r/urbanplanning is a subreddit with 235k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and opportunities, and the community frequently discusses urban planning, cities, looking for, urban, and housing, and they frequently recommend/review mapping software and project management tools.
Urban planning is about making our cities and towns better—looking at the built environment, people, culture, the economy, and nature. This group is for quality discussion about planning topics like land use, the built environment, planning practice and regs, transportation, and community development. This is for high level discussion among professionals, academics, and amateurs... so no low effort meme posts, rants, or spam allowed.
Popular Themes in r/urbanplanning
#1
Advice Requests
: "Job market California"
10 posts
#2
Opportunities
: "How can Houston keep growing and stay affordable? Cut parking minimums."
3 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Looking for affordable housing data / preservation researchers"
1 post
#4
Pain & Anger
: "Negative opinions on modern urban planning and architecture?"
1 post
#5
Ideas
: "What should we build here? Mile-End, Montreal, Canada."
1 post
Popular Topics in r/urbanplanning
#1
Urban Planning
: "What are some of the funniest misconceptions about Urban Planning?"
61 posts
#2
Cities
36 posts
#3
Looking For
30 posts
#4
Urban
: "Sexism in transportation/Urban planning field?"
21 posts
#5
Housing
: "The most successful Housing-accelerating cities say a gradual approach served them well"
18 posts
#6
Worst
17 posts
#7
Planning
: "Sexism in transportation/urban Planning field?"
14 posts
#8
Struggling
11 posts
#9
Transit
: "I'm quite a bit perplexed on the results of this study. Wouldn't investment in Transit yield the exact same results in much higher quantities?"
9 posts
#10
Parking
: "How can Houston keep growing and stay affordable? Cut Parking minimums."
9 posts
Products Discussed in r/urbanplanning
Mapping Software
5 reviews
#1
QGIS
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
ArcGIS
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
ArcMap
5.0★ from 1 review
Project Management Tools
4 reviews
#1
Asana
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
ProofHub
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Microsoft Planner
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/urbanplanning
#1
Discussion
: "Any other planners here losing their minds over data centers?"
68 posts
#2
Land Use
: "NC ends minimum parking spot requirements for new developments"
22 posts
#3
Education / Career
: "Sexism in transportation/urban planning field?"
20 posts
#4
Transportation
: "Bike lanes and speed cameras disappear from the DOT's list of proven safety measures"
19 posts
#5
Urban Design
: "Denver Broncos unveil new stadium/surrounding area with tons of mixed-use development and transit stops for RTD and new CoCo rail connections. People ask: where's all the parking?"
11 posts
#6
Jobs
: "Planners, are you tattooed?"
9 posts
#7
Sustainability
: "Urban trees aren’t just nice, scientists say — they’re mandatory | Researchers are calling for cities to double down on one of the simplest yet most powerful solutions to many problems"
8 posts
#8
Community Dev
: "The most successful housing-accelerating cities say a gradual approach served them well"
8 posts
#9
Economic Dev
: "America should stop making it so hard to have fun"
6 posts
#10
Other
: "European urban planning books?"
6 posts
Member Growth in r/urbanplanning
Yearly
+12k members(5.2%)
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Last updated: August 11, 2026