# Pedestrianize NYC **URL:** \ **Category:** New York\ **Created:** [July 13, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/pedestrianize-nyc/21519 "2022-07-13T17:18:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 223
**Author:** ![ALC11](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/alc11/32/81254_2.png) [@ALC11](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/ALC11)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 12:45am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/pedestrianize-nyc/21519/223 "2024-11-01T00:45:34Z")
It’s worth noting while their speed is impressive and admirable, there’s a major issue plaguing their construction - poor quality. A lot of work is done poorly and there is often corruption involved in the process. More often than not, durability and quality are overlooked for the sake of speed. There’s a lot of media coverage of the poor quality. > **[On Poor Quality: Corruption and Construction in China | Smart Cities Dive](https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/ex/sustainablecitiescollective/poor-quality-corruption-and-construction-china/32889/)** > > Smart Cities > **[China's Infrastructure and Construction Problem | Aii Policy Blog](https://www.aii.org/chinas-infrastructure-and-construction-problem/)** > > It all comes down to the quality of infrastructure being built and its larger effect on China’s economy.  [https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-global-mega-projects-infrastructure-falling-apart-11674166180](https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-global-mega-projects-infrastructure-falling-apart-11674166180) ([Paywall Bypass](https://archive.ph/tw6qp)) There’s even a term for poor-quality work in China. > **[Tofu-dreg project](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tofu-dreg_project)** > > "Tofu-dreg project" (Chinese: 豆腐渣工程) is a phrase used in the Chinese-speaking world to describe a poorly constructed building, sometimes called just "Tofu buildings". The phrase was coined by Zhu Rongji, the former premier of the People's Republic of China, on a 1998 visit to Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province to describe poorly-built levees in the Yangtze River. The phrase is notably used referring to buildings collapsed in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake disaster. > In China, the term tofu dregs (the ... Overall, while high speed is great and I wish the US could have faster construction, it’s better to have a project that’s high quality, built properly and will last. That second part - quality and built properly cannot be said for a large number of China’s big infrastructure projects. It’s all about speed and showing “look what we can do” without regard to whether or not it’ll last into the next decade. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/pedestrianize-nyc/21519)._