How do I create nearby passenger services?

[SimEurocat 0]

I have a city in which I apparently need to create more nearby passenger service. I only have 32k population and have a very nice bus service that has my traffic all in the green. I don't understand why I am having issues with my offices needing more passenger services. It is way too early in the game for a metro or airport.

 

Help!

[Ocram's Razr 964]

Offices need to be relatively close to city links. This means they should be near road or highway connections to the edge of the map or near passenger airports or passenger seaports. You can get away with placing them farther away if they are connected by larger, faster, higher capacity roads.

 

--Ocram

[SimEurocat 0]

That seemed to do the trick. I knew that about industry and manufacturing but not about offices. I guess everything has to be to the outside but residential. A little unrealistic but if that is the way the game is played so be it.

 

Thanks  for the help!!!!

[Ocram's Razr 964]

You are most welcome. Passenger services and freight are different settings. Typical harbors (most harbors in Cities XL unmodded except one variety of the cheapest one, and the cruise ship terminal for Cities XXL) are exclusively for freight and all the airports (except for the freight airport in Cities XXL and some airport mods) exclusively provide passenger services. This means that one can build offices in the middle of the city if they have an airport but it is usually wise to build factories at the edge of the city for not only freight but also reduction of pollution.

 

--Ocram