No, but ignoring them gives moral satisfaction to the 'luxury liberals' who think that loudly advocating for more public spending is going to fix things. This mentality leads to the kind of reckless infrastructure spending seen in California. A model that allows you to spend billions and fix nothing, all for better optics. Sometimes it splendidly makes things worse and gives even more ammo to the "defund everything" everything brigade, making well considered public spending even more politically infeasible.
Addressing the problem head-on leads to the kind of discussions that are uncomfortable for the usually-left-leaning urban politicians and the populace. Transit and drug-addled-homelessness are sworn enemies. Good transit necessitates safety.
If there are too many homeless people in the downtown areas, should the city distribute them across the county in new homeless shelters? If the drug problem is really bad, should there be more criminal enforcement? If the bus-stops in downtown are to be useful, should we remove heavily-subsidized car infrastructure (parking minimum, free parking, massive highways) and replace it with commercial activity that benefits dense-transit ridership ?
The truth is that urban suburbs and cities vote overwhelmingly Democrat. Here, the hostile infrastructure and policies of urban US, cater to people who claim to be warriors of the left on social media. But they aren't willing to support any policies which may have real impact because it leads to minor inconveniences for those in the pretty suburbs and 'safe' neighborhoods.
There is nothing I hate more than this sort of hypocrisy. They want the moral upper-hand by claiming to care, while simultaneously blocking any policy that fixes things. It is downright evil. At the very least, the conversation has to force people into choosing moral victory or personal selfishness. I can at least respect that about the Republicans. They might cut public funding, but at least I can call them out for being selfish with no facade.
I know people who love transit but refuse to ride the BART. I know people who refuse to take the Seattle light rail into downtown because West-lake center is a total shithole. I swore off public buses despite being the kind of pro-cycling-pro-transit maximalist that veers into parody.
It is an era of peak narcissism. People most care about social optics and feeling good about themselves. In such a situation, holding a mirror up to these people is a powerful tool for affecting outcomes. I believe in carrots and sticks. For years, I tried the 'Carrot' (ie. talking about benefits and incentives). That didn't work, so now, the 'Stick' it is.