This video chronicles an ambitious city-building challenge in City Skylines 2: constructing a fully functional city, "One Wayington," using exclusively one-way roads. The creator navigates the complexities of urban planning within this self-imposed constraint, addressing infrastructure like road design, residential and commercial zoning, utilities (electricity, water, sewage), waste management, and essential services (medical, education, fire). The video details the strategic placement of polluting industries downwind, the creation of intricate one-way loops for traffic flow, and the continuous management of the city's budget through taxation and service adjustments. Despite initial challenges and the unique demands of a one-way system, the creator ultimately proves the viability and profitability of "One Wayington" through diligent engineering and planning.
Building "One Wayington": A City Designed with Only One-Way Roads
0:00 Building a One-Way City: The video introduces the challenge of building a city in City Skylines 2, named "One Wayington," using only one-way roads.
0:36 Initial Road Planning: The creator initially struggles to find suitable large one-way roads but eventually selects a 3-lane one-way road for the main arterial route. He also critiques the game's road pricing logic.
2:39 Laying the Foundation: The main arterial road is established as a massive loop, costing only 4,000 in-game currency.
3:07 Strategic Zoning: Planning begins with residential zones placed upwind, away from polluting industrial areas (like a coal power plant) and the landfill.
4:35 Power Generation: A small, polluting coal power plant is chosen for cheap electricity, strategically placed downwind to minimize impact on residents. Excess power is exported for income.
5:35 Water and Sewage: A water pumping station is placed upstream in the river, and sewage discharge downstream, ensuring clean water intake.
6:09 One-Way Loop Design: Secondary gravel roads are added as one-way loops to facilitate future expansion and local access. The creator realizes roundabouts are impractical in a one-way system.
7:04 Addressing Job Access: To solve the problem of citizens needing to travel long distances for work on one-way roads, residential areas are strategically placed closer to industrial zones.
8:49 UK Housing Mod: The creator uses a mod for detailed UK-style housing, adding authenticity to the residential zones.
10:13 Waste Management: A landfill is placed downwind and connected via one-way roads for waste collection.
12:37 City Growth and Services: The city reaches "small village" status, unlocking pubs and a petrol station. Essential services like a church (noted to be unideally placed behind the landfill) and a small medical practice are added to manage dead and sick citizens.
15:25 Budget Adjustments: With a population of 500, the creator meticulously adjusts budgets for electricity, waste, medical, and water services, and raises taxes (to 15%) to improve the city's finances.
17:03 Education and Fire Services: Primary and secondary schools are built to educate citizens, and a fire station is added when the city becomes a "large village" (reaching a population milestone).
18:25 Traffic Optimization: Unnecessary traffic lights at diverging one-way junctions are removed to improve traffic flow while maintaining pedestrian crossings.
21:01 Diversifying Income: Specialized industries, including vegetable and textile fiber farms, are established to generate additional income.
21:39 Coal Mining and Bridges: Coal mining is introduced for self-sufficiency, requiring the construction of bridges to connect to resource-rich islands, even if it means "cheating" with two-way road assets used as one-way.
24:13 Further Industrial Expansion: Forestry and ore mining industries are added to continue diversifying the economy.
25:48 Final Economic Balancing: Office zones are introduced for a highly educated population, and further budget tweaks are made across services and taxes to achieve a positive income.
26:29 Successful One-Way City: The video concludes with "One Wayington" achieving profitability and success, demonstrating the viability of a one-way city through strategic engineering and planning.