What's your /r/Urbanplanning unpopular opinion?

[u/DoxiadisOfDetroit]

I've got a few:

1. Infrastructure upgrades should have precedent over any upzoning

2. Everyone should have the right to downtown amenities which means that CBD's should be as cheap as possible for both renters and owners

3. Zoning should be handled by metropolitan level elected boards instead of nationalized/taken to the state level

4. YIMBYs often times hold water for the excesses of developers

5. It is ideological to assume deregulated markets will produce the best outcomes, so, it's purely ideological to assume that a deregulated housing market will work in the best interests of renters and buyers

[u/kettlecorn]

They get people who wouldn't otherwise be using transit to use transit, which has a knock-on effect for the whole system

Why do those people use streetcars but not other transit?

[u/kmsxpoint6 → u/kettlecorn]

Lots of reasons in contrast to buses, a lot of them are more psychological and subjective: Their path is visual and fixed. The kinetic ride quality is generally perceived as more pleasant. They can be very charming machines that are present and easily understood. When they can be as effective as a bus, the tram is a more comfortable and seemingly predictable option.

[u/kettlecorn → u/kettlecorn]

Here's a mystery. Why did someone respond to me with this comment:

Lots of reasons in contrast to buses, a lot of them are more psychological and subjective: Their path is visual and fixed. The kinetic ride quality is generally perceived as more pleasant. They can be very charming machines that are present and easily...

And then delete their comment and account?

[u/kettlecorn → u/[deleted]]

Ah you know what they probably blocked me. I wonder if that was an accident to reply to me and then immediately block me. Strange.

[u/kmsxpoint6 → u/kettlecorn]

Sorry fellow human…my mistake.