r/urbanplanning is a subreddit with 238k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses worst, cities, urban, planning, and struggling, 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
: "Switching from Planning to Development - Seeking Advice"
5 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Does an easy-to-use, web-based urban mobility simulator exist?"
3 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Just hit two years at my planning job and feeling like Im doing a bad job and want to quit."
1 post
Popular Topics in r/urbanplanning
#1
Worst
17 posts
#2
Cities
13 posts
#3
Urban
11 posts
#4
Planning
11 posts
#5
Struggling
10 posts
#6
Housing
6 posts
#7
Development
5 posts
#8
Poverty
3 posts
#9
Suburbs
3 posts
#10
Transportation
3 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
: "Does anyone else find they prefer planning more in theory than in practice?"
32 posts
#2
Education / Career
: "Attending the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Conference as a Graduate Student"
10 posts
#3
Jobs
: "Public Consultation is personally affecting my mental health and making me feel unsafe at my job"
7 posts
#4
Urban Design
: "The Guardian view on Oxford Street’s pedestrianisation: cities should be designed around people, not cars"
7 posts
#5
Land Use
: "Voters here will decide whether to force cities to build cheaper, smaller homes"
7 posts
#6
Community Dev
: "The Symbolic Politics of Housing"
6 posts
#7
Other
: "Relaunching the rural planning subreddit"
4 posts
#8
Transportation
: "Cities want to put the boot on robotaxis | Frustrated by federal gridlock, cities and states across the political spectrum are taking matters into their own hands to rein in autonomous vehicles"
3 posts
#9
Economic Dev
: "San Francisco rents have surged 25% in a year as housing shortages and the AI boom collide"
3 posts
#10
Sustainability
: "Prop 45 in California could be hiding a loophole for data centers | Proposition 45 makes it easier for developers to speed through environmental reviews"
1 post
Member Growth in r/urbanplanning
Yearly
+12k members(5.5%)
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Last updated: November 4, 2026