... that _has_ to be trolling, right? 🤯

[@nenben8759]

And it's just about the ONLY way in and out

[@edwardmiessner6502]

@@nenben8759 exactly. The first thing I would have done after fixing that snarl was to add additional feeder roads from the town to the highway.

[@nendwr]

And the tollbooth on the by-pass road, rather than the one through the middle of the city with the traffic problem...

[@bigzigtv706]

Yeah something abt this seems off. Youre telling me this person has probably watched the channel for a while to be comfortable enough to send in a map, yet it doesnt seem like they have learned anything from biffa at all

[@prometheus140]

I’ve never seen so segregated zoning… damn Euclidean zoning can really screw up traffic

[@nenben8759]

I've made this mistake before... It wasn't nearly as bad, given there were multiple entrances and exits out of the areas But Even with pretty decent road networks, At a certain point, if you have EVERYONE living over here, and they ALL gotta go to work across town It gets overwhelmed pretty fast. Overpasses and bypasses and local highways are hardly a very good solution Teach me in the ways of multi-use developments

[@heygek2769]

spread it out, create multiple smaller clusters of industry/commercial instead of having it all in one big zone. Also don't try to fill everything up, leave small gaps and parks everywhere and use the tree brush

[@OldManBadly]

Your traffic fix videos are always a lot of fun. First it's interesting to see what other people are doing and trying to figure out how it happened, why, etc. In this case, I think a whole lot of the traffic problem was related to the toll booth and not having a connection that went right to where people wanted to go. So many people wanted to go in and head left, and none of the roads supported it. Anyway, a suggestion for you. How about making a Biffa Traffic Challenge Map? Give us something to try to fix, give us an amount of time, and let's see who gets the best results.

[@hughesy606]

Biffa, watching this made me want to open one of my old cities up but it’s that age old problem of it being broken because of mods changing. Is there any chance of you doing a video explaining how to fix a city that’s failed because of the mods, how to update, change, delete. Find out what’s broken and why so old cities can be replayed again. Thanks.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

I'll be honest not really as it really depends so much on what mods you have. Best bet is to seek help from my helpful discord 👍

[@heygek2769]

Just work on a more recent city, or build a new one, more fun, less headache.

[@Mackieee]

Theres a mod that you can download that will give you a notepad output of whats broken

[@SimonSideburns]

@@Mackieee Loading Screen Mod I believe is what you're talking about. When you try to load a city once you have LSM installed you get a report on what assets are missing/broken, and can find out what mods aren't installed.

[@ClaudiaG.1979]

i am not playing skylines anymore because it got boring after a while.. and still i am here, watching biffas fixes :) you have a very calming voice

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thank you Claudia :-)

[@mdunne96]

You can’t beat a good Biffa Fix your city video! I love these!

[@Dethflash]

I love your Fix your city series. This videos always give me great ideas to try and fix my cities.

[@jefffinkbonner9551]

30:59 Yeah, that busy intersection in the middle of town had absolutely zero chance of not becoming a roundabout.

[@thisistori1]

the relief i had when he finally connected that road with bus depo to the city, i was waiting half of the video for this 😭😂

[@dandiehm8414]

Your traffic fixing videos are your best videos, Biffa! Well done.

[@finalFlickVideos]

Thanks!

[@assasin101011]

After two months I'm here again!! This channel is like my vacation house. If I like to relax, this is my number one choice. Suppose I'm tired of politics, vlogs, news, etc.

[@EbuCallinav]

My only complaints are that Biffa moved the market from it's central iconic location to plow a road though, and "Forrest Industrial Valley" still has no industry in it.

[@Chuckdiesel86]

The only way I've found to make large and dense, split-zoned cities work in vanilla is by using ring roads and lots of public transport with main highways that connect everything. We need traffic manager on consoles!

[@Tchelow]

The good old traffic fix. Gotta love it ☺️

[@vickirothe3761]

The other item users should know about is that magical option, Dynamic Lanes, within TMPE and how to set it. That option alone helps to have all lanes used which is very beneficial for highways. Great fix!! I always enjoy these! Thanks Biffa!!

[@Brix_H]

Man I miss these city fixes

[@kimmipops5143]

Currently taking a break from Cities, hoping for a version 2 - still love following your content here. The tips-and-tricks boxes you put in this video was quite a nice touch 🤩 Keep up the great work, Biffa 🙂☀

[@Wejee90]

Love that the city fix episodes are back, ever thought about doing two part episodes for city fixes that go more in depth and add more Biffa to the city?

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Better for viewers to get it all done in one 👍

[@ColorMeCalm2024]

Thanks for the captions with what you are doing and the mods used. I can't always hear it well, and the auto-captions aren't always correct. So I appreciate when the captions say what is happening (example, Ctrl left click for lane stuff).

[@Ascending11]

Railroad or metro tracks intersecting roads, although looking good, will cause traffic; especially if there is a lot of train traffic.

[@stormfire962imastarcitizen5]

Biffa you did an absolutely incredible job on the city that was so clogged with traffic that it made me cringe even looking at it. Also you should know I've used a lot of your techniques in my own city designs and I've been averaging about 80% traffic efficiency because of it. Biffa you are an amazing individual sir and a true artist at this game. God bless you for what you do and God bless you inspire family please stay safe and well during these difficult times.

[@Rachniax]

The only thing that really bugged me about this map is the rail crossings across the highways, instead of below or above the roads.

[@athenagreen5390]

Traffic fixes are the most relaxing thing on youtube.

[@Grandz007]

Keep it up mate, love this video type.

[@ericwemmer402]

Just had an idea, maybe you have explored this before… you could place a toll booth next to a freeway with heavy truck traffic to create a “weigh station” and use traffic manager to restrict the truck traffic through the toll booth. Would it have made any sense to create a truck only connection to keep their pathing under control? I have seen “truck routes” used in the US to keep truck traffic away from residential areas or downtown areas.

[@humblebee1895]

This series is my fav. It's so satisfying to see it all fixed!

[@A._Meroy]

Yay, another city fix again. They seem to come in more often again, there's been a long time without city fixes before the last one came in two weeks ago (I think). I estimated 12% traffic after switching to hard mode, that was the best guess I ever did. Usually I'm off by 3 or 4%, sometimes even more.

[@martinandersen1849]

Ahhhhhh, this is how I got to know Biffa .... FIX YOUR CITY .... it's xmas in august

[@e1123581321345589144]

1:40 3%? LE: damit! completely off this time.

[@carriegarrisonvos4433]

I love to watch your city fixes and your building of cities! Great video!

[@john.u.2678]

The way biffa builds his metros in these fixes is so infuriating but it's usually less so then the original situation

[@DrakeGamer85]

I like seeing how you fix cities of other peoples in terms of traffic. Love to see more, but I hope we can see a return to BLIGHTY ON THE WOLD, please XD

[@SeanLamb-I-Am]

Can these cities (before especially, but after as well_ be shared on the workshop for us to fiddle with some more? I'd like to try out to see if I can get the traffic to a higher percent on some of these challenges.

[@gauravyadav8937]

37:14 pear 🍐 junction 😂

[@CrossWindsPat]

Wow some some shocking city building in this one! Its pretty wild people dont seemto understand not to put intersections so close to each other... I mean when have you ever seen that in real life?

[@marktaylor6553]

I'm addicted to watching your videos at this point. LOL I notice you like to have the people leave the station and cross to another - you don't like using those multi-line stations?

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

22:12 now you sound like me 😂😂😂

[@theGreenPiedPiper]

if you started a BiffaShorts channel Id be down. I got in when you were doing 10-15 minute vids and while i see the appeal of the longer format i personally am here for the jokes and glamour shots. Thanks! Great content!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

KZbin loves more watch time, so enjoy the longer videos 😁👍

[@theGreenPiedPiper]

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines Ill just go ahead and unsubscribe since youtube is the drive

[@Compactor_08]

So when you fix other peoples cities… could you make one special place ( residential, commercial, industrial), and name the the place “You’ve been BiffaTea’d?!

[@blueshapes98]

Nothing better than opening KZbin and finding a new Biffa video! Now I only need my tea

[@cryinthewood]

Coffee òÓ

[@GWRNorth_Star33]

Love taking ideas for solving issues in my own cities; these videos are so useful!

[@JustMePatrick]

Love the city fixes Biffa! Any chance you can post the save games so we can see how the rest of us solve the problem??

[@Chuckdiesel86]

You should do an overhead shot of the city once you're done and compare it to an overhead shot of the original city.

[@e1123581321345589144]

34:26 level crossing on a highway Biffa? what is this madness?

[@lauraproulx4684]

Yay another traffic fix - my favorite 😍 thanks biffa!

[@osets2117]

I'm surprised the city was still making money with the traffic that bad

[@inyobill]

"Get a grip, Bill!"? Yah, no that ain't a'gonna happen, Biff.

[@Kabopat]

I've never been this early for a biffa vid! Thanks for starting my morning right with a good city fix :)

[@leonhardkortje6315]

I just love to watch you fix others cities, Please more

[@marco_grt4460]

every time I see a pedestrian bridge that you put on the roundabouts I get a cramp in the brain, just two tunnels that meet or keep a street that uses the city street as in reality with the distant pedestrian crossing of at least one car or two

[@Ghrathryn]

Pretty sure it's variable. I think there's some in Birmingham or London that do the bridges, I know the closest dual carriageway has lights on one of the smaller roads, but underpasses onto a bridge for the roundabout due to that having a car underpass for those wanting to go straight. Others simply back the pedestrian crossings off from the roundabouts a bit.

[@kaltaron1284]

It really depends on the city. Some in Japan for example seem to prefer overpasses. Of course with stairs instead of ramps as those can be steeper. I had a bad experience with an underpass in an unfamiliar city (Matsue) once. Messed my direction up by 90 degrees and had to walk a whole lot further. On a day my feet were in really bad condition (new shoes).

[@V8HiluxZX6R]

Not sure if it's possible in CS, but the Bear Pit in Bristol seems to work well, underpasses into a lowered open centre of the roundabout.

[@th3griff]

@@V8HiluxZX6R Birmingham has a couple of similar, smaller versions as well, I think they're great. In cities skylines with anarchy, quay anarchy, and move it you might be able to accomplish a similar result, although I won't lie it sounds like a real pain. Just thinking of trying to line those footpath tunnels up is giving me a headache.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

I take hours to fix these cities so whatever works quickly is what happens 😁

[@justllvna]

what a beautiful city. and here i always spent an hour more or less in loading screen just to get the crashed report :" D

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

😬

[@Salmoddi]

You need more memory, or easy turn-around increase your page file size, so it can fit the whole city. Normally page file increases in small pieces when it's needed, but it will be a lot slower. With big enough page file + RAM it won't take so long to load. On my previous city I got my loading time from 20 minutes to 5 minutes. Mod Compatibility Checker Tool can help with the errors. But just like I did, it might be it crashes because it ran out of memory.

[@aska2349]

I may not have this game, but watching you makes me feel like i do

[@gurge4420]

Yes, changing the metro to a higher capacity vehicle is the way to help it, but a lot of players who don't have that many DLC-s and mods, they do not have the option for higher capacity metro or bus, or anything. Just thought I'd let you know why other people don't seem to use it often.

[@MyJackLambert]

Very frustrating having standard bus / metro , 150 isn't to bad for metro but , 30 for buses is ridiculous , also I always seem to have an issue with the hearse and dead people not getting picked up there's plenty of coverage Nd you click info Nd I'll say like 5/14 in use does anyone else have this problem ?

[@mihajlojakovljevic391]

The traffic fix is best type of videos, but I hate this redraw of all city (19:30)... Can you please fix traffic with small changes... All of us can fix with 30 km new highway (or big roads) and a lot of new big interchanges... I love your work, and I hope I can see more realistic fixing in future

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Well if that's what's needed that's what it gets 👍

[@mihajlojakovljevic391]

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines Thank you!!! Greating from Serbia 👋👍

[@simongeard4824]

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines Yeah, small changes weren't going to help with this one. From the first few seconds of the video, it was obvious that it had *major* connectivity issues that could only be addressed by adding some new ways in and out, bypassing the bottleneck at the interchanges...

[@lauraproulx4684]

Thanks for the helpful tips you added in the video!

[@Goebelistic]

I'm surprised you didn't do partial loops over all the transit lines that would allow people to stay underground and still move easily.

[@TheCriminalViolin]

That's a 21% Traffic Flow Improvement!

[@stevengalloway8052]

"Spaghetti Central". 🍝 Sounds like a great Italian restaurant, Biffa! 😋 😆

[@michelkruip2855]

Tea never dies!!!

[@trulsrohk9]

Love the city fixes!

[@SeanMather]

Lol was yelling at the whole video for more highway connections! For the love of Hugo put in more highway connections! And you did by the end! Phew!

[@hansdannberg]

I loves your CityFix'ing vids :-)

[@budruski]

These are my favorite Biffa!

[@VikingDudee]

I might have to buy this game, brings me back to sim city days!

[@evie_goodrun6536]

Whoo I love some city fixing!

[@themurrey1]

I wanna submit my city for fixing but I learned so much from you my traffic isn't bad 😞

[@juannanez6022]

I love your videos biffa I hope you are doing well you n the family and you have also helped me use your ideas on console edition n now my city traffic is at 95% id say im a pro now thanks to you much love bro

[@Daffersq]

Thanks for another fun episode 🌹🌹

[@shawn5235]

Their plotting random roads down so you can fix it Biffa 😂😂😂😊.

[@Crimethoughtfull]

My biggest shock was just how many pedestrians were walking over the roundabout!

[@jaspervandebovenkamp492]

You should try to make sense of the city of 'the Real engineer'! With his infinite bridges and such, lol

[@bigzigtv706]

That industrial zone tho 🤯

[@4eyesplaysfootballmanager12]

I noticed there is a road not connected and buses are stuck unless it's my eyes playing up

[@HaapsaluYT]

Probably because he prevented a turnaround point with the first roundabout. The bus lines need complete rerouting though

[@4eyesplaysfootballmanager12]

@@HaapsaluYT yes very true I'm just taking the pointers and changing mine and has done alot I make bout $67,000-$145,000 after changing things and giving better access ect biffa is a top guy

[@NargothTheWelFed]

Traffic fixing is so satisfying

[@capedkat]

1:35 My guess is 15%

[@marctibbits5752]

Don’t forget to like the video!!

[@leovomend8789]

theres some things you never do that i see in real world cities, like multiple level highways or tunnels. like you couldve respected their christmas market location and run a tunnel under it someway

[@churchofsighandthology]

That highway junction from the city into the industrial area and north wasn't connected from west to north :O