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Well, traffic is an essential part of city planning, which Cities Skylines is all about, so traffic is a part of that. You can avoid having to spend too much t

Well, traffic is an essential part of city planning, which Cities Skylines is all about, so traffic is a part of that. You can avoid having to spend too much time on managing traffic if you follow some "design patterns", there is a bunch of them, so Google is probably your best friend. Although, there is a good comment on reddit that gives a quick overview, with links to more in-depth material, that might be a good starting point for you: https://old.reddit.com/r/CitiesSkylines/comments/m57lq8/how_can_i_reduce_traffic_in_this_city_i_am_not/gqzp5bl/ https://old.reddit.com/r/CitiesSkylines/comments/m57lq8/how_...

pm90 4y ago
Well the problem is that this is what North American cities look like. But cities can be different. They can be mostly transit + bikes, but that seems impossible to do in CS.
- massysett 4y ago
  As a North American, I’ve always thought Skylines looks like the European creation that it is. Skylines citizens flock to transit, will take multimodal trips, will walk a great deal, and will wait extremely long for transit vehicles to arrive. You can build a city in Skylines that is heavily transit-dependent in a way you would never see in America. However you do still need roads as businesses need them to ship and receive, and this is where traffic management counts.
- ekidd 4y ago
  It's definitely possible to build C:S cities that are "mostly transit" (and walking). However, this only postpones the traffic nightmare. Eventually, the city grows to a point where the remaining ~20% of people using cars overwhelm even large, well-designed traffic systems. Honestly, this seems depressingly realistic? Paris has lots of public transportion and walkable areas, and the Peripherique is still a traffic jam from hell.
- capableweb 4y ago
  No, plenty of places around the world where not every street is zoned, where there is space between industrial and residential zones for example.

pm90 4y ago

Well the problem is that this is what North American cities look like. But cities can be different. They can be mostly transit + bikes, but that seems impossible to do in CS.

massysett 4y ago
As a North American, I’ve always thought Skylines looks like the European creation that it is. Skylines citizens flock to transit, will take multimodal trips, will walk a great deal, and will wait extremely long for transit vehicles to arrive. You can build a city in Skylines that is heavily transit-dependent in a way you would never see in America. However you do still need roads as businesses need them to ship and receive, and this is where traffic management counts.
ekidd 4y ago
It's definitely possible to build C:S cities that are "mostly transit" (and walking). However, this only postpones the traffic nightmare. Eventually, the city grows to a point where the remaining ~20% of people using cars overwhelm even large, well-designed traffic systems. Honestly, this seems depressingly realistic? Paris has lots of public transportion and walkable areas, and the Peripherique is still a traffic jam from hell.
capableweb 4y ago
No, plenty of places around the world where not every street is zoned, where there is space between industrial and residential zones for example.