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Your Neighborhood Is Making You Fat

Maybe we didn’t stop walking because we got lazy, maybe we stopped because there’s nowhere left that calls us outside. The corner store became a drive-through, the park became a parking lot, and the sidewalks now lead nowhere worth going. Yet our bodies remember what our cities forgot. We were designed to move, to wander, to walk long distances just to feel alive. When neighborhoods take that away, the loss shows up quietly, in our health, in our joy, and in the way our streets feel empty.

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@zonedoutplanner A single parking space takes about 330 sq. ft. once you include drive aisles. That’s the size of a small studio apartment—and we anywhere between 3 - 8 parking spots for every car according to estimates. (NRDC & Planning researchers) #planning #parkinglots #zop ♬ Watchin - Nicholas Creus

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Dubai’s Big Urban Vision: What It Means for Sustainable Growth

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum laid out Dubai’s sustainable urban development strategy at the Asia-Pacific Cities Summit.
October 27, 2025

Cities From Everywhere Meet in Shanghai to Rethink Urban Growth

The 2025 World Cities Day SDG Cities Global Conference opened in Shanghai with 400 global participants exploring “people-centerd smart cities.”
October 27, 2025

Why America’s Highways Aren’t Solving Congestion

New research from planner Erick Guerra argues U.S. highways have become “overbuilt,” wasting money while failing to ease traffic.
October 27, 2025

Study flags bias risks in AI-driven city planning

New research from University of Auckland explores how AI tools in urban planning may favor certain communities and overlook others, raising fairness concerns.
October 23, 2025

Andhra Pradesh rolls out unified zoning norms to simplify land-use

Andhra Pradesh introduces Common Zoning Regulations 2025 across all ULBs and UDAs to streamline planning, speed approvals and boost transparency.
October 23, 2025

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@zonedoutplanner A sidewalk isn’t just concrete. It’s how neighbors meet without planning to. How kids learn independence. How a stranger’s “good morning” turns into a friendship. When we design streets without sidewalks, we don’t just remove a path, we remove the chance encounters that make places feel alive. Sidewalks are where life leaks out of our homes and becomes shared space. Take them away, and the neighborhood goes quiet.#urbanplanning #sidewalk #ZOP ♬ me va a costar - Kevin Kaarl

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