When Your City Becomes a Construction Site

What happens when every block has a construction site and the pedestrian network fractures? This episode unpacks a very specific urban frustration: when permit fragmentation turns a city into an obstacle course. We explore the metric gap between how cities track car traffic and how they ignore pedestrian continuity, the institutional failures that let multiple projects block the same sidewalk simultaneously, and what London and New York do differently. If you've ever stood in front of a metal fence wondering why Google Maps sent you into a hole, this one's for you.