Order First for Urbanism

Updated: 2025.09.26 26D ago 2 sources
The piece argues that high levels of violence and visible disorder make voters resist dense housing and transit, so improving public order is a prerequisite for urbanist goals. It reframes YIMBY politics to include enforcement, mental‑health capacity, and safer transit operations. — This pushes housing and transit coalitions to integrate safety policy, not just zoning reform, if they want durable urban growth.

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Sick Transit’s Dizzying Deficits
Steven Malanga 2025.09.26 60% relevant
The article links transit’s demand slump not only to remote work but also to rider safety fears and violent incidents, arguing disorder worsened ridership losses and thus finances—consistent with the claim that public order is prerequisite to successful urban systems.
Good cities can't exist without public order
Noah Smith 2025.09.17 100% relevant
The Charlotte light‑rail killing of Iryna Zarutska is used to illustrate how transit disorder erodes public support for density and rail.
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