Westfield grows toward 16,000: more homes and high-rise offices, a one-way bypass threaded through a park to relieve a jammed roundabout, lane connections and turn bans with Traffic Manager, a new hospital district with clinics and an elder care facility, a moved water pump to stop people getting sick, and at 16,000 a crematorium and a liberal arts college.
What happens in this episode
Westfield is earning a lot: industries are doing well, residential demand is huge, and industrial demand dropped further than expected. That suits the plan of concentrating on wood and farming rather than general industry. I also mentioned I’d probably start streaming on Twitch, because building these cities had become a lot of fun.
How it was built
More homes and high-rises
A small Japanese garden turned out to be unreachable for garbage trucks, and nobody visited it, so it needs a road. New residential streets went in, again with water pipes under the roads: not the most efficient way in Cities: Skylines, but the most realistic. A few high-rise homes, offices and commercial buildings went in on the outskirts, carefully, to avoid going high-rise too soon. Upgraded alleys with trees made people visibly happier, and the city reached almost 15,000.
A one-way bypass through the park
The main roundabout jammed. A one-way road now loops through the park, after removing a few fences and re-laying the paths in an X shape. With Traffic Manager, the four incoming lanes get lane connections, parking is banned where it doesn’t make sense, and later turn bans and no crosswalks are added at another roundabout that had become an alternative route.
A hospital district
Sick citizens pointed to missing healthcare. A new area gets a road at up to 9 m elevation and a bigger clinic, then a general hospital, a health centre and an elder care facility, with room for a park. The university got a 50,000 research grant. The water pump sat too close to the waste outlet, so it was moved and another one added.
16,000: crematorium and college
The cemeteries were full, and 16,000 citizens unlocked the crematorium and the liberal arts college. The college reminded me of Stanford. It got a study hall, a drama club, student healthcare and bus stops on the existing university lines. A new laboratory went in too.
The detour mystery
Traffic toward the post sorting facility took a strange detour. Lane rules helped only partly, and the weird lane switching will be a job for the next episode. By the end the city is booming and industrial demand is almost zero.
Video chapters
- 00:00Big income, low industrial demand
- 03:30More homes and a few high-rises
- 10:50Alleys, upgrades and almost 15,000
- 14:37A jammed roundabout and a one-way bypass
- 23:39Lane connections with Traffic Manager
- 27:10A hospital district
- 35:01Research grants and sick citizens
- 39:10Turn bans and no crosswalks
- 42:4716,000: crematorium
- 47:11A liberal arts college
- 58:22A strange detour
Clicking a chapter starts the video above at that point.
FAQ
Why are my citizens getting sick in Cities: Skylines?
Often it's water. In Westfield a water pump sat too close to the sewage outlet. Moving the pump and adding another fixed most of it.
What unlocks at 16,000 citizens?
Among other things the crematorium and the liberal arts college — both arrived right when the cemeteries were full.
How do lane connections help a roundabout?
Connecting each incoming lane only to the lanes it should use, and banning turns that cross traffic, stops cars weaving. Removing crosswalks at the entries helps too.