In light of the Mass Transit announcement, I thought I would mention some of my insights in regards to the game. I currently use several mods: Traffic Manager - President Edition, Network Extensions, Fine Road Anarchy, etc.
As an urban planner (transportation/rail focus), I absolutely love City Skylines. However, over the past few years, there are several real-world planning practices that are now missing from the game. These include:
- Roadside bio-retention planters/swales (they don't necessarily be functional for storm-water run-off, but they're still aesthetically pleasing)
- Lane narrowing/sidewalk widening
- Lane removals (with options for replacements with pop-up cafes, bi-directional bike lanes, etc)
- Bicycle Boulevards (median bike-ways)
- TREES: I don't understand why bike lanes and trees can't occur on the same road (I know they can be hand planted, but still)
- Transit roads with trees (and parking and bike lanes, via lane reductions or narrowing?)
- Sidewalk/intersection bulb-outs (curb extensions/gateways)
There are certainly other tweaks and fixes that would be useful in the game, but I've seen topics on those countless times (rail infrastructure, etc) or mods have successfully addressed the issues (metro overhaul, Traffic President, etc).
Thank you for reading!
As an urban planner (transportation/rail focus), I absolutely love City Skylines. However, over the past few years, there are several real-world planning practices that are now missing from the game. These include:
- Roadside bio-retention planters/swales (they don't necessarily be functional for storm-water run-off, but they're still aesthetically pleasing)
- Lane narrowing/sidewalk widening
- Lane removals (with options for replacements with pop-up cafes, bi-directional bike lanes, etc)
- Bicycle Boulevards (median bike-ways)
- TREES: I don't understand why bike lanes and trees can't occur on the same road (I know they can be hand planted, but still)
- Transit roads with trees (and parking and bike lanes, via lane reductions or narrowing?)
- Sidewalk/intersection bulb-outs (curb extensions/gateways)
There are certainly other tweaks and fixes that would be useful in the game, but I've seen topics on those countless times (rail infrastructure, etc) or mods have successfully addressed the issues (metro overhaul, Traffic President, etc).
Thank you for reading!
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