Category: Cities Skylines

Waikato in #CitieSkylines2 illustrates Urban Islands or Superblocks Helps a Large City Function for People, Goods, Communities and Businesses!

August 14, 2026 ·

Prototype Test using Cities Skylines 2 creation gives interesting results thus far What happens when I let Notebook LLM design me a Planning Code manual using inputs from my Cities … Continue reading The Waikato Municipal Spatial Code Book: A Test with AI and Planning

Do Large Language Models have a place in Planning, and can they be used in Planning? This is a cross-over post and will appear and and my Cities Skylines Blog, … Continue reading The Use of AI in Planning, could and can it be done?

A police person’s comments in 2015 are still unacceptable in 2026! As I was putting the rest of the Part 8.x of the Ben goes Planning Series, the AI generator … Continue reading Ben goes Planning Part 8.3: Designing the People-First City

Life in the City, a City that is constant motion! Wondered how your city and/or region works. Wondered what Planners do to enable (that is enable not disable) the ongoing … Continue reading Ben goes Planning Part 6: A City in Motion

Cities are living organisms Wondered how your city and/or region works. Wondered what Planners do to enable (that is enable not disable) the ongoing evolution of your city and region … Continue reading Ben goes Planning Part 5: The City Pulse – How Cities Breathe: The Secret Dance Between Transport and Land Use

So, can real world planning, and the mixed reality of virtual planning via Cities Skylines exist side by side? Wondered how your city and/or region works. Wondered what Planners do … Continue reading Ben goes Planning Part 4: State of Play between Digital Urban Simulator and Real World Planning by a Planner

Planning the engines of urban prosperity Wondered how your city and/or region works. Wondered what Planners do to enable (that is enable not disable) the ongoing evolution of your city … Continue reading Ben goes Planning Part 3: Marsden Point Economic Development Strategy: A Master Plan for Integrated Urban Development and Economic Growth

Also a recap into planners and how they can influence economic development Wondered how your city and/or region works. Wondered what Planners do to enable (that is enable not disable) … Continue reading Ben goes Planning Part 2: A Deeper Dive. Building Safer, More Connected Communities – A Policy Framework for Integrated Cycling Networks and 30 km/h Zones

The hidden logic behind the City’s Blue Print of Marsden Point Wondered how your city and/or region works. Wondered what Planners do to enable (that is enable not disable) the … Continue reading Ben Goes Planning Part 1: 5 Surprising Truths About How Your City Works (Learned from a Video Game)