Fixing BROKEN Traffic Using "Lane Mathematics" in Cities Skylines

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  • Опубліковано 17 чер 2019
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  • @BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines
    @BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines  5 років тому +254

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    • @gabili
      @gabili 5 років тому +7

      I think you made a little mistake there in 17:27 because anybody who is coming in on the left highway junction of the two that lead into the industrial area, will have to follow your lane guidance, be guided around that block and leave the industrial area at the next high way junction. I think there are no extra lane-changing-spots in between. So in the end anybody who wants to get into the industrial area will have to use the right junction of use the recycling center area to cut through to the industrial area.

    • @watchwood
      @watchwood 5 років тому +2

      steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1764246065
      I managed to badly overbuild the center part of my town. Traffic is backed up fairly bad despite my best efforts with roundabouts and traffic manager and such.

    • @MrAleksander59
      @MrAleksander59 5 років тому +1

      Hey, Biffa, what i saw on 17:37. You have 2 lanes from down-left to 6-l highway. After little road-segment same 2 lane MUST go to the down-right 2 lanes on road around Cargo Terminal. People from city highway CAN"T go to Cargo, they must make a big roundabout around all Industry sector. This is a really issue. This is happened sometimes in another your videos, so you should check reachability if you do "lane mathematics" with restrictions to move somewhere else.
      Maybe just split road on smaller segments?

    • @renakunisaki
      @renakunisaki 5 років тому +3

      Hey, has anyone pointed out 17:30 yet? Only 255 people? Okay 😛

    • @MrAleksander59
      @MrAleksander59 5 років тому +1

      @@renakunisaki well, while Biffa will do this mistakes, we will write it.

  • @gohazard4284
    @gohazard4284 5 років тому +4976

    R.I.P. to the cars stuck underground after deleting the entrances and exits

    • @tsipher
      @tsipher 5 років тому +319

      they will make a new life down there lol

    • @Skylon2311
      @Skylon2311 5 років тому +129

      Metro😂

    • @KawaiiSoulB42
      @KawaiiSoulB42 4 роки тому +70

      And then the Drawfs was born. Kill orcs!

    • @biggycheese4443
      @biggycheese4443 4 роки тому +147

      100 year later
      Then... THE UNDERGROUND NATION CAME UP AND ATTACKED

    • @marknudalo3533
      @marknudalo3533 4 роки тому +113

      Day 365: Its been a year since the calamity. Things are looking bright finally. We can hear them. The above ground people. Moving and living life to the fullest. We will rise up! Just you wait.

  • @federicoparzeller8603
    @federicoparzeller8603 4 роки тому +2261

    How the hell did I get here. I've literally never heard of this game.

    • @BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines
      @BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines  4 роки тому +191

      Enjoy :-)

    • @charlieodom9107
      @charlieodom9107 4 роки тому +283

      I made this mistake earlier this year....now guess what game I have?

    • @RavirajJidge
      @RavirajJidge 4 роки тому +21

      Same here bro

    • @ja_u
      @ja_u 4 роки тому +8

      Raviraj Jidge Haha samee

    • @nurimannassiwa5182
      @nurimannassiwa5182 4 роки тому +24

      hahaahha same here. I don't even play games in general. but I do think this game's good for urban development simulation. I literally watched this til the end.

  • @TheKirbyKat
    @TheKirbyKat 4 роки тому +1165

    I have never played cities yet, ive just spent the last 30 minutes learning how to micro-manage traffic. :)

  • @GamingNoob17
    @GamingNoob17 4 роки тому +956

    Me: Time to go to bed
    UA-cam: Watch a guy fix traffic
    Me: You’ve convinced me

  • @jamesahibbard
    @jamesahibbard 5 років тому +1923

    22:08 Did that dingbat in a truck cut across 3 lanes of traffic when merging onto the highway, only to cut back across 2 of those to take the next exit?
    Most realistic thing in this game IMO.

    • @renakunisaki
      @renakunisaki 5 років тому +94

      Yep, one of the biggest complaints people have about this game is that people tend to follow the rules too well! In real life people do silly things like that, but in the game, almost never.

    • @GameZero2
      @GameZero2 5 років тому +8

      XD even I noticed that

    • @KyteM
      @KyteM 5 років тому +45

      Yeah whenever they hit a node they will try to change directly to the lane they want, which can make for some goofy switches. There's actually an option in Traffic Manager (Enable Highway Rules) that limits lane switching in highways to one lane difference per switch.

    • @Golladan
      @Golladan 5 років тому +10

      @@renakunisaki Are you being sarcastic?

    • @stephenhunter70
      @stephenhunter70 5 років тому +4

      But isn't that normal

  • @Zalied
    @Zalied 4 роки тому +1456

    This video really demonstrates the fact that adding more lanes doesnt decrease traffic. a lot of his changes were shrinking lanes

    • @NonsensicalSpudz
      @NonsensicalSpudz 4 роки тому +35

      isn't it also the same with speed, slowing traffic doesn't actually improve traffic flow

    • @raz19
      @raz19 4 роки тому +103

      It's an awful amalgamation of areas (calling it a city isn't fair to actual cities), he only connected his areas with highway infrastructure and then wondered why his traffic flow is so low.

    • @MrYAY100
      @MrYAY100 4 роки тому +9

      Braess's paradox in action

    • @gamerdweebentertainment1616
      @gamerdweebentertainment1616 4 роки тому +24

      and using a mod to fix the game... reasons I don't like "supporting" this game

    • @Cab00v
      @Cab00v 4 роки тому +12

      @@NonsensicalSpudz Exactly. The slower the traffic, the more time they're on the road. The only time slowing traffic is effective is when there is precariously short crossovers and turns with lots of traffic.

  • @UltimateBokanator
    @UltimateBokanator 4 роки тому +794

    This game must be a mandatory game to those who work in government

    • @BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines
      @BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines  4 роки тому +32

      :-)

    • @soop8765
      @soop8765 4 роки тому +122

      Can confirm this game and these videos are contributing reasons to why I am 3/4 years into a Civil Engineering Bachelor with a desire to do Highway Engineering. This game is actually a very good way to visualize traffic throughput and how successful certain designs are (With obviously acknowledging the way that Cars AI Path in this game). I've been able to take the lead on certain parts of projects because of this game helping me visualize the way that traffic likes to flow.

    • @UltimateBokanator
      @UltimateBokanator 4 роки тому +11

      Stroath Mate wow man you are a legend

    • @WH40KHero
      @WH40KHero 4 роки тому +44

      @@soop8765 Awesome mate! I see it already happening: Next homework project you have to design a highwaysystem through some sort of city. You take Cities Skylines, build your project in the game and then send in your savefile to Biffa so he does the fixing for you lawl!

    • @peterslegers6121
      @peterslegers6121 4 роки тому +20

      Mandatory? Only if they include bicycle infrastructure mechanics. Cycling would solve a lot of congestion with a much lower price tag.

  • @nova_vista
    @nova_vista 5 років тому +360

    Me: Oh no, the title reads "mathematics", this will be difficult
    Biffa: 2 plus 2 is 4, quick maths

    • @Jardonius
      @Jardonius 5 років тому +3

      *Maffs... But you right~

    • @Sand.Springs
      @Sand.Springs 4 роки тому +3

      @@Jardonius no it's mafs

  • @HisMajestyWalrus
    @HisMajestyWalrus 5 років тому +2155

    I spend more time watching you fix traffic than fixing my own.

    • @BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines
      @BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines  5 років тому +30

      :-)

    • @jamesahibbard
      @jamesahibbard 5 років тому +100

      I don't even own this game, I don't know why I watch these videos, but they're a weird kind of addictive (in a good way),

    • @gondul89
      @gondul89 5 років тому +16

      @@jamesahibbard Both his voice and seeing the traffic getting smooth is very relaxing, it works better than those 'fall asleep' clips!

    • @Eisinas
      @Eisinas 5 років тому +3

      @@gondul89 I could say it is oddly satisfying

    • @uyghur-zv4fe
      @uyghur-zv4fe 5 років тому +2

      jamesahibbard same i dont own this game either

  • @SB-kz9mq
    @SB-kz9mq 4 роки тому +515

    "Lane Mathematics" : 2+2=4.

    • @user-hj6iy2yl4t
      @user-hj6iy2yl4t 4 роки тому +41

      -1 is 3 quick maths

    • @Luke-tt3dt
      @Luke-tt3dt 4 роки тому +12

      Every day mans on the block. Smoke trees.

    • @blagoevski336
      @blagoevski336 3 роки тому

      One lane + two lanes = no traffic

    • @oscaracosta2697
      @oscaracosta2697 3 роки тому +1

      You’d be surprised that many city workers don’t know LANE MATHS

  • @yomerislame
    @yomerislame 4 роки тому +802

    Can you fix my city? No like my ACTUAL city where I live. Thanks

    • @stuboy13
      @stuboy13 4 роки тому +33

      I am new to this. Literally never seen nor heard of this game in my life. Can this be used to map models of actual cities or prove helpful in figuring out actual traffic solutions? Traffic is a killer in my town (Newcastle) would love it if my council planners used this. My guess is they don't.

    • @bbg5000
      @bbg5000 4 роки тому +30

      @@stuboy13 The cost of all those ramps and overpasses probably comes close to a billion $ in real life. The cost of all those roundabouts is in the tens of millions, considering all the lanes and exits/entrances. Then multiple metro routes, those will add up. So there's probably a few billion just in the initial cost of all the transit systems, for a city of ~60,000. Not to mention that just constructing all the roads/bridges/etc would have a larger carbon footprint than many countries. Concrete/asphalt construction has a ton of ghg emissions.

    • @wheelerthree
      @wheelerthree 4 роки тому +39

      @@bbg5000 Not to mention that when you go to make that new entrance to the highway and bulldoze the residential area you suddenly have all these lawsuits :D (which is why you should always bulldoze at night when the people are sleeping.... Though bulldozers are loud, it might wake them up..... Prius bulldozers?)

    • @razordrive3238
      @razordrive3238 4 роки тому +27

      Michael Archer I paint my bulldozers black, giving them a high level of stealth during nighttime operations. Most of the time people wake up from the noise then just go back to sleep when they fail to spot the bulldozer coming through the new garage door in their living room

    • @jforozco12
      @jforozco12 4 роки тому +10

      @@stuboy13 There's actual simulation software that works traffic like this, its pretty professional and expensive, the problem is always government and special interests. The technology is there edit: and money/lawsuits like the guys before me said

  • @styXv3ngeance
    @styXv3ngeance 4 роки тому +254

    Just watched 26 minutes of traffic management in a game I've never heard of

    • @BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines
      @BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines  4 роки тому +19

      Did you enjoy it? 😁

    • @pixelyz7792
      @pixelyz7792 4 роки тому +5

      Biffa Plays Indie Games I definitely did! 😄

    • @satyris410
      @satyris410 3 роки тому +2

      @@pixelyz7792 You're now qualified for a job on your local council. Overqualified, one might say

  • @bobbobnz
    @bobbobnz 5 років тому +926

    Person: Doctor doctor, I'm not well
    Biffa: what seems to be the problem?
    Person: I'm all clogged up
    Biffa: ah, you have a touch of the Horky Borkyness

    • @BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines
      @BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines  5 років тому +17

      Lol :-)

    • @martinmalone6324
      @martinmalone6324 5 років тому +9

      @@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines this is my new saying at work when things get backed up and in a mess lol

    • @renakunisaki
      @renakunisaki 5 років тому +22

      Let's go ahead and build a roundabout in your bloodstream...

    • @ziiofswe
      @ziiofswe 5 років тому +7

      Could also be roundaboutitis.

    • @Willrc57
      @Willrc57 5 років тому +1

      Funny!

  • @krissykri
    @krissykri 4 роки тому +93

    How on earth did you make this so interesting?? I'm not even currently playing this game and it popped up and just something about the way you explained things made me want to play again lol. Such a personable speaker

  • @dimitrismardakis
    @dimitrismardakis 4 роки тому +246

    This is the Gordon Ramsay kitchen nightmares of cities skylines

    • @misterkaos.357
      @misterkaos.357 4 роки тому +27

      *"WHERE'S THE ROUNDABOUT SAUCE?!"*

    • @fds7476
      @fds7476 4 роки тому +4

      Those avocado canopies are so f****** tiny, they could fit snugly on a Sim City map!

  • @venzuh941
    @venzuh941 4 роки тому +83

    22:20 "we got traffic lights that we dont need" cars crash instantly

    • @unclesam6237
      @unclesam6237 3 роки тому +2

      Came here to comment this haha

    • @venzuh941
      @venzuh941 3 роки тому

      @@unclesam6237 uncle sam?

  • @khadijaboulaassafer1767
    @khadijaboulaassafer1767 4 роки тому +217

    Me: watching beauty videos
    YT: here, watch this guy fixing roundabouts and deleting lines...
    Also Me: Woooow.. Thank you youtube :D

  • @sergarlantyrell7847
    @sergarlantyrell7847 5 років тому +739

    That city is 50% roads... Must be American.

    • @marcodoe4690
      @marcodoe4690 4 роки тому +91

      Not just that, but the city has so damn much highways. I mean i didn't play cities skylines yet. But i'd actually try to build a city like it would look like in the real world. Highways are meant to connect multiple cities and not just have a big paved place where cars can go around in your city.

    • @Vessekx
      @Vessekx 4 роки тому +30

      Marco Doe, I’m curious. How many modern cities have you lived in? I’ve lived in the suburbs of several, and multiple highways typically run *through* the cities, with the cities acting as ‘hubs’ where people switch between them, and with highways running *around* the cities as well.

    • @Salidin111
      @Salidin111 4 роки тому +55

      ​@@Vessekx This is a pure example of overusing highway systems.. but more than that roads that lead to no where. Alternate routes help significantly and the AI are pretty good on taking it. Here you have about 20 roads and even highways that just end no where or extend drive time considerably. Highways connect hot spots that allow for travel not just used to surround housing developments.

    • @rich1051414
      @rich1051414 4 роки тому +40

      @@marcodoe4690 Uh... in big cities, you take the highway to go to the other side of the city. Why would you choose to go through 154 stop lights and take 10 times longer getting there?

    • @nicholasdickenson7137
      @nicholasdickenson7137 4 роки тому +32

      @@Salidin111 Living in a major city in the U.S. (Phoenix, Arizona) I use the high way systems here every single day. It takes a minimum 20-30 minutes to get to the other side of the city going 75mph. Now if I were to take the 6-8 lane main roads going 45mph having to stop every couple blocks at a light, it would take hours. The highways are essential to moving around this city efficiently. Not even factoring in the big trucks that would ruin the normal roads and further clog traffic on normal roads.

  • @ilariamocciaro597
    @ilariamocciaro597 4 роки тому +50

    The algorithm never ceases to surprise me with its recommendations

    • @BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines
      @BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines  4 роки тому +1

      Did you enjoy it?

    • @ilariamocciaro597
      @ilariamocciaro597 4 роки тому +2

      Biffa Plays Indie Games absolutely! I didn’t think I would but I found it really interesting to see your solutions!
      I was just wondering, where did You learn how to do all this?

  • @jlammetje
    @jlammetje 4 роки тому +84

    I think this illustrates so well how more roads doesn't solve traffic! In real life I mean.

  • @thanemarshall1087
    @thanemarshall1087 4 роки тому +41

    I've never played this game. I've never HEARD of this game. I don't even have a gaming PC.
    But damn, that was satisfying to watch. I need more.

  • @additionaddict5524
    @additionaddict5524 5 років тому +225

    why do I keep watching this???...I don't play the game and I know how he fixes traffic now off by heart

    • @Lain013
      @Lain013 5 років тому

      I know, right?

    • @VICTORdoomm
      @VICTORdoomm 5 років тому +7

      I watched his videos for 2 weeks, I got the game because he is do good at explaining
      I need to know how to make farms and forestry and oil and ore

    • @additionaddict5524
      @additionaddict5524 5 років тому +3

      @@VICTORdoomm yeah ... I bought the game now, 1st time in years since I've played games

    • @VICTORdoomm
      @VICTORdoomm 5 років тому

      @@additionaddict5524 if you know how to do the Industrial "farms and forestry and oil and ore" zones.... and why can't we have on-line neighbors with other players (I make this if you make that)

    • @shutupimstilltalking
      @shutupimstilltalking 5 років тому

      I bought it forever ago and was like "this is to complicated" but I'm a sucker for a soothing voice doing things I cannot.

  • @RobGodwin
    @RobGodwin 4 роки тому +79

    I'm not sure why YT recommended this video but I found myself transfixed by watching traffic flow improve in a game I've never even heard of! I think I'm OCD ...... And that video was strangely satisfying. 😁

  • @dmoogle2006
    @dmoogle2006 4 роки тому +15

    22:20
    Biffa: "There's traffic lights there, which we don't need."
    Truck: *speeds through oncoming traffic while drinking an energy drink*

  • @tidyyy
    @tidyyy 5 років тому +215

    17:37 - lane mathematics on point! traffic management, uhh... not so much xD
    you basically forced people to take a detour from the highway around the cargo terminal and then straight back onto the highway - there were no nodes to change lanes on!

    • @jurgenbrouwer5257
      @jurgenbrouwer5257 5 років тому +10

      Exactly what I was thinking! Those two lanes have nowhere else to go anymore. They would have to loop all the way around to get to the terminal xD

    • @BeanPole7826
      @BeanPole7826 4 роки тому +9

      Exactly why I came here! Had a problem in my city where I tried to use lane math and TMPE to make traffic flow better only to realize that I made it worse.

    • @ethanboyd2981
      @ethanboyd2981 4 роки тому +7

      He then makes it worse @ 20:45 . All those people that were forced back onto the highway were trying to get back into that industrial area. He then forces them into a lane that if you notice will just loop them back onto the highway.

    • @volvodashcam
      @volvodashcam 4 роки тому +2

      I was thinking the same now when looking.. So had to see if someone had comment about it. It hurt my OCD!

  • @stitch-kun
    @stitch-kun 5 років тому +27

    I really love how Biffa tries to talk to his viewers as if they're a friend and that they're right there

  • @squidwerdz
    @squidwerdz 4 роки тому +33

    UA-cam decided to dump a bunch of people onto this video out of nowhere.
    I have no idea what this game even is. 😂
    Loved his voice though it is so weirdly satisfying.

  • @alexitrinune1460
    @alexitrinune1460 4 роки тому +10

    Vehicles: U-turns
    Biffa: NO.

  • @Centbair
    @Centbair 5 років тому +54

    Biffa went one fix without making roundabouts?! Le-gasp.
    You are a wizard on fixing cities.

    • @BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines
      @BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines  5 років тому +5

      Thanks :-)

    • @fuchs4
      @fuchs4 5 років тому +4

      They were all already there, he just needed the Traffic Manager to explain to these stupid citizens how to use them properly :)

    • @_Professor_Oak
      @_Professor_Oak 5 років тому

      Le-gasp.

    • @ouzoloves
      @ouzoloves 5 років тому

      Didn't need to add any because this city already had enough. Just had to set them up to act as proper roundabouts rather than just a bit of road that goes in a circle

    • @canehdiansteve3455
      @canehdiansteve3455 5 років тому

      @@fuchs4 We need him to do the same irl. Lol.

  • @Load1Bongs1Not1Guns
    @Load1Bongs1Not1Guns 3 роки тому +3

    Never been in any contact with this game what so ever, but watching you clearing those lanes also helped clearing my hangover. The lord works in mysterious ways.

  • @Pseudoku_RL
    @Pseudoku_RL 4 роки тому +12

    I've never touched this game or really seen anything for it, but whenever these pop up on my suggested feed, I always enjoy watching them

  • @gplusytCRST
    @gplusytCRST 3 роки тому +6

    First off, I really like your channel, I always watch a video during my lunch break atm and taking a lot away from the tips you give for my own cities. Also it's always nice to see you also make mistakes, not only I do haha.
    Starting at 17:29 you basically create a scenario where people get off the high way, go around the back of the cargo train station and have to go back on to the highway because of your hugo there :D

  • @-POISON-
    @-POISON- 4 роки тому +26

    1:36 cars passing through cars. I believe I have found the solution to the traffic jam problem...

    • @cosimobaldi03
      @cosimobaldi03 4 роки тому +2

      Ahahah I don't know why but seeing that car literally trespassing made me die of laughter

  • @MTNorville
    @MTNorville 4 роки тому +13

    There needs to be an all powerful entity just like this man, who governs all traffic. That way whenever I yell out "Why isn't there a damn turn lane!?!?" it will maybe happen.

    • @arthurpendragon8192
      @arthurpendragon8192 3 роки тому

      There no turn lane because someone doesn't want people to turn off more easily and avoid his booming pyramid scheme just down the street :P

  • @OLBastholm
    @OLBastholm 4 роки тому +37

    UA-cam recommendations are strange. This game looks interesting, though.

    • @BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines
      @BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines  4 роки тому +4

      Hope you enjoyed :-)

    • @OLBastholm
      @OLBastholm 4 роки тому +6

      @@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines Definitely! I'd never heard of the game before, but I ended up buying it a few hours later 🤷🏼‍♂️

  • @Beregorn88
    @Beregorn88 5 років тому +39

    All the tricks, tips and fixes ultimately boil down to a single piece of wisdom: don't cross the streams!

    • @bman6039
      @bman6039 5 років тому

      Beregorn88 this is gold. #Ghostbusters

    • @vaandor1
      @vaandor1 5 років тому +4

      Same goes for public urinals!

    • @eramires
      @eramires 4 роки тому

      @@vaandor1 That's a No, for sure.

  • @astonedel
    @astonedel 5 років тому +167

    Biffa i think you made a little mistake at 17:28
    The cars from the highway always have to bypass the cargo station, with the little two lane road around.
    This means they have to drive once through the hole loop if they want to go to the station.

    • @Delramian
      @Delramian 5 років тому +5

      yeah i have seen that to. Fix: off the highway 2 right . Next only 1 right and one straight, so they can reach the Cargostation easy. Offcorse that wouled need a roadfix from 3 lanes to 4 lanes so that they wont do so "hokypoky" messing whit each other.

    • @Puuhbear
      @Puuhbear 5 років тому +24

      I think it's even worse... he forced all traffic from the intersection to pass along the cargostation and after that they are forced to leave the area again. so noone can enter that industrial area via that intersection.

    • @ouzoloves
      @ouzoloves 5 років тому +10

      What they will do, is come off the highway at that interchange, have to turn right to bypass the station. when they rejoin the main road the have to use the 2 lanes which takes them to the next interchange along the highway. THEN they will go all the way around it, to drive back in to the industrial area using the same road. So they can get into the industrial area, but it is prompting them to use the 2nd junction.
      likewise anyone wanting to leave the industrial area would be able to use the other junction.
      I don't think he intended it, but restricting entering the industrial area to use one junction and those leaving to use the other is actually a good idea as there is less requirement to change lanes on the roundabouts which is what slows things up.

    • @afrocomber
      @afrocomber 5 років тому +7

      Not a little mistake, led to much of the trouble for the rest of the video. There are so many more little things that could improve this traffic with better lane management, especially (ironically) on the roundabouts!

    • @JCPRuckus
      @JCPRuckus 5 років тому +3

      @@afrocomber - Actually micromanaging roundabouts is usually a mistake. On those oval-shaped roundabout interchanges he should have either used the arrows (not drawn the lines) like he did on every ground-level roundabout or just down graded to 2 lanes like he wound up doing.
      The secret is to only have each lane have one purpose (left, right, or straight), not to necessarily force what lane it goes into. Sometimes that's necessary, but relatively rarely. Honestly, he could have even left the 6 lane roundabouts as 6 lanes if he just fixed the lane arrows to only do one thing in each lane. That's usually enough to get the AI to not be stupid and spread out across available lanes.

  • @riossioseternal4837
    @riossioseternal4837 4 роки тому +19

    What in the world, why am I enjoying this so much?

  • @SquatSimp
    @SquatSimp 4 роки тому +10

    The detail of this game is insane

  • @juaninamillion5864
    @juaninamillion5864 5 років тому +46

    The Philippine government should hire you to fix Manila's traffic

    • @nivodeus
      @nivodeus 5 років тому +5

      all personal in transportation office should buy this game and solve the problem here.

    • @siopao8137
      @siopao8137 4 роки тому +2

      *T R U E*

  • @gentlepizza5221
    @gentlepizza5221 4 роки тому +9

    Living in Atlanta has me salivating for this guy’s traffic management skills. Do you do IRL commissions?

  • @bonbon_k
    @bonbon_k 4 роки тому +3

    i've never heard of this game or this channel but you're such a lovable commentator i had to subscribe!!
    when you said welcome and thank you to new viewers.... had me like 🥰🥰🥰🥰
    these kind of videos are so interesting!

  • @StephenOwen
    @StephenOwen 5 років тому

    Excellent video Biffa, I love the walkthrough of the tools for the newbies. Too many people forget about the newbies and don't explain the what and why before they dive in deep.
    Thank you for the elevated pathway @11:00 which connected the two metro lines, I feel like you put that there just for me 😁😁

  • @TheCloudhopper
    @TheCloudhopper 5 років тому +3

    I learn so much watching your videos, a lot more than playing on my own. You made me reinstall Cities, trying to fix my horrificly bad, but much loved, cities. Thank you!

  • @BlueNEXUSGaming
    @BlueNEXUSGaming 5 років тому +55

    Should have randomly added a Roundabout in a field somewhere, just to mess with the viewers :p

  • @GustavSvard
    @GustavSvard 2 роки тому +3

    Watching this again since you linked it in your latest New Tealand video.
    By the gods, the mods you use really have improved in the last two years. Just the roundabout set up being a one-click thing removes so many clicks! :D

  • @MadisonHalla
    @MadisonHalla 4 роки тому

    I have no idea why this was recommended to me but I ended up really enjoying the video and didn't skip past anything! Who would have thought it would be so interesting and intriguing to watch someone fix traffic, not me! Great video, keep up the amazing work!!

  • @johnuferbach9166
    @johnuferbach9166 5 років тому +20

    when a city has more road surface than buildin area^^

  • @SmileyofTerror
    @SmileyofTerror 5 років тому +9

    I've never played Cities and I have no idea why I keep watching these.

  • @Marcus_Aurelius_1978
    @Marcus_Aurelius_1978 4 роки тому

    Hey Mr. Biffa, watching you fixing city traffic after another city traffic is some what kinda therapeutic! Thanx very much!

  • @molly461
    @molly461 5 років тому

    I was having pretty bad anxiety today & watching this has helped calm me down. So thank you.

  • @vitorossi7839
    @vitorossi7839 5 років тому +138

    24:30 - everyone noticed left-most lane is literally ONLY for turning around, right?

    • @Snakedrone
      @Snakedrone 5 років тому +7

      Exactly why I'm looking at the comments :D

    • @deniz_dee
      @deniz_dee 5 років тому +5

      To be fair the arrow doesn't show up on the in-game road and he just missed it's there in the mod too. Not saying it didn't bother me either but it's an easy one to miss.
      That's why I like wiggling my intersections with move it mod. Lanes must appear properly.

    • @adamgray1753
      @adamgray1753 5 років тому +2

      Too bad, @@deniz_dee, many cities in real life like to keep their highway lanes and signage as confusing as possible.

    • @deniz_dee
      @deniz_dee 5 років тому +1

      @@adamgray1753 lol tell me about it, we're often lucky to have functional traffic lights in my town even. And there are only four, on the national road. There are roundabout signs but no yield when approaching :p. Would've needed a serious biffa treatment if the place wasn't small enough to het away with it.

    • @adamgray1753
      @adamgray1753 5 років тому

      Biffa, @@deniz_dee, would be a millionaire by the end of the month coming to the States to fix our many critical traffic problems. Lol

  • @joostvanneerven8850
    @joostvanneerven8850 5 років тому +9

    17:38 - Lane Mathematics has one major risk associated with it; you can accidentally overly limit the routes cars can take. At this timestamp you linked the two incoming lanes from the highway to go right only, and the cars have no way to switch lanes in between. In this case the cars have to circle around a huge distance to get to the cargo terminal. In many of mistakes I made I accidentally destroyed busroutes, limited access to certain areas and created traffic jams due to cars being limited too much. Something you could go into in your next traffic fix using lane management :)

    • @bruh666
      @bruh666 5 років тому +1

      this! The cars coming on from the highway in this system actually have to go off the highway at the next exit, there's literally no other route for them to go

  • @MLMariss
    @MLMariss 4 роки тому

    This was absolute pleasure to watch your work. Great video!

  • @vladimirmijatovic4171
    @vladimirmijatovic4171 5 років тому

    I usually don't have these problems in my city, but I do enjoy watching your videos :D It's strangely satisfying to see chaos turned to order. If I might suggest another small mod called Pedestrian crossings by Spectra. It adds another node with pedestrian crossing which could be very useful for those connection metro stations - pedestrians won't have to go all the way around. Additional node won't be a problem in cities you're fixing ;) Keep the videos coming, and I'll keep liking them.

  • @justinlumpkin1874
    @justinlumpkin1874 4 роки тому +4

    This was surprisingly satisfying to watch

  • @quack3891
    @quack3891 4 роки тому +8

    3 years in the future
    Biffa: your roads are all wonky
    New York Mayor: "Ooohh"

  • @cerealru1069
    @cerealru1069 4 роки тому

    What a soothing video, like an awesome teacher. I don't even play this game, yet you made it interesting enough for me to keep watching. Truly outstanding!

  • @NeverlandSystemZor
    @NeverlandSystemZor 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks for all these videos. I've made my cities so much more fluid and better running thanks to the many tips you show in these!

  • @torsi10
    @torsi10 5 років тому +33

    Before watching Biffa fixes cities: Traffic? More lanes for you!
    After watching Biffa fixes cities: Traffic? Less lanes for you!
    Begone horky-borkyness with a sip of tea :)

    • @BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines
      @BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines  5 років тому +2

      :-)

    • @ouzoloves
      @ouzoloves 5 років тому +8

      Indeed, even in real life, more lanes just means more choices. If you have more choices you are more likely to make the wrong choice.

    • @destynnee
      @destynnee 5 років тому +2

      I'm still learning that, less is more in road management.

    • @1barnet1
      @1barnet1 5 років тому +1

      @@destynnee
      But more important is lane management and ristricting choices.
      Here we have a 3 way highway which get's 4 lanes off which splits in 2 for each which then has to weave into 1 into the next highway.
      Which clogs up every day since they upgraded it.
      If they would just narrow the other main road from 3 to 2 and gave my road 1 lane access it would have been solved with just some paint.

    • @canehdiansteve3455
      @canehdiansteve3455 5 років тому

      I'm the exact same. I'm that idiot who even doubled up his six lane roads at certain points. It helps a little bit to a point, if you place the junctions right, but not by much. To be fair in the base game you don't have nearly as many options available. Makes it tough.

  • @ARockyRock
    @ARockyRock 4 роки тому +4

    I never thought a video about traffic would be so interesting.

  • @travisensenat
    @travisensenat 3 роки тому

    Thanks again Biffa. Answered a few questions and gave me so many ideas on how to improve and build up. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

  • @Kylemast
    @Kylemast 4 роки тому

    I love watching these vids to gain a much better understanding of the game mechanics, Biffa you are a traffic god

  • @alemaodownhill
    @alemaodownhill 5 років тому +3

    Yo my man Biffa!
    First of all I love your videos, and I've been following the fix my city series and I'm really enjoying it.
    I have a content suggestion for you.
    Some sort of "Rate my city" series.
    Short videos (5 minutes aprox.) where we (your audience) send you cities and you showcase them giving some sort of feedback. Critics, suggestions, appraisal, likes/dislikes... that sort of thing.
    I think it would be a great interaction between you and your audience just like the fix my city!
    Cheers!!!

  • @lewishubert
    @lewishubert 5 років тому +4

    Genuinely can’t stop watching these. Must’ve watched 20 in the last week

  • @Zetharion1
    @Zetharion1 5 років тому

    UA-cams Algorithm actually worked. I had never seen this series but love watching this game. Your idea of fixing peoples worlds is a really good fun one to watch. Whats even better is seeing theres 40 more episodes to watch.

  • @ejwows7008
    @ejwows7008 4 роки тому +2

    never knew i would be watching someone fix traffic and enjoying it so much

  • @velasco9210
    @velasco9210 5 років тому +4

    A Biffa vid with NO roundabout construction??? :O Also the person who submitted this city has an eye for beauty, it is really pleasing to look at!

    • @m4xpg336
      @m4xpg336 5 років тому +1

      aww thanks a lot :)

  • @Kotiare
    @Kotiare 5 років тому +9

    And we appreciate your amazing content!

  • @tepidtuna7450
    @tepidtuna7450 4 роки тому

    Always a pleasure watching. Thanks Biff

  • @iNimbleSloth
    @iNimbleSloth 4 роки тому

    I haven't played this for a long time, I had to reinstall after watching! Really liked the traffic tips!

  • @CRemy-pk1fh
    @CRemy-pk1fh 4 роки тому +3

    I'm glad UA-cam recommended this, now i want to play this game.

  • @jonathancook4022
    @jonathancook4022 4 роки тому +5

    Could you imagine living in this city with all these constant changes appearing and disapearing instantly! Freaky stuff!

    • @arthurpendragon8192
      @arthurpendragon8192 3 роки тому

      how do we know that doesn't happen 'IRL' what if it happens but there is a 'construction mist' that makes it all appear like its just normal construction :P

  • @joelcemeli4592
    @joelcemeli4592 4 роки тому

    That smooth traffic flow is beautiful, nice job :D

  • @serenaw5107
    @serenaw5107 3 роки тому +1

    At this point I don’t even play city skylines anymore I just watch your videos and that’s good enough for me

  • @robart6366
    @robart6366 5 років тому +35

    For the industrial zone the lane management isn't that good as you think ;)
    Because of the intersections are too close to each other, you cannot switch lanes to enter the industrial zone, so you have to move out again immediately.

    • @gondul89
      @gondul89 5 років тому +9

      Indeed, people comming in go through the cargo hub, straight into the next roundabout across the highway. People that are already in the industrial zone have to go around for ever without any escape!

    • @Neferdias
      @Neferdias 5 років тому +1

      Yup... which is exactly why all that traffic went through the recycle district, those other two intersections are only good for leaving the industrial area, and going to the train terminal now. It should be set up so that the right-most lane must go into the train terminal, and the left can either turn or go straight, then make the 4 lane road a 5 lane road. Fixed.

  • @mrhogan2612
    @mrhogan2612 4 роки тому +7

    This makes me want to play the game, not to build a city but to actually just manage traffic throughput! Oh dear lord... xD

  • @Spivonious
    @Spivonious 3 роки тому

    Always fun to watch someone who knows what he's doing play these games.

  • @System-zu7np
    @System-zu7np 5 років тому

    Omg i had a long break so Traffic ++ was gone and I was looking for a tool like this thank you so much ♡ finally i can fix my intersections!

  • @nanfredman1991
    @nanfredman1991 5 років тому +6

    Immediately, I saw that the various neighborhood "islands" needed several non-highway direct connections--which did get addressed after the pressing interchange issues. 👍 Did I pass the quiz? :) I tend to let the highways go around everything and then have six-lane arterial roads do the fast connections between city areas. That keeps traffic hovering at around 80%.

  • @mikicnemanja
    @mikicnemanja 5 років тому +77

    17:30 - 18:00 They dont have room to lane change?

    • @_Professor_Oak
      @_Professor_Oak 5 років тому +20

      Just what I was thinking, there isn't another node in the middle where they can switch to go straight... he does seem to rush sometimes and overlook things like this.

    • @gabili
      @gabili 5 років тому +2

      They are just going to end up leaving right away again, go around in a circle and enter the industrial area again

    • @tiagoprado7001
      @tiagoprado7001 5 років тому

      But they can go on the two-lane road to exit.

  • @alisonbuenavista8560
    @alisonbuenavista8560 5 років тому

    Hi from a new subscriber! You've been revolutionizing my in-game traffic and it's wonderful! My fiance and I play this game and he always says my games turn into Traffic Simulator. (I say he plays Let's Plant Some Trees and Dredge a River.) But now I've been able to actually play more of the game! Thank you!!

  • @Kaiimei
    @Kaiimei 5 років тому

    Why is watching this so satisfying? Just watching traffic go from being clogged up, all the way through to flowing smoothly.

  • @fromthegamethrone
    @fromthegamethrone 5 років тому +3

    I love how to fix traffic, you just made traffic drive the way it is supposed to haha

  • @tacoballack
    @tacoballack 4 роки тому +3

    Me driving these days now: this is a perfect place to place a roundabout.

  • @dand1374
    @dand1374 5 років тому

    Why can't I stop watching these? I've never played this game on my life but I still watch and I don't know why.

  • @davidinark
    @davidinark 5 років тому +2

    “What have you learned?” I learned the YT algo finally got one right! So glad this was recommended. I also learned “lane mathematics!” Good show!

  • @Willrc57
    @Willrc57 5 років тому +13

    What? You built no roundabouts? *WARNING: IMPOSTER BIFFA!*

  • @XVD98A
    @XVD98A 5 років тому +4

    7:05 that one driver was like "roads? Where we're going we don't need roads...oh wait yes we do jk" lol

  • @TandPMinecraft
    @TandPMinecraft 5 років тому +1

    Been watching a ton of your videos. Really rejuvenated my desire to play again! (And allowed me to not have gridlock traffic) Thank you good sir =)

  • @hestitate4902
    @hestitate4902 5 років тому +26

    Biffa when to continue the university series?

  • @Twin6877
    @Twin6877 4 роки тому +3

    I have never seen this game before, but I feel like my actual hometown needs you to fix it. Our infrastructure is a mess.

  • @normahS
    @normahS 3 роки тому

    This has been the best half an hour i have spent on UA-cam for a looong time. Never knew about this game, though i played the original Sim City in the 80s on Amiga, so i understood the concept. Now, i can't decide what i presses me most. The depth and thought underlying this game, or your skills with it.
    This should be mandatory to play and graduate in, for city planners and infrastructural planners. :-)

  • @marcusbrown6936
    @marcusbrown6936 4 роки тому

    This was one of the best videos I have ever seen. Fixing my traffic will be much easier now, thanks.

  • @vellaco7168
    @vellaco7168 5 років тому +4

    6-lane roads fever now Strikes on the Roundabouts ....NOOOO!! :P
    Weird but useful with this "Lane Mathematics" if you put 3 lanes to exit and 3 to keep turning around. But I suspect the Lanes changing will make it a completely mess

    • @destynnee
      @destynnee 5 років тому

      I'm starting to think that's why my one city is stuck dead at like 5%. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Less is more I guess.

  • @revimfadli4666
    @revimfadli4666 5 років тому +3

    Wow I'm half an hour early
    Btw what about a challenge variation where you build a transit-oriented city, or improve an 80%+ traffic as much as possible? Lol

  • @93midnightsunrise
    @93midnightsunrise 5 років тому

    I have no idea what this is, but it is so freaking soothing. You're like a Let's Play Bob Ross!

  • @alisae7533
    @alisae7533 4 роки тому +1

    This is so calming to watch

  • @SmartLifeEnthusiast
    @SmartLifeEnthusiast 5 років тому +10

    17:39 Wouldn't this force everyone coming from the highway to take that bottom road and prevent anyone from within the district to enter that same bottom road (w/out having to enter onto the highway again)?

    • @GameZero2
      @GameZero2 5 років тому +1

      Yup unless they do lane switching they have to loop around