Yup, the Chinese first built a metro line and then let the area develop, and even Europe is now doing the same (Letňany and Západní brána in the two biggest Czech cities). It avoids demolitions since there is still clear space for cut-and-cover tunnel construction.
If you think about it that’s how people have founded new towns for most of history. They didn’t go somewhere for a “job” or “vacation.” It was simply because getting there wasn’t that hard. See every town on a river, in a valley, or near the ocean
Yup, the Chinese first built a metro line and then let the area develop, and even Europe is now doing the same (Letňany and Západní brána in the two biggest Czech cities). It avoids demolitions since there is still clear space for cut-and-cover tunnel construction.
If you think about it that’s how people have founded new towns for most of history. They didn’t go somewhere for a “job” or “vacation.” It was simply because getting there wasn’t that hard. See every town on a river, in a valley, or near the ocean