What's the point of the Bus station?

[Hanzawilhelm Longbowman of Crécy]

Is it really needed?

[JB_24]

no it's not, but it helps if want to centralize your bus lines. (and to keep bus stops that may have more then one line for them from clogging the streets with busses)

[DONAR]

if you have too many cars on your streets the bus station will help. so people can get to work or to wherever they have to go in a more "compact" way so it won't create as much traffic.

[hup]

Originally posted by Thrash Or Die:

if you have too many cars on your streets the bus station will help. so people can get to work or to wherever they have to go in a more "compact" way so it won't create as much traffic.

You can also use metro

[Mansen]

Originally posted by NoirMoutton:

The bus station is poorly designed. The cims don't use the building but rather wander all over the concourse straight into the path of oncoming traffic! It's bonkers- a poorly thought out and executed design

Keep in mind that some CIMS are purely decorative, not actual "moving" agents.

[cultural_lover]

This new Bus Depot that came with AfterDark seems Useless... It doesnt even appear to have a way to spawn busses from it like all the other bus depots...So what are we supposed to do wtih it?

[Jarl Bread Maker]

Originally posted by cultural_lover:

This new Bus Depot that came with AfterDark seems Useless... It doesnt even appear to have a way to spawn busses from it like all the other bus depots...So what are we supposed to do wtih it?

Originally posted by JB_24:

no it's not, but it helps if want to centralize your bus lines. (and to keep bus stops that may have more then one line for them from clogging the streets with busses)

[MAG]

The bus station for me has been a godsend in my horribly run city.

[shadowwolftjc]

Originally posted by cultural_lover:

This new Bus Depot that came with AfterDark seems Useless... It doesnt even appear to have a way to spawn busses from it like all the other bus depots...So what are we supposed to do wtih it?

A bus depot is still needed for the buses to spawn, and park when their shifts are over. Think of a bus station as being like that part of a transportation network, where Cims are gathered throughout an entire residential, commercial, or industrial area by a fleet of buses, to be sent to another area altogether, whether it's by subway, train, or another fleet of buses, or vice-versa. Think back to why city planners typically think of road networks as being like branches of a tree.

[NoirMoutton]

If we need a bus depot why do we not also need a train depot? The new bus station "hub" is a poor piece of design. Cims don't use the building and wander all over the concourse in the path of oncoming busses. The new airport is a mess too, like a giant anthill.

[Mansen]

Originally posted by NoirMoutton:

If we need a bus depot why do we not also need a train depot? The new bus station "hub" is a poor piece of design. Cims don't use the building and wander all over the concourse in the path of oncoming busses. The new airport is a mess too, like a giant anthill.

Bcause trains more commonly go intercity (At least with these tracks), buses don't. Maybe when we see trams, we'll have to give those a depot somewhere.

The new bus station is simply a hub - The grand central of bus stations (Which is a concept completety common in cities as small as 50.000 inhabitants or less in real life)

[Fņŏŕď]

I have taken to just building the pedestrian paths underground. It helps with traffic a lot.