Always love your take on things, Lee! Fantastic area for a redevelopment! Looking forward to the conclusion! Cliffhangers 😱!!

5B1C is really fascinating to watch, especially this episode. Cities are of course not designed in real life by one person - they evolve and develop and grow and new planners need to make big decisions on existing infrastructure. To watch this city evolve and different builders address problems created by new developments and an evolving city is really interesting! And very entertaining too of course!

Sorry for the lack of premiere 😔 I messed up on the upload! There will be more opportunities in the next few days. Please feel free to leave a few comments for my reading pleasure 😀

This is actually the most entertaining Cities Skylines series ever, mainly because of the way the different builders are interacting with each other's builds. Every single player series is boring in comparison.

The grade man out-mulliganed the mulligan man! 🤣 Welcome back, Lee! We missed ya.

I like the slow and considered approach here, twenty minutes of planning before you even start building anything. Really curious to see what this will eventually do for traffic. In case anyone's interested, here's some history for this city: 20-05-2021 - Start of the city, Czardus takes office as mayor, stays on for 3 years and 2 months. Builds a nice fishing town. 14-08-2024 - City Planner Plays takes office, for 4 years, 4 months. Builds a farm and cozy new neighbourhood. 23-12-2028 - Lee Hawkins takes office, for 7 years, 11 months. Fixes traffic and builds a hillside campus. 11-12-2036 - Overcharged Egg takes office, for 4 years. 2 months. Builds a waterfront and fancy tiered neighbourhood. 12-02-2041 - ImperialJedi takes office, for 3 years, 10 months. Builds a pretty interchange and expands the city into the forested hills. 22-12-2044 - Czardus returns to office, for 1 year, 10 months. Fills in open spaces and adds a forestry industry. 19-10-2046 - City Planner Plays returns to office, for 3 years and 5 months. Builds bike paths while the city burns, then redevelops downtown. 05-03-2050 - Lee Hawkins returns to office, for 10 years and 10 months. Earns the title of Lord Interchange and Master of Traffic, expands the city's industry. 01-05-2051 - TheTimeister comes in meanwhile as park planning consultant, for 5 years and 2 months. Develops a coastal nature reserve for the city. 21-01-2061 - Overcharged Egg returns to office, for 8 years and 6 months. Carves out a massive ore mine next to a small town nestled in the forest. 23-07-2069 - ImperialJedi returns to office, for 2 years and 5 months. Builds a mall and surrounding beachside neighbourhood, expands the city's industry. 27-12-2071 - Biffa comes in as traffic advisor/mayor, for 3 years and 3 months. Fixes traffic flow throughout the city to be better than it ever was. 25-03-2074 - Czardus returns to office, for 3 years and 6 months. Adds sprawling hillside suburbs and oil industry. 07-10-2077 - City Planner Plays returns to office, for 3 year and 8 months. Expands the city's downtown and improves connectivity and city services. 23-06-2081 - Imperator comes in, for 8 years, to develop an international airport across the river. 03-06-2083 - Lee Hawkins returns to office, for 1 year and 3 months so far, as of the end of this video. Redevelops Pine and Dale Hill and attempts to improve traffic. Give or take a few weeks here and there where power changed hands etc. (i.e. I can't be bothered calculating the days as well)

Why have I watched the whole of this with a smile? Mass demolition, suburban clearances, cross-country vasectomy, and more! Oh aye... You're Lee! Nice to have you back in the loop fella. Looking forward to seeing how you got from the end of the narrative in this one to the teaser vision of the finished article shown in the fly-by at the end.

Those who wonder about the missing airport and interchange by Imperatur don't worry. They can build at the same save file then "combine" those two creations with movit mod. You can see how it works on Timeister Golden Shores Nature reserve episode 23 at the end. :) 5b1c is fun to watch. Thanks to all builders

Huge fan of Biffa as he got me into watching more KZfaqrs of the game. But what I love about this game is that you can take two completely different ways of doing something and have then both work. Most games have a one size fits all fix and this game seems to have multiple fixes for just about everything. If you like timed traffic lights, there is a way to set up your city to work well with them. Like lane mathematics? There is a way to set up your city to accommodate. Just glad we have so many skilled players doing cool things in the game.

Yes, Yes, Yes! Lee is back in business. Great idea with the proposed changes. Looking forward to the completion of the new team loop and to the next two episodes. Thank you!

The level of thoughtfulness Lee utilizes...something he does today aids a future endeavor on another side of the city done by someone else...his talent is unmatched in it imo!

Tram gradients can be a lot more forgiving than regular rail. For example, the Lisbon tram system has a grade of 13% at its steepest.

really glad you are back

Spiffing Brit would kill all the speed limits on those shortcuts (re: the Red Bull challenge if anyone doesn't get the reference) :D Biffa said at the time the TTL quick setup could be reverted to co-ordinated later by another builder who knew how to. The changes meant the timings didn't reflect the usage so he had to reset them to work at all.

The fact that multiple years passed in this episode is TOO REALISTIC 😂 😂 😂

Missed you, Lee. hope you're doing well! Magnificent content as always!!!

To fix some of the Concordia boulevard interchange at 13:30 you definitely should add a ramp where that little built up area is. I think there used to be a solar tower there and since everyone is turning left on the current ramp you definitely should add a ramp so they can just go right.

At 47:00 love how the music turned upbeat as you realsied the grade was not too bad

The man himself is back 👏

Thanks Lee! I love your spin on things and for having the bottle to bulldoze where others (myself included) might just tinker! Looking forward to the next two instalments

Even though nothing was actually done in the 1st half of the video, it was fascinating to hear ur thought process

Video title: Brutal traffic fixes Reality: Talking about traffic for almost 30 minutes and then destroying entire district

It's great to see you back for your round, I feel like it's been months! Hope you are well and thank you for more fantastic content!

Love love love your episodes! It's also super interesting seeing your thought process for traffic fixes as it's a different perspective and I always learn things. Very interesting to see non roundabout focussed stuff too; I'm in Europe and they're everywhere, so it's nice to have some variety. Looking forward to the rest of your videos dude!

Very excited for your round of videos, Lee!! :)

Welcome back. The downtown triangle expansion and the 17th interchange were CPP, not Czardus I believe.

Trams can travel underground. If you could have underground tram stops, you'd be able to make Boston's Green Line.

13:50 I don't know what solution he gives eventually but this is such an easy fix. Build another off ramp from the highway onto the boulevard (demolish the buildings or use the existing piece of dead end road). The existing one will be right turn only, no traffic lights with a short lane to merge onto the boulevard, the new one right turn only (but from the other side) no traffic lights, + lane to get onto the boulevard. Zero traffic jams. Simply don't allow cars to cross the road, only merge onto it from the sides..

Glad to have you back Lee! Amazing video. Can’t wait to see how this turns out.

Do you have a background in engineering? You definitely have the most Civil Engineering feel of the content creators.

This is so cool to watch! That tramstop underneath the bridge is always overcrowded and that's bugging me from the moment it was installed. It seems like none of the builders have noticed it yet. But the sims down there are going back on to the bridge, take their cars out of their pockets and cause a lot of the traffic on there. I'm hoping this will be resolved.. But since I'm watching it way behind on scedule, I'll find out soon ♥ It nice to see you'll be in the next two episodes as well, because this was amazing!

This is why this game are great. I would like to see a new collaberation between you, cityplanner, biffa and imperatur. A collaberation where you really improve each others work. I Love your content by THE way.

always enjoy watching a lee hawkings traffic fix video.

Lee: I'm bringing out the bulldozer Me: *flaming elmo meme*

Glad to have you back, Lee! Looks like this might finally bring a long(er) term solution to that Main Street interchange. Can't wait for the rest of it.

Missed you, hope to see more videos on your page soon!

Well worth the wait! 👏 brilliant to see how to address height differences without levelling the whole area, genius! 🤯

Welcome back Lee, you've been missed! Been hankering for some of your content - hope all is good!

I would just have skipped the whole tram-rollercoaster and used the existing white Metro line under Dale hill.

Another great video, Lee, very interesting as always. I keep half expecting you to tear out a bunch of the highway and replace it with 6-lane arterials, haha.

Been waiting for this. Welcome back Lee.

Glad to see you back Lee

Lee, I love your courage in this episode. In many ways this is more realistic to real development because everyone is having to work with and around other peoples work and not everyone is fully aware of the others plans. It's making for such an interesting series and makes the process even more engaging. I'm loving all of the creators on this series as I only knew a handful of you all before starting it. Each of you brings something special to the city. The sum is greater than its parts. Go bold and refactor!

Wait wheres the airport??

A cliffhanger!? can't wait... Thanks for the entertainment!

Finally, i always loved the insight you gave in between your build! Most city skylines builder are somehow only great on just either one of city planning knowledge or game mechanics knowledge (they’re great though! Dont get me wrong). But you always managed to strike balance between the two. You have slight dissadvantage compared other builders due to irregular upload schedule. But i believe your subscriber will always understand that, given the quality of the content. Thanks for your quality content today, lee! Ps: Seems like your rig is barely able to catch up with the amount of content of this city demanded, perhaps you’d might want to consider for some upgrades on your pc.

A lot of grading trouble ends with a cliff hanger, nice :D

Nice to see you back!

Part of the problem with the timed traffic lights you used to have on Main St (and this cropped up at the Concord Blvd interchange) is that when the roads/intersections were changed (more lanes or dedicated turn lanes), the ought cycles didn't change with the lanes. They had to be competely re set up.

Lee: demolishes neighborhood Also Lee: I don’t want to terraform because I’m respecting the terrain. Lee: …demolishes roads and buildings again and builds tram tunnel (throughly graded mind you) Also lee: I’m just going to leave this ungraded Hahahaha

I think i might try to do that a bit differently. In a sense by going more strictly along the road hierarchy concept - so by cutting down the minor intersections along the main road where the timed traffic lights are going, just to make sure the big road is actually able to act as higher grade road. Problem is that the (rather tight) grid in use doesn't really make that easy and would require quite a bit of work (and causing changes in zoning) which would disrupt the city quite badly. EDIT: Commented a bit too early.. so pretty much by doing roughly the same you are later on...

Always interested to hear your thoughts. 27 minutes of talking before doing _any_ changes was a test, I'll admit. I think maybe it would have been easier to follow along if you did the short version of the big picture first, then explained details while fixing them along the way.

Lee, I love your stuff!! I'm turning into a big fan of yours. CPP as well!!

Yes! More Lee!! Do you not have Imperatur's updates on the other side of the river? I'm guessing these episodes were recorded before imperaturs turn?

80s music @ the 47-minute mark! woot... oh, nice video too, Lee. Haha! Imagine doing some of this work in vanilla. That's been my challenge lately: working with city laters: up and over and more. Great work on this one. Looking forward to what you come up with in the other videos.

That tram at the beginning! 😂

Looking good!

38:00 we start seeing a Lee Hawkins devolve into madness here

Wow ... what a cliffhanger! But I'm sure it will be beautiful. I'm just wondering how the setup of tram lines will actually look in the end and whether the existing metro station in Pine Hill will be moved or another one will be added to create a transfer option. "Addition by subtraction" - it makes sense but I would have preferred improved routes to alternative highway connections ... an attempt that might be futile. And I am truly impressed how well you derive your decision with your excessive and smart use of the traffic route tool.

If the fixes work, they work. Timed traffic lights do not always work. In fact, I’ve found, they often make things worse.

Loved it 😍

I do really like this series (and the previous one) so I hope you are all going for a third, fourth, fifth etc etc. What I really love in this town is that coal mine, which I simply adore how it is dug down, something I have personally tried and failed at a few times to do in my own cities :D So keep up the work all of you And yeah we don't all agree with what every of the builders do in this series, but I am sure all of you and most of us who view can give/take critic on it, specially if it is followed up by arguments on why, so that we all an learn or contemplate it and dismiss it :D So I hope that many others like me, watch these for the inspiration on how to do things and learn from the mistakes all of you make, and we can sit and snicker at saying to ourself "Nahh I would never have done it like that" ;)

This was fun

Meta comment about the whole series (and the comments on it): I find it super fascinating in people comparing the builders on this season into what amounts to two camps, the planning/engineering camp (Lee and CPP) and the artistic/detailing camp (Czardus, Overcharged, probably Jedi too). I find myself when I play moreso in the former, in Cities Skylines, but games in general. Most of my good friends are in the latter which makes for some great overall projects as we move whatever game we're playing back and forth to come to the most mutually agreeable solution. But I hadn't really looked at it that way until I was reading the comments and really noting how so many are connecting with some of the builders more than others -- and why. The diversity between builders I think it what makes the city so fascinating, even if we all have different preferences in which style we prefer to do (or watch).

I was hoping you'd tackle that Concord Boulevard interchange with the Cross Bay Freeway there. I envision taking out the folded diamond and *all* the development across the street and replacing it with a big roundabout connected by slip roads

Some welcome changes the city! And sharp looking jumpcuts btw, have you been practicing? 😜

I'm glad you are back. I was worried about you

Was I the only one who saw that trolley bus jumping over the intersection!! (Right at the beginning of the vid)

I did suggest before having a national road coming off the t section of the highway going north coming over top of the college. It would take a lot of the left turns off of main Street heading up to the college.

Welcome back brother 😊

At the end of the ramp their was a road added across the street. Which the timed light was not adjusted for it.

My favorite builder is back 🤠

Maybe you fix this later, but it looks like the new tram tunnel has sidewalks. I would think that both the transit and police departments would recommend prohibiting pedestrians through this tunnel. Maybe CS doesn’t have a way to prevent that, but maybe? 🤔

I was really hoping you will come and fix the gradient on Overcharged Egg's dual carriageway entrance to the ore quarry 😂 But wow, that's a way bigger project. Amazing episode and a little sneak peek at what's to come in the following episodes 🤩

Wow. Loved it. 1) Long on theory and realism, low on actual building. Unlike another commenter, I loved it, and is exactly what I was hoping to see in this video. Keep it up. As a game, even in a 30 min challenge anyone with more than a few hours in the game can turn a profit. So what is the 'challenge'? Realism. 2) You don't need to add a lil dirt stub road anymore, network controller lets you add a node wherever you want. Evolve, adapt etc :-p Remove node is also so useful. Damn I love that mod. Now USE ALL OF IT LEE!

Yay a Lee upload and 3 this week? Gonna be a good week.

There's a flickering every couple of seconds. You barely see it, but once you do, you'll start to focus on it. You can see it clearly around 26:30. Other than that, very nice vid!!

Nice! Figuring out why only 1 or 2 cars go per light at the Main/Cascade interchange might also help the rest of that traffic. I'm excited to see the other two videos!

Would it also have helped to set a harsh seed limit in Green Street? Or would traffic push itself through there anyway?

dope

Ahh~ the Mayor with the longest reign has return to the city!

Jokes on you on the Cliffhanger, I've already seen the next episode 🤪😂😂

Lee is back🤣🤣 .......Baby🕺🕺

I love the fact that "Big BRUTAL Traffic Fixes" means almost 40 minutes of just talking about it thoroughly.

So, after following each build of this series, a recommendation. The reason your early interchange creates such traffic problems is as follows. The interchange only has left turns. Every turn is a left. Except for the direction with the least traffic (towards downtown). Now, this might not be an issue if it were one of several possible on-ramps to the only connection in/out of the city for the area. But that interchange is functionally the only in/out. This means literally all your traffic is continuously making left turns/straight through. What you need first is a right-handed turns for entry/exit from the expressway. That roundabout can handle a giant traffic volume. Having 3 lights to handle left-turns rather than yielding right exits means your lights, rather than the roundabout, handle the entire traffic flow. So, instead of disconnecting the mining town, you could solve most of the issue by introducing additional exit/on ramps that force right-turns. Second, the city is solely connected to the express. Everything goes through it. And everything is forced down more local connectors to get to areas outside the main highway. So, you could also help really alleviate the problems by creating bypasses. Yes, they take up some space to create the bypass interchange. But a highspeed bypass going over the road, for example, will dramatically alleviate the congestion on the local connectors. Heck, taking a bypass through downtown even isn't a bad idea (and it being that the skyscrapers take up most of the view, would be almost unnoticed. Third, and perhaps most importantly--there are only like 3 exits/entrances for the main population centers onto the expressway. Those three are: main, the problem interchange, and the farming interchange. These 3 handle the majority of all traffic. You really need small service interchanges to connect the disparate and often distant pieces of the city to the expressway. A few small interchanges to handle local traffic will alleviate traffic on the larger interchanges that are handling mostly non-local traffic. Finally, there is very little interconnectivity between areas. You are working on that sort of here--but indirectly. Having just small connections for local traffic could help a ton and improve many other aspects. And some of that includes that almost every regional connection includes an interchange. Interchanges kept separate from local connections largely run more smoothly and get less congested. Areas should have a good balance of both. I'd note--I'd really consider putting in a bypass expressway as the city will likely need one going forward, seeing all the sprawl. Something going from the mining city down past the port along downtown and hooking into the other expressway (perhaps continuing towards the Barlow District). The fact that there are no bypasses for basically anything is, imo, the biggest factor hurting traffic--all traffic gets forced down the same routes. (Well, technically there is one bypass: the tram route towards the university, but it's not really a bypass in the traditional sense since it's stopping to pick up local traffic but w/e). Take it as you wish. But, considering the alternative is large-scale demolition, it seems that simple things like these may be the better way to go. Heck, even Biffa's roundabout was highly effective. Just, people kept changing roads to divert traffic back towards saturated traffic lights and saturated roadways.

Is it weird that during the critique of the now infamous off-ramp at 5:00 I was just imagining slamming down a pair of roundabouts at each exit to make a pseudo-dumbbell while bellowing *EMINENT DOMAIN?* Just me?

Whats the song at the part "Induced demand breaks interchanges" - can anyone help?

When will the next episode in more money less traffic be coming? I really loved that city you were making on the 7 lakes map!

This has been one of my favorite videos in a while. My only constructive criticism is to fix fences with move-it as you change the terrain around them. It's something that people won't think of doing later, but you'll notice fences dropping off a 200 feet cliff.

Hey Lee! You committed on my last comment. Gotta still get that PC upgraded!!!

Not sure what it is about the way the metro was placed into this city, but it bothers me alot for some reason

nice

I will say Biffa did have traffic fixed everywhere changing your previous fixes but I think some changes happened after that just pushed the limits of his changes.

THAT'S TF RIGHT LEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Lee, now that you've built a fourth leg at the junction of the college and downtown intersection, why not put them two-way as it's just one of the highway exits and do away with the highway exit junctions on Main Street first. from the bridge. I believe it will reduce traffic and help traffic. grateful for your work, always fantastic.

What happened to everything across the bay that was built?

0:20 wtf did the tram just fly?

Green Hill has no transit to head to downtown. So everyone uses their cars from that area.

Seems like there needs to have more off ramps, to much through one intersection

Didn't imperator create the 5 way highway thing