Cities often deploy infrastructure-based solutions to tackle problems such as congestion caused by increasing motorisation rates. Such solutions include the introduction of complete streets or improved public transit systems. However, these solutions are often viewed as ‘quick fixes’ that are expected to resolve issues with ease. This article examines this phenomenon, which we call infrastructure solutionism, through two case studies in Bengaluru, India – re-shaping public transportation to attract car users through demand management, and redesigning major streets to accommodate varied users through parcelling. Through these case studies, it becomes evident that infrastructure solutions did not address the problems caused due to motorisation. Building upon the literature on technological solutionism in Science and Technology Studies, this article unpacks rationalities of infrastructure solutionism by examining material, valuational and expectational commitments mobilised through each case, and suggests that such solutions appear to be concerned with city image building, rather than addressing the chokehold of automobilisation.

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修复机动化：班加罗尔基础设施解决方案主义的逻辑


城市经常部署基于基础设施的解决方案来解决因机动化率提高而造成的拥堵等问题。此类解决方案包括引入完整的街道或改进的公共交通系统。然而，这些解决方案通常被视为“快速修复”，有望轻松解决问题。本文通过印度班加罗尔的两个案例研究来研究这种现象，我们称之为基础设施解决方案主义——通过需求管理重塑公共交通以吸引汽车用户，以及重新设计主要街道以通过包裹容纳不同的用户。通过这些案例研究，很明显，基础设施解决方案并没有解决机动化造成的问题。本文以《科学与技术研究》中关于技术解决方案主义的文献为基础，通过研究每个案例中动员的材料、估值和预期承诺来揭示基础设施解决方案主义的合理性，并指出此类解决方案似乎与城市形象建设有关，而不是解决汽车移动的瓶颈。