Do you use bus/bike lanes?

[Whirl]

As a new player, my traffic is a mess to say the least but I've just expanded into bus lines and bike lanes.

I've recently put bike lanes through most of the rest of my town to keep nice bikers from being knocked down but it's really disappointing that there isn't a bike lane with trees. So are bike lanes worth it when compared to tree lanes?

And while obviously I'm still working on it, if there#s one thing that bus lanes are great for, it's for your emergancy vehicles. At one point I witessed a long line of Amulances using it. A line that would have brought my city to the standstill if I hadn't had it at the time. It was at that point that I thought, "Bus lanes are winners whether you like buses or not."

And how much do you use buses and stop bus routes from recoiling on themselves?

[grapplehoeker]

I use buses and bicycles a lot, but rarely do I use roads with bus lanes or cycle paths. They aren't necessary in either case. Buses may use regular roads and cyclists will use pedestrian paths. It's just for appearances.

[What Zitt Tooya]

I also had this question. In a recent video, I saw a YouTuber playing C:S, which was a big city, and he had a mix of bike lanes and bus lanes. When he zoomed into the streets, a lot of bikers were using the bike lane roads. Are they really necessary especially if I combine it with "encourage biking"?

[AoD_lexandro]

Originally posted by grapplehoeker:

I use buses and bicycles a lot, but rarely do I use roads with bus lanes or cycle paths. They aren't necessary in either case. Buses may use regular roads and cyclists will use pedestrian paths. It's just for appearances.

Negative. Buslanes allow emergency vehicles a direct route through traffic, and stop bus routes from clogging roads. A city without buslanes on critical routes will get clogged easily with excess buses & traffic in the same route.

@OP - Depending on your city scale, a 6 lane road with buslanes makes an excellent arterial road, allowing two lanes of traffic to blend easily with standard roads and gives your buses a faster route through the traffic.

4 lane roads with buslanes should be used in low density housing areas as an alternative arterial option. They make good main streets for suburban areas.

My current city has 15% uptake on the PT system with most of it in buses to get cims to other faster options to different areas. 4 different bus stations maxed out on routes makes traffic a lot thinner. Each station is on 6lane w/bus roads to stop the buses getting bunched in traffic trying to enter and exit the station.

Example;
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1117245647

Example 2;
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1115003251

[BLÀde]

i've not needed to use either. waste of time even using bus lanes cars drive on them anyway

[Aestiri]

I think bus lanes are essential when you utilise buses effectively. Bus lanes can help alleviate significant traffic congestion. Bikes aren't something I've used much or invested in although I would surmise that it would have an impact. The other thing to consider is that by having bus and bike lanes it would reduce the commute times of many workers which could have a positive effect on growth.

[Your Neighbour]

Bus lane is viable, bike lanes.... nah

The volume capable of being carried by a bus simply outscales biking. in a city of 250k only 1000 people ride bikes. I still enable promote biking, but yeah it's not really fesible once you start getting skyscrapers. It's a good city style thing thou consider you have bikeways and all, if your zones are close in a small area, biking might cut the mustard and would be good to see people riding to work too.

[kristofburger]

Originally posted by BLÀde:

i've not needed to use either. waste of time even using bus lanes cars drive on them anyway

They only drive on them if they need to turn right at the next intersection. If you have cars completely blocking a bus lane there's some tweaking needed.

[What Zitt Tooya]

Are buses even worth the congestion. Most of my citizens take the metro and it also accumulates the most income, I don't bother with buses or really anything else lol.

[AoD_lexandro]

Metro is totally OTT for low density areas, so it increases expenses for a low utilisation route. A bus on the same route instead with a few extra stops is much cheaper. As you can see in the first example, my buses bring cims in to the hub where the two main centre lines for my Metro are. This funnels them in to the network and increases PT usage and income.

[Tux]

Originally posted by grapplehoeker:

I use buses and bicycles a lot, but rarely do I use roads with bus lanes or cycle paths. They aren't necessary in either case. Buses may use regular roads and cyclists will use pedestrian paths. It's just for appearances.

same

I like to elevate my bike paths and sometimes cut them into in center of the block.

[Ëvïlnïck8 ゴゴゴ]

If i remember correctly Bike lanes are 2 times faster for bikers then normal pedestrian roads, so in general if some streets dont need bus lanes, tram or monorail i will use the bikelane so my citizens can move faster from point A to B when biking.

[Tux]

Originally posted by ëvïlnïck8:

If i remember correctly Bike lanes are 2 times faster for bikers then normal pedestrian roads, so in general if some streets dont need bus lanes, tram or monorail i will use the bikelane so my citizens can move faster from point A to B when biking.

I tend to make them for overpasses and drop down to grade so they can get off at that block.

[SquishNoob]

I just started going crazy with bike lanes... If you place them well the cims will use them and they WILL reduce other traffic. I also place bus lines everywhere because they can be that final little bump needed to max out building level.

[Tux]

Originally posted by SquishNoob:

I just started going crazy with bike lanes... If you place them well the cims will use them and they WILL reduce other traffic. I also place bus lines everywhere because they can be that final little bump needed to max out building level.

Getting city to use non-car transport is almost always my goal.

Ages ago I used to live in an enviroment in which I could walk, cycle or bus to everything I wanted or needed. it was fantastic. yeah I might have been helping the enviroment or whatever but really just from a selfish quality of life standpoint it was awesome

[OneJasonBradly]

I have only experimented with the bus lanes but the roads with bike lanes I can vouch for. They will bike on any road but you can convince them (bikers) to gravitate to these roads freeing up other roads/streets, routes for pedestrians. I use them as bike pathways arteries through the city when I can’t use the bike pathway, connecting up to the bike pathways.

Originally posted by Tux:

I tend to make them for overpasses and drop down to grade so they can get off at that block.

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