Then I do an Old Town on a more organic (tailored to contours, natural features like a river) where feasibly the original town would've start back in the days of yore, so much depends on the map. Now I usually do a grid for fast initial population growth (but with a combined pedestrian and cycling path around each residential building to prevent dark streets and encourage walking and cycling plus cim health and less pollution/noise - if you want to liven your streets with cims walking and cycling loads, it's best to plan in a citywide network in from the very start, as important as roads). I've experimented with various layouts, including circular, mews, cul-de-sacs. I suggest YouTube beginner 'starting a city' tutorials by Czardus, BonBonB and Sam Bur, even though you're not really a beginner at 400 hours. Originally posted by CoolantCorrie:This vid shows a good way to lay out the city, demonstrated with the tutor's city of 1 million population done on the Hard Mode. Or if you're playing with Unlimited Money, you can build placeholder basic networks and turn the buildings off until you need them. You can download spacers from the Workshop as placeholders then plop a train station down when ready. Plan ahead and leave room for train tracks, metro lines and such. Only exception I find is Residential, generally speaking the traffic isn't too bad no matter how many people you cram into an area. Avoid massive area's of commercial, industry, etc in one area. Try avoid as many 4 way stops as possible and even T Junctions should be semi limited with lots of space in between.Įvery area should have at least two means of access to a high way if possible on opposite sides and to spread out every thing mixed. No the big thing to worry about is intersections. Though curves and circles do cause problems in that a lot less build able area is created by the roads. Originally posted by Justa Guy:I tend to feel the shape of your city isn't that important. I often ask myself when building: if I were a cim, would I like to live here? You can vary your district layouts however you like - have fun!

Then I do Old Town on a more organic (tailored to contours, natural features like a river) where feasibly the original town would've start back in the days of yore, so much depends on the map. Now I usually do a grid for fast initial population growth but with a pedestrian and cycling path network, as important as roads.

The Reason Our (U.S.A.) Streets Switched to Cul-De-Sacs - see various concepts and why they work or don't, to inform your layout decision. This vid shows a good way to lay out the city, demonstrated with the tutor's city of 1 million population done on the Hard Mode.

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