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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
Amir Hyder Khan

Gigged and Gagged: Algorithms, gig platforms are reshaping cities faster than planners and regulations can adapt

India's cities are being quietly redesigned from the inside out, not by urban planners or architects but by algorithms and last-mile logistics. The transformation is so seamless, so embedded in everyday convenience, that it barely registers as spatial reshaping.

When a delivery arrives in 15 mins, what's being reorganised isn't just labour markets but the fundamental geography of urban life. City planners trained to think in decades are finding themselves obsolete in an era where logistics platforms redesign street-level economics within quarters.

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