This article would investigate the widening gap between proposed housing density and existing transport capacity, using the Homebase/O2 site redevelopment as its primary lens. While developers have pledged £10 million for a lift at West Hampstead tube station, the article would probe the lack of funding for Finchley Road station and the absence of a coordinated timeline for infrastructure delivery across the 15-year build period. It would feature the voices of local residents, 85% of whom opposed the increased heights in a recent survey, and analyse the concerns of campaigners who argue that the cumulative impact of 1,800 planned flats will overwhelm local roads, tubes, and buses, turning a transport interchange into a daily bottleneck.