Transit projects are complicated—in part because they often require planning across many localities with competing interests. In a new @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social article, I use French & US case studies to develop a new theory for metropolitan transport planning:
Transportation infrastructure projects organize mobility and land-use development across metropolitan areas. As such, they are typically undertaken by states, r...
Pre-print for those of us without journal access: www.urban.org/research/pub...
My claim is essentially: Despite the fact that local governments like cities typically have little official role in planning transport projects, their elected leaders are able to claim authority over planning. The result is that metropolitan projects come to reflect local goals.