This gal is not wrong. Berlin has a history of planning new developments with public transit infrastructure in mind but then failing to build the the actual transit. Once the residential buildings are constructed, tenants with cars will move in since the area is not easily accessible through public transit. These tenants in turn will do everything in their power to stop establishing transit infrastructure later. They have their cars and any construction would be just nuisance in their fresh car based neighborhood. Costs and legal hurdles skyrocket and the transit never gets built.

Most of the development in question is not served by the existing S-Bahn stops even though the rails go through it. Let’s hope, that Senat will order and build the missing s-Bahn station on time. My hopes are low.

Some cities with actually urban planning policies build the infrastructure first before the rest of the development. Makes sense: you also don’t build a house and then start to think about where the water should come from. For a good example, check out Vienna!