Interchanges between different bus lines and subway lines

[bananasims 0]

Will my citizens interchange between different bus lines and subway lines?

It is because I cannot see my citizens take public transport if I force them to interchange.

Thanks everyone

[CWLGAMER01 39]

Are you refering to "a connection" between two seperate bus lines? Like a citizen gets on bus line red and changes to blue and gets off at thier destination??

If that is what your talking about - yes - citizens will change buses and metros to get somewhere. I am not certain how many times however - but if yop search I bet there is an answer in the forums somewhere. BTW most of the time the term "interchange" refers to an exit off of a controlled access roadway - at least in the United States.... :-)

[bananasims 0]

Yes. It may be a british word because the metro of my city uses "Interchange" to indicate stations which you can change between lines.

I have searched for the posts like this: https://www.simtropolis.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=370&threadid=112063&enterthread=y

Combining lines: you can 'cross' two different bus lines. To do that just place a stop close to the stop of another line (the cursor will highlight it automatically when it's close enough). The people using those lines will now be able to switch lines at this point. You can, for example, cross lines from two or more terminals, creating a neat network. This will also improve your other lines' usage.

Yet I do not see such effect.

I have built a metro in my city. However the usage is extremely low (3%) so that I open some feeder buses routes.

Eventually it has no effects (feeder bus: 0-1% usage) and I kill all the cross-district bus lines.

It results in a rapid increase in the usage of metro (3x%), no change in feeder bus lines and a disastrous increase in traffic jam

But I really want to keep my metro network

[vonhaubitz 5]

You have to analyse the destinations that your inhabitants have. If the metro fails to serve those needs, it won't be used. Even if you feed it with connecting bus lines...

[soltangris 42]

Yes, you have to plan varefully. Your citizens want to go to work, so you have to build a line from the residences to the workplaces. My busses currently have almost 100% usage, so I can confirm that at least they work normally. I'll construct a metro and test it as soon as possible.

[bananasims 0]

The trains are serving the unskilled / skilled worker area to the industrial area.

I build the metro system because the previous bus line (more stops) has 9x% (double decker) usage.

I doubt that the people is unwilling to walk to the metro station to commute, and choose driving or bus instead.

Another question is that how can I edit bus / metro lines?

In the previous Cities XL 2009 I cannot find this tool.

I expect my $20 purchase has this function