r/urbandesign is a subreddit with 369k members. The most common kinds of discussions are ideas and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses urban planning, cities, urban design, architecture, and design, and they frequently recommend/review map making software.
For everything that is about design mixed with urbanism!
The design of urban furniture, the design of roads, of pedestrian areas, the design of traffic calming measures,...
Popular Themes in r/urbandesign
#1
Ideas
: "Before and after of a street in Paris."
6 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Downtown Reykjavik urban design evolution 2004-2025. What do y'all think?"
5 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "NYC has built 7,000 rain gardens, miles of porous pavement, and cloudburst parks. Is green infrastructure actually enough to fight flash floods? And what else can actually stop flash floods?"
2 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "Why is there a 16 lane highway in the middle of nowhere in egypt"
2 posts
#5
News
: "Boston Moved Their Highway Underground In 2003. This Is The Result."
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/urbandesign
#1
Urban Planning
: "People yearn for walkable cities!"
69 posts
#2
Cities
: "What Cities in American need heavy urban development?"
52 posts
#3
Urban Design
: "Which city has the best Urban Design you’ve personally experienced, and why?"
52 posts
#4
Architecture
: "Iranian 1920s Architecture"
36 posts
#5
Design
: "What is this part of street Designing called?"
30 posts
#6
Transportation
: "Elevated trains in Chicago"
26 posts
#7
Planning
: "Car-centrism"
23 posts
#8
City Design
: "Adelaide's Interesting City Design"
21 posts
#9
China
: "Park in Chengdu, China. Chengdu is known as one of China's park cities"
21 posts
#10
Housing
: "Eliminating Single Family Housing"
20 posts
Products Discussed in r/urbandesign
Map Making Software
19 reviews
#1
QGIS
4.3★ from 3 reviews
#2
Adobe Illustrator
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
Affinity Designer
4.5★ from 2 reviews
Flair Used in r/urbandesign
#1
Showcase
: "Skate park under an overpass in China"
52 posts
#2
Question
: "Is Cape Coral, Florida the worst designed city in the USA?"
47 posts
#3
Street design
: "Seattle 2016 vs Seattle today"
32 posts
#4
Road safety
: "Mexico City built an elevated linear park over a metro line, its been getting A LOT of criticism here in Mexico, what do you think of this?"
14 posts
#5
Other
: "WHAT THE HELL IS EGYPT DOING?? this is so unsustainable?"
13 posts
#6
Architecture
: "External Corridors (Motel-Style)"
13 posts
#7
Article
: "Majority of Americans prefer a community with big houses, even if local amenities are farther away"
12 posts
#8
News
: "The struggles of urban planning"
10 posts
#9
Urban furniture design
: "Take a seat in Amsterdam"
4 posts
#10
Social Aspect
: "So a 65db datacenter across the road is acceptable but mixed use is not?"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/urbandesign
Yearly
+18k members(5.2%)
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Last updated: June 24, 2026