r/urbandesign is a subreddit with 375k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses city design, worst street design, worst traffic, worst urban design, and urban planning, 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
Advice Requests
: "Question on street safety design re: “Citibiker run over by cement truck”"
4 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "There is always traffic jam at highway E-75 from west to east( red marked is slow traffic, yellow is mid flow and green is nice flow) and 70% of traffic from west is going to north. I just wanna ask what would you make here(ps. you can destroy these houses if you want)"
3 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Who are our cities actually designed for?"
1 post
#4
Ideas
: "My urbanistic ideas about how to improve the Hague (the Netherlands)"
1 post
#5
Opportunities
: "GIFT city - Hit or miss?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/urbandesign
#1
City Design
1 post
#2
Worst Street Design
1 post
#3
Worst Traffic
1 post
#4
Worst Urban Design
1 post
#5
Urban Planning
1 post
#6
Design
1 post
#7
Looking For
1 post
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
Question
: "urban space in Tatarstan: Good or bad? (Yar Chally)"
39 posts
#2
Showcase
: "Beautiful brickwork bench in Shiraz, Iran."
13 posts
#3
Architecture
: "Topographies of Encounter: Concordia Square, La Candelaria, Bogotá, Colombia by AR-AR Martínez Arquitectura y Paisaje + María Paula González Bozzi"
11 posts
#4
Article
: "Architecture and Belonging - Overall Culture vs. Diverse Cultural Existence"
8 posts
#5
Other
: "Life Between Buildings as function of microclimate"
7 posts
#6
News
: "19 months after the Palisades fire, 1,306 of the 5,864 destroyed lots have a rebuild permit, so 22% [MAP]"
6 posts
#7
Street design
: "Wooden-lined seating tunnel by AllesWirdGut Architektur in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg."
5 posts
#8
Road safety
: "The 100-year-old bridge always wins"
3 posts
#9
Social Aspect
: "Ripples Becoming Everyday Ground, a waterfront park in Taizhou, China by TJAD Original Design Studio"
3 posts
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+19k members(5.4%)
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Last updated: October 15, 2026