City planners are enamored with building stuff. That's why they want to build subways and light rail systems instead of bus rapid transport. Building stuff is

City planners are enamored with building stuff. That's why they want to build subways and light rail systems instead of bus rapid transport. Building stuff is more permanent and facilitates other building--like apartment building or office building near stations. With IT dispatch systems they aren't building anything physical and aren't affecting the built environment and all their training is about affecting the built environment.