Urban Voices
Urban Voices is a news and views platform dedicated to “cities for people”. Urban Voices raises issues, amplifies the voices and documents best practices on urban issues at local, state and national levels. The platform is dedicated to urban art to culture, mobility to design, transport to sanitation, planning to governance, and innovations to urban management initiatives.
four in five indian teenagers don’t move enough. is your neighbourhood to blame?
Chennai: Before the pandemic, fewer than one in five Indian teenagers were active enough to stay healthy. Then schools shut...
delhi has a new plan for 2047. will it finally build a city for people?
New Delhi: On 20 August 2026, the Centre unveiled the Master Plan for Delhi 2047, the capital's blueprint for the...
ahmedabad wants five million trees before the 2030 games. will the shade actually reach the footpath?
Ahmedabad: On 3 August, the Amdavad Municipal Corporation issued a circular that almost nobody will read. It is a Standard...
new york unveils $850-million plan to build its “fastest bus system in history
New York: New York City has launched an ambitious plan to speed up its notoriously slow buses, promising commuters up...
why vadodara picked a crocodile to lead its unesco ‘city of design’ bid
Vadodara: Most cities chase a "City of Design" label with a palace, a poet, or a glossy skyline. Vadodara is...
vadodara’s crocodile bridge: a new landmark where engineering meets local identity
VADODARA: A giant crocodile may soon become the newest symbol of Vadodara’s connection with its rivers, heritage, and urban imagination....
the supreme court just made walking a fundamental right. can our cities build the footpaths to match?
New Delhi: A father held his five-year-old son’s hand and walked him to school. A tanker hit the boy from...
ai’s environmental bill is coming due, and will indian cities pay for it as india’s new destination for data centres?
A new United Nations University report quantifies what most AI conversations have left out: the carbon, water and land it...
urban redevelopment in gujarat: can ‘creative redevelopment’ reshape cities without pushing people out
Ahmedabad: 15 per cent of Gujarat's urban population lives in slums or dilapidated housing on 6 to 7 per cent...
urban flooding in gujarat: the disappearing lakes behind the crisis
Ahmedabad: A Haat in Bodakdev, where a lake used to be. A paved road in Mehsana that was a stream...