According to the World Health Organization, the environment where we live determines almost 24% of our health status. No wonder adults living in and children growing up in urban settings are increasingly exposed to high levels of air and noise pollution, tend to have less contact with nature, have poorer nutrition and even lack physical activity.

Luckily, good urban planning can not only prevent these risks caused by urbanization but even improve our quality of life. Smart urban planning can make busy public areas natural and peaceful spaces capable of reducing stress, promoting sustainability and a sense of well-being.

There’s this corner of Reddit known as Urban Planning that is dedicated to collecting and sharing the best and worst examples of urban planning. From entire city infrastructures to small details like stands for bikers to grab onto while waiting for the light, there are many things that influence how we move around and feel in cities that you probably haven’t noticed before.

Below, we wrapped up some of the most interesting examples.

#1 Interesting Concept

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#2 Hr Does Have Some Good Wants

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#3 What Would Happen If Americans Were In Charge Of Rebuilding Notre Dame

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#4 What An Atrocity To Live In

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#5 The Dutch Prime Minister On His Way Home After A Day Of Work – Front Page, 50k Upvotes

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#6 Tweet About The Lack Of On-Street Parking In Japan

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#7 Berlin Is Planning A Car-Free Area Larger Than Manhattan

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#8 A Stand For Bikers To Hold On To While Waiting For The Traffic Lights In Sweden.

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#9 Space Required To Transport 48 People (A Car Is A Car Is A Car)

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#10 1 Car Parking Space = 10 Bike Spaces, Spotted In Stuttgart, Home Of The Car

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#11 The Elevated Freeway Got Torn Down. Seoul

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#12 Sad.

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#13 Nobody: Southwest Us Developers:

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#14 How One Change Can Make A Big Difference

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#15 It Really Be Like That

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#16 Interesting

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#17 Pedestrianizing Broadway

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#18 I Don’t Know How That Feels To Live In Downtown Cleveland, But It Definitely Looks Like A Giant Parking Lot.

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#19 The Big Dig Before And After

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#20 “A Public Good Isn’t Necessary Because I Don’t Need It”

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#21 Barcelona Launches 10-Year Plan To Reclaim City Streets From Cars

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#22 National Association Of City Transportation Officials Animation Showing How Many People Per Hour Each Form Of Transportation Moves

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#23 Move People Not Cars!

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#24 Holiday Gridlock…

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#25 This United Airlines Tourism Pitch For America Is Horrifically Unappealing. (In Sydney, Australia)

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#26 Restaurant Owners Nationwide Push To Make Street-Side Dining Permanent

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#27 Toronto Wants To Kill The “Smart City” Forever: After The Failure Of Google’s Techno-Utopian Sidewalk Labs Project, Urban Planners Are Focusing On Green Space, Livability And Affordable Housing

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#28 My City Has Been Removing Some Street Parking And Making These “Parklets”. It’s A Much Better Use Of Space.

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#29 Neighborhood Walkability

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#30 Inside The Main Railway Station In Berlin, Germany [1000×1000]

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#31 Old People From My Town Will Say They Miss When You Could Drive Through Downtown. I’m Glad There Are No Longer Cars.

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#32 Land Use Comparison Of A Typical European City And A North American City, Created By U/Butterslice

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#33 Santa Monica In 2009 And 2017 After The Completion Of The Expo Line

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#34 In Paris, The Financial District Is Isolated From The Old City Center, Allowing It To Keep Its Appearance

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#35 Me Irl

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#36 The Way Kopenhagen Prioritises Cyclists With Temporary Infrastructure Due To Roadworks Or Construction Are Better Than Most Cities’ Actual Infrastructure.

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#37 Biking In The City

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#38 Trinity College Dublin Replaces Manicured Lawn With Wildflower Meadow To Increase Biodiversity

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#39 Is This Just An American Thing Or Does It Occur In Other Countries As Well?

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#40 You Could Land A 747 On This Side Street (Deal, Nj)

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#41 American Housing Tracts And Cringe Worthy Names, Name A More Iconic Duo.

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#42 Townsville, USA

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#43 American Cities. How Can We Change This? Can We Start Reimagining Roads To Be Walkable Public Spaces?

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#44 Reminder Of How Cars Ruined Cities

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#45 The Basics Of Designing A Neighbourhood

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#46 Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis | Forbes

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#47 Road Sign Seen This Morning; Probably Not The Official Message

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#48 Current vs. Planned State Of Wenceslas Square, Prague

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#49 Street In Utrecht, The Netherlands: 1969 – 2017

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#50 Cycling Is Ten Times More Important Than Electric Cars For Reaching Net-Zero Cities

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#51 Dedicated Bus/Tram Lane And Cycle Highway At My University

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#52 As Promised, Here’s Some More “Parklets” From Around Downtown Vancouver.

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#53 Truman Sports Complex, Kansas City, Ms, USA (Capacity 37,903 And 79,451) vs. Amsterdam Arena, Nh, Netherlands (Capacity 54,990).

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#54 Jaw Dropping

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#55 Big Envisions Covering Brooklyn Highway In Landscaped Waterfront Park [1582 X 890]

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#56 This Infographic Stunned Me

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#57 San Francisco Bans Cars On Market Street

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#58 Rosario, Argentina, Before And Today.

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#59 45 Years Of Canadian Suburbia

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