I really enjoyed this episode and especially found shocking the statistic that 'only 2% of UK citizens believe new development will make their neighbourhood better'! No wonder it's hard to build.
A couple thoughts:
- The podcast is quite UK-centric, and as a Dutch listener things like "think of Regent Street" are hard to follow. Might be helpful to keep in mind many listeners aren't from the UK?
- Something I haven't heard discussed much in this field is that people would like to live near or very close to friends. A tower block is much nicer if your neighbours are friends from college! How can policy assist in this? (Would it make sense to give people a say in who gets to live near them or would this create too much market dysfunction?)
- I also hear not much discussion in the field about bicycle infrastructure: they are a major factor in The Netherlands, there's a lot happening now with a rise in e-bikes (not all positive), and they really affect the concept of "walkable cities".
I really enjoyed this episode and especially found shocking the statistic that 'only 2% of UK citizens believe new development will make their neighbourhood better'! No wonder it's hard to build.
A couple thoughts:
- The podcast is quite UK-centric, and as a Dutch listener things like "think of Regent Street" are hard to follow. Might be helpful to keep in mind many listeners aren't from the UK?
- Something I haven't heard discussed much in this field is that people would like to live near or very close to friends. A tower block is much nicer if your neighbours are friends from college! How can policy assist in this? (Would it make sense to give people a say in who gets to live near them or would this create too much market dysfunction?)
- I also hear not much discussion in the field about bicycle infrastructure: they are a major factor in The Netherlands, there's a lot happening now with a rise in e-bikes (not all positive), and they really affect the concept of "walkable cities".
TYVM for these comments, they're very useful!