My two cents about the bus station and bus lanes

[Wraith]

I don't know about you guys, but i think that the bus station is waaaaaaaaaay to big for a start-mid town. I think there should be a relief station that would have 4-6 lanes and would fit more easily into the city, so you could use a station-station line to better pulverize the lines without creating a big traffic jam getting all the city's busses coming to the same spot.

Another thing is the bus lanes, noone respects them in my tries... Everyone rides bus lanes like it's nothing much, which is quite annoying when you're trying to keep the city moving. Also, it would be nice to have a two-way simple road with bus exclusivity so we could create express busways (much like the BRT).

I'm quite happy with the game, would love to get some extra transport gadgets with After Dark, but things are getting quite interesting as it is =)

[Sandman]

Originally posted by Wraith:

I don't know about you guys, but i think that the bus station is waaaaaaaaaay to big for a start-mid town. I think there should be a relief station that would have 4-6 lanes and would fit more easily into the city, so you could use a station-station line to better pulverize the lines without creating a big traffic jam getting all the city's busses coming to the same spot.

Another thing is the bus lanes, noone respects them in my tries... Everyone rides bus lanes like it's nothing much, which is quite annoying when you're trying to keep the city moving. Also, it would be nice to have a two-way simple road with bus exclusivity so we could create express busways (much like the BRT).

I'm quite happy with the game, would love to get some extra transport gadgets with After Dark, but things are getting quite interesting as it is =)

Sounds like you're doing a simulation of Los Angeles where people just drive in the bus lane.

[AM7655]

I would keep looking out for an asset on the workshop page for a smaller bus station. Also getting traffic to move is pain. I have no despwan on and it is trully amazing how creative you get with roads. Anyways I think there will be /bus roads that you are looking for. Follow this mod
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=478820060

You can also control how many buses you have per line using this mod which could be a big help.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=424106600

[AM7655]

some ideas http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=526712022

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=526712016

[Wraith]

Originally posted by dim4:

I would keep looking out for an asset on the workshop page for a smaller bus station. Also getting traffic to move is pain. I have no despwan on and it is trully amazing how creative you get with roads. Anyways I think there will be /bus roads that you are looking for. Follow this mod
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=478820060

You can also control how many buses you have per line using this mod which could be a big help.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=424106600

Before After Dark, i used some of the mods, but they were just bulking a little too much (even though i loved the service lanes). I'd love to see them adapt on what they built. I broke my golden rule of not buying DLCs or such with full pricing, so i gotta ask for commitment from them too.

I'm not gonna lie that this giant bus station will work wonders on multi sectored metropolis, but it's just a big sluggish monster during the start.

Also, before this, i used express highways inside the city to redistribute the traffic jams and keep them under limited control (used Proper Hardness mod, and yes, i'm a masochist when it comes to citybuilding simulators).

[AM7655]

when I started the city I had 2 bus stations and 4 buses + bus depo. You can still work with small stations when you build a line and then when having bigger city use the new asset from After Drak. I have 60,000 people and don't use new station and it is fine. My piont is try to find a way to make it work as best as you can. Sometimes you be amazed the thing you can do when you think out of the box ;)