But fixed transportation infrastructure like trams, metro and other trains have a tendency to define and connect a city in a way that bus routes don’t.
The stops along Tokyos Yamanote line grew into major cities in their own right.
Copenhagens first metro was planned to be financed by building stops in in or underdeveloped areas and selling the land (it failed as the financial crisis of the naughts coincided with the selloff)
Bus routes have never invigorated or defined a city like fixed infrastructure. a part of a city does not become desirable just because you set up a bus stop, but a tram or metro station?
But fixed transportation infrastructure like trams, metro and other trains have a tendency to define and connect a city in a way that bus routes don’t.
The stops along Tokyos Yamanote line grew into major cities in their own right.
Copenhagens first metro was planned to be financed by building stops in in or underdeveloped areas and selling the land (it failed as the financial crisis of the naughts coincided with the selloff)
Bus routes have never invigorated or defined a city like fixed infrastructure. a part of a city does not become desirable just because you set up a bus stop, but a tram or metro station?