When that One Un-Fixable Junction Drives you Mad in Cities Skylines Fix My City!

[@Kellen6795]

Biffa: Theres no where you can point to an say "Wow that's bad traffic!" Biffas Next sentence: Wooow that Is Bad traffic!

[@mikeykm1993]

😂😂😂

[@alastairbates161]

Chuckling....

[@kaltaron1284]

That was a great moment.

[@christopheralvarez6230]

I actually laughed out loud at the part!

[@jaroj1112]

When

[@milktar2182]

3:58 Biffa was so surprised at the number of trams on the line that even his lungs were surprised

[@juliahenriques210]

Please, stop to appreciate the dancing vehicle at 31:52. It's just so happy with the decrease in traffic that it's decided to party right then and there.

[@karrileigh18]

😂😂😂

[@peewypeabody4284]

Biffa 27:00 There's nowhere you can point to and say "that's bad traffic." Biffa 27:04 Wow! That's bad traffic! ^ ^

[@theinqov]

me: fast forward to 27:00

[@bruh666]

Biffa: sees 18 vehicles on the tram line *literally dies*

[@ashleyherkie]

Homeboy literally has his soul stolen

[@ReadyPlayerMovies]

I nearly fell off my seat laughing at his reaction.

[@bruh666]

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[@GoldenMinotaur]

“Snow is one of my favourite things” spoken like someone who lives where it doesn’t snow...

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

True 🤣

[@kaltaron1284]

We here have snow this winter again after quite a few years with very little and it's nice. Makes it kinda difficult to get to places but it's still refreshing. And kids and dogs love the stuff. What I don't like is when it's combined with salt and turns to mush.

[@theldraspneumonoultramicro405]

i like Biffas reaction to seeing 18 trams

[@xRadio2006x]

yeah...it was priceless!

[@faizg8324]

Biffa has finally hit 500k subs! He has deserved it for so long now!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thank you 😁👍

[@cm24624]

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines CHEERS!! 🎉

[@Talon771]

3:00 I really like the dusting of snow in the close ups when looking at the streets. CO did a good job with the snow setting. As I live in central Florida, we don't get snow anymore :(. 5:25 Your bus lines have different bus types. One bus holes 110, another holds 30 (on the same line). hashtag snowy mountain valley city with lots of tunnels for your next city build (with cable cars!)

[@ArokhX]

Best moments of the video 3:52 - How many trams... EIGHT---!!! ::cough, cough:: Flipp'n Heck! 26:58 - There's no bad traffic-OMG, there's bad traffic!

[@Riese79]

When you have the console Edition and have to Deal with it....

[@milktar2182]

I think the AI are actually smarter I'm the console edition. I have CS in the PS4 and the AI never seem to use a straight on and turning lane in the straight on bit on a highway

[@milktar2182]

Although you can't do things like tell the AI to give way to cars on the roundabout (I found that stop signs actually make things worse) or tell the AI to go through a junction without stopping

[@Lilscattz1]

@@milktar2182 me too those pc players think stop signs are 'good' or 'ok' but there not unless its low traffic

[@Riese79]

I wish the console had TM, Round about Builder and move It and maybe anarchy. Ive started to build some roundabouts under ground 😁, because its always a deformed circle When you connect It...

[@milktar2182]

There's a solution to the deforming roundabout issue

[@RealCivilEngineerGaming]

500k!!! Congrats mate!

[@JMRISAGNS]

Yes wow biffa did it. Half a million

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thankyou 🙏

[@RZuid-ki3rj]

Biffa, you can use the “View” buttons in the traffic lights manager window to find out which of the commands applies to which direction.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Ooooh! 👍

[@elisevanderwiel]

Watching this from snow covered Netherlands!!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Enjoy :-)

[@rampage408]

I raise you sunny africa

[@olli8977]

Finland has huge mountains of snow :)

[@miesdaantje]

Holland!!!!!🤣🤣

[@Lilscattz1]

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines its snowing in london

[@BrandMovie]

Shouldn't this town be called Iced Tea? lol

[@kyllbs1]

That last junction was real pretty. The train line over the top, the non-90 degree intersection, trams going all over the place, people walking. Looked like a really nice place to visit.

[@kleckerklotz9620]

And don't forget Kids: Don't eat yellow snow.

[@BawlzOfuzz]

Zesty mmmmmm

[@Demuth_]

Vanilla traffic lights everywhere.. Biffa: "What is going on with these people?!"

[@mdstone84]

Biffa, at that troublesome intersection, create slip lanes for traffic turning right at the sharp angles. The trucks turning there are slowing everything down, then you can have 2 straight through lanes

[@jaredlash5002]

When using the automatic timed traffic lights with the tram roads at a 4-way junction, I always specify a dedicated right-turn lane with a shared left/straight-on lane. The automatic timed traffic lights have two steps that allow right-turning traffic to go through. This, in conjunction with pedestrian bridges/tunnels and disallowing pedestrian crossings keeps things moving along.

[@nostrabar-games]

When you have the TM:PE-setup timed traffic lights, you always want a dedicated RIGHT-turn lane(s). The way they work is, each direction coming into the intersection gets their own phase (turn). So, if you imagine sitting at the intersection, when it's your direction's phase, cars coming from your direction can go right, left, or straight ahead. However, because you don't have u-turns (typically), the traffic coming into the intersection from your left can have a green right-turn. Similarly, when the traffic coming in from the right has it's phase (turn), your direction's right-turning lane will also be green. As a result, your right-turn traffic can continue to flow during the next phase of the intersection if you have a dedicated lane for right-turns.

[@CheesySt1cks]

Traffic fixing videos are my favourite :)! I just love seeing the city flow again

[@charlieinsingapore]

Pedestrians: pains in the butt. When I've got a busy junction with timed traffic lights, I set the peds to manual red for all traffic cycles then give them a 2sec/5sec pedestrian-only cycle at the end. Turning traffic then doesn't screech to a halt because of stray peds.

[@TeddyPalf]

🔊SMART GUY OVER HERE🔊

[@weetikissa]

No, you want more pedestrians. More pedestrians = less traffic. If you have a lot of private cars clogging up the street, you should build better public transport and bike lanes so that people will drive less.

[@TeddyPalf]

@@weetikissa changing the traffic light doesn't mean there is less pedestrians now

[@SilverAnicore]

Just add a pedestrian bridge. :) You want as many people walking as possible.

[@TeddyPalf]

@@SilverAnicore don't always have room for that. Especially when you've already built up an area and then it gets busy. This is a good tactic in the right time and place

[@Phineapoo]

That "Hello everyone" is music to my ears

[@tlspud]

Maybe a 24/7 live junction cam on your new channel: Biffa Streams Junctions.

[@ProHolmes]

Biffa: You don't have to stop here, just keep going. Also Biffa: completely ignoring traffic light on this junction.

[@davidgraham370]

0:37 I live in Glasgow, yesterday me and my friends saw a snow fight between 2 groups of young adults.... Not a snowBALL fight... It wasn't a friendly one, and they pulled out knives. Welcome to Glasgow. This was over a sled that was lifted.

[@Sporkmeister]

Biffa: "What!? I said just keep going!" Traffic Lights: "No."

[@LarrySkylines]

Hahaha, ya except for the traffic light and no turn on red......

[@bobblebardsley]

The 'turn on a red light' policy makes so much sense, as long as there's a dedicated turn-right lane (which is what you ended up with) BUT irl when you're not familiar with it, it makes crossing roads in the USA as a pedestrian absolutely terrifying, when the sign says WALK and then a car comes round the corner at you.

[@dlwatib]

Pedestrians have priority.

[@bobblebardsley]

I know that now, but when you're from a country that doesn't have that rule and you don't know about it, the first time a car comes round the corner on a red light is still a Brown Alert moment.

[@primeprover]

I quite like this city and how the snow makes it look. The snow does make seeing everything a bit harder though.

[@disneydude2000]

Great video. Did notice that on your junction at 7:57 there are turning lanes when both lanes could be straight as they have diagonal roads to turn left where the x junctions are

[@muhryzzle]

I really like these fix "my" cities videos because it shows us that you definitely put in the time learning the game. Also congrats on 500k. I've been a fan of you since you played Hermitcraft, I'm glad to see you continue to grow and make amazing content!

[@danielw.2442]

01:13 we get it, you like big thingys 😉✌🤣 Oh and the big snow ball fight is a great family tradition 👍

[@inyobill]

A couple of thoughts. when I make a new mass transit line, I cut the vehicles back to the minimum, and come back later to see if the riders are being accommodated. My goal is about an average of 50%+ ridership on the vehicles. If I have an area where I'm getting a ton of riders, I nick hell out of them on the ticket prices. Another thought, these things you're showing us serves well until traffic becomes significant. My traffic gets to the point that even lane merging in the middle of an express highway brings the flow to nil. I find I have to go through and eliminate ALL crossing traffic (WAIT! I need to exit in just four nodes! Screw traffic!) Then, I do the lanes Maths, and all that business. Traffic circles, because of lanes of crossing traffic, and traffic lights, because of limited flow, DO NOT handle heavy traffic. There's only so much room for alternate roots, so sometimes, it just comes down to flow. I wish we had more control over lane management ) If you're in lane 2, and 1.) If you came from lane 1, then go left; 2.) If you came from lane 3, go right.

[@realfrantheman]

Hey biffa, I know you've been getting burnt out a bit from playing and making videos. So why not use this to your advantage and learn new things? idk maybe try creating your own intersections, getting prop buildings and making a city that way sort of like Fluxtrance. idk, just an idea on new things you could do, we care about your mental health and if you need to take some time off just do it! Hope you're doing well and staying safe

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Can I ask why you think you 'know I'm getting burnt out'? Thx

[@realfrantheman]

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines i guess i said it wrong i don’t know that ofc. I feel like you have been. Your last few videos of you saying you just want to play other games and stuff like that. Maybe i’m completely wrong. Love you biffa

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

No worries. Sometimes after playing the same game for years it's nice to mix it up a bit and enjoy other games too. Doesn't mean "burn out", just means keeping things interesting :-)

[@SilverAnicore]

Let's start with the important stuff: Congrats to 500k! Now to the episide: Yeah, I think every CS player has "THAT ONE junction" that's always a bit of a mess. Public transport, TMPE and NE2 can take care of 90% of the problems, but at some point it comes down to zoning, and where the cims want to go, and you just kinda deal with it because you'd have to restructure your whole city.

[@amtessa]

Congrats on 500k! Can't wait to see more content!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thankyou 😁

[@empyrion8789]

Lol! "There is nowhere you can say is bad traffic".... immediately finds bad traffic!

[@MaxFX1984]

Biffa! READ CAREFULLY!! In case you don't know this yet: When you place a 'timed traffic light' useing the quick-setup on an intersection where four or more roads connect, roads that have TWO lanes heading INTO the intersection also get their lane arrows adjusted. But incorrect! If you look closely to how the traffic lights are programmed, you'll see that right-going traffic gets a green light during TWO steps of a full (4-step) light cycle, while straight-, and left-going traffic only get ONE green light per cycle. So when you're in a situation where two lanes head into an intersection, and this cannot be altered, I highly recommend having a dedicated right turning lane, and a shared lane for going straight and left. (This could've saved you a lot of trouble in this traffic fixing vid you posted on 9 feb. 2021 where you placed a TTL at 11:20, and caused a lot of back-up later in the vid at 27:00 because of what I just described. It may well have led to a different video name ;) )

[@blackmushi26]

I dunno how you have the patience for this, my eyes were bleeding from this traffic after 2 minutes :D Very enjoyable content watching someone else fix it.

[@flavioperini2484]

"there is no where you can say that's bad traffic" x0.25 "WOW that is bad traffic"

[@kevincraig6794]

hilarious and highly pragmatic without super ocd, I love it. You are by far and away the most entertaining Cities content creator.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thank you Kevin Craig :-)

[@thesheq5023]

You should put roundabouts on the end of your dead end roads and prohibit left hand turns on those roads. This would stop traffic from crossing itself and move smoother

[@rons3103]

Biffa, nice city. Please eliminate all of the Tram stop near that Intersection and the nightmare will go away. It is causing too many people to cross the street, prevent traffic from going through the timed lights.

[@Rin8Kin]

7:30 blue lane crossing both red and green lanes.

[@Pogathan]

It has to its a tram line

[@Rin8Kin]

@@Pogathan oh, right, forgot about trams =)

[@ElwoodGaming]

Been watching the Teaport series all the way from front to back for second time. This content is sublime! Especially when I get to watch it first thing in the morning. Biffa, you're doing great keep it up!

[@jeecee8283]

Pedestrian Cross Over/Under at the major intersections would preclude the need for timed traffic lights, imho ;) Great video. I really enjoy your videos. Nice job correcting the low traffic flow!!!

[@AshforkusMichau]

I have a pretty good feeling that Biffa is now leaving things on purpose for everyone to stress about. Biffa: No industry on main road *Leaves 2x2 square of Industry on main road after removing the rest*

[@riccardo.zanotta]

On the junction at 12:56 I would check some of the lane arrows; for example the slip lane coming on the right only has to go right, because if you want to go straight on you can just carry on the highway, and if you want to go right the lane splits off before.

[@michaelcartmell7428]

12:14 "Why is this so busy. There's nobody in here. There's literally nobody living here." If only there was some sort of in-game tool that could tell you where all those trucks were coming from and going to, so you could have seen this in one of the past several videos where you keep repeating that same line. Spoiler: that junction is the only way into your port. Yeah, the port on the other side of town. The one right next to the highway.

[@juanjodpr]

Damn that trainat 5:25 hahaha. That's a hell of a ride.

[@apolloj23]

That may be one of my favorite junctions of all my Biffa watching. I've been in many American cities that have similar issues. Surface level train, crosswalks, multi-lane junctions, traffic lights, tall buildings, snow...I'm looking at you Denver, CO.

[@BawlzOfuzz]

I have seriously neglected my city since I have been playing Dyson Sphere Program. Thanks Biffa for your channels ❤️

[@johan_oosting]

Hey Biffa! Nice! The only thing i think when you change the roads with a 3/2 and a 2/2 road is the pedestrian crosswalk that is created. You can disable them with the TMPE yes? @15:25 for example :)

[@markusschlingel8287]

"This is the a-semetrical roud edisoud" - What a grand titel!

[@latenight6423]

Continue building this city! It's one of the best you've made!

[@jaroj1112]

Biffa you know what would be AMAZING, putting in the new mod where you write stuff on the road for that crazy tram junction

[@helderboymh]

TIL if you watch biffa at 1.5 speed he becomes a traffic wizard.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

🤣

[@helderboymh]

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines it's crazy, it's like you instantly know what to do.

[@MinneapolisRaven]

Hoo-ray! Biffa is here to make my day complete!

[@carpemkarzi]

You should come to my corner of the world. Lots of Snow, and a balmy -30c with a -41c with the windchill.

[@GeirTheNorwegian]

Santa? Is that you?

[@lilywilks6818]

was it snowing recently where you are? there was a bit of snow in the south where I am. wasn't enough for a snowball fight though. I remember a couple year ago when we had the massive snowstorm.

[@kylemcginnis7931]

Your voice is so enthusiastic it makes me really look forward to watch another one of your videos

[@Tchelow]

Great tip to use the traffic manager config and allow right turn on the red traffic lights. Perfect :)

[@Simon.W1]

good asymmetric roads and traffic fix video Biffa 👍

[@superdau]

The main issue (as so often) are not the intersections, it's the city design of treating highways like impenetrable borders and funneling all of a district through pretty much a single road to reach another district. Way too few connections.

[@AbsalomIndustries]

Those SPUI interchanges (the weird cross underpass thingies) would probably work a little better if the lane arrows were set up properly (no left turns except in the very center, right turns only on the edges, and straight through the rest of the intersection)

[@comeoncuh9916]

People bragging about how they’ve never seen snow Me: *laughs in Swedish

[@kimlightfoot]

Trustme when I say, if you live in the snowiest regions of Canada, like the Eastern Seaboard, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland, PEI, and basically Canada from The West Coast through to the Eastern Coast, The last thing we do when it snows is celebrate and head outside for a snowball fight, roflol. More likely, we grudginly head out to remove snow from driveways and from sidewalks, knowing more snow is coming, makes it an impossible task. lol

[@toneDef77]

31:57 hmm last week you downloaded an 3+2 asymetric road with trams for one of your other junctions, that would have worked wonders here.

[@gharrison4301]

I watch these on my 50” tv through an Apple TV and I still have to lean forward and squint to see that traffic light window 😅

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Join the club 🤣

[@matSimoes]

You got my like just out of the love for snow at the beggining

[@nesomnia3644]

So I've been watching a lot of your traffic vids, and following your methods I managed to take a 20% traffic flow up to 85%. A handful were bad TPME settings causing traffic to choose crazy routes to get to where they were going. Some was just poor road type choices. Thanks!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Nice 😁

[@rubikfan1]

3:23 this thing just screams. Multi level cross. Where the big road from the roundabout goes underneat. So they dont have to stop if they go straight

[@bbbenj]

Hi! At 29:00 why don't you create a shortcut alongside the railway?

[@Tonythetrucker1979]

I shovelled a foot and a half of snow off the top of my car the other day, you're welcome to take as much as you need! Bring your own shovel lol

[@Domibanana100]

yay my online lessons just finished perfect timing!

[@jonathanabbott5295]

"holidays 're comin', holidays 're comin' "... 'cept they're not!

[@ChrisDombroski]

The reason why the junction in farmland sees so much traffic is that it's the only way to the area at the end of the giant canal.

[@maccysundae]

more concerned about the amount of ambulances, not the traffic

[@ChynnaIsANerd]

Not sure why I’m up so early, but I’m always happy for a new vid.

[@Lilscattz1]

how so early its one o clock

[@ChynnaIsANerd]

@@Lilscattz1 Not where I am. It was 5am

[@thomasharper9087]

29:30 why not just add a one way slip road that is dedicated right, it will help with that tight turn and give a dedicated straight and left

[@MyFS2011]

Nobody wondering why all the traffic is taking the HUGE detour @12:10 and @19:13? A broken intersection to the north perhaps?

[@bangan9570]

Big congrats on 500k! Keep skylining.

[@jonathanmarsh8119]

Biffa, just want to know why you don't have the roundabouts with straight, straight+right, right for the junctions. If the outer lane is going to turn then the middle lane can choose either. Is it just preference to have dedicated lanes? If so, wouldn't running 4 lanes then with two around and two turning work as well?

[@kiandodd5670]

27:00 wow biffa. Good job lol

[@nm6805]

3:34 What’s the name of the tram road you used at the end of the junction??

[@nm6805]

The six lane one? I can’t find it on the workshop

[@autotechxbox163]

Maybe there's a mod that Biffa could use that would allow him to elevate the tram tracks over each major junction.

[@andyb9406]

Huge congrats on 500K subs, well deserved, your videos are Brilliant!!!!

[@jupamoers]

The city of Snowfall...how fitting :D Outside is full of icy roads

[@jeffreypeterson1364]

Will there be a 500,000 subscriber special? Looking forward to more sips of tea

[@marekos18]

Hey Biffa is there any trick to having your game run so smoothly? I have mid/high tier PC and it never does look at least close to the fps levels you are getting.

[@cha0sly]

this is probably a dumb question, but where did biffa get the asymmetric roads? and different preset intersections? i only have the four leaf clover and three way intersection

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Network Extensions mod 👍

[@cha0sly]

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines thanks biffa! 🙏

[@kaltaron1284]

Cities: Skylines agrees with my personal experience that trams are not ideal if you have heavy traffic. But it this game you can easily widen your streets, now try that in reality. In the center of a large city. This video could have also (once again) been called "dedicated turning lanes".

[@henke37]

Personally i would've put the cargo train terminal on the other side of the main road, and added a bypass road under the perpendicular main road to connect it directly to the industry area.

[@pachistuta]

ITA: frase preferita per come la pronunci "dedicated turning lane" XD, sto imparando molto dal tuo "fix fraffic" ENG: keep it up XD

[@WandererRTF]

And a question with regards to the last crosswalk removal question you made... If you remove all the crosswalks how would the folk get to and from the tram stops?

[@weetikissa]

They wouldn't be able to. And that's the secret: if you build with a cars first mindset, you'll get obsene amounts of traffic. Just keep building public transport and bike lanes instead.

[@nateberry9393]

Question: How often and long do you get snow in the winter? 1, maybe two months? Yeah, kinda gets old after 4-5 months. . .

[@ratskert4022]

Coca-Cola because “holidays are coming, holiday are coming, always coca-cola.”

[@mikehartz2430]

Watching from snow covered Hokkaido, gotta love it!

[@phillyphan595]

What ever happened to that other snow map that BIffa was working on a while back? The one with the ski lift going up the mountain to the waterfall ruins and all that, seems like that series just ended out of nowhere