r/urbanplanning is a subreddit with 236k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses urban planning, cities, looking for, housing, and urban, 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
: "Resources for learning about drainage systems"
11 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "I need help redesigning this road! Everyones help is appreciated!"
2 posts
#3
Opportunities
: "How can Houston keep growing and stay affordable? Cut parking minimums."
2 posts
#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?"
65 posts
#2
Cities
36 posts
#3
Looking For
30 posts
#4
Housing
: "The most successful Housing-accelerating cities say a gradual approach served them well"
22 posts
#5
Urban
: "Sexism in transportation/Urban planning field?"
21 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?"
69 posts
#2
Education / Career
: "Sexism in transportation/urban planning field?"
22 posts
#3
Land Use
: "ULI Report Examining the Links Between Transportation and Real Estate Value"
19 posts
#4
Transportation
: "US push to defund ‘DEI bike lanes’ will make roads less safe, advocates say | Trump administration boasts of cutting $1.73bn already allocated for cycling improvements to city streets"
16 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?"
10 posts
#7
Community Dev
: "Thinking back on “creative class”"
9 posts
#8
Sustainability
: "The Anti-Flood City Is Finally Taking Shape | From concrete walls to hilly landscapes, New York can see its early defenses against future catastrophe"
8 posts
#9
Other
: "America Hates Bikes – the latest Climate Town video (featuring Not Just Bikes) has a good segment on the influence of vehicular cycling concepts on urban planning"
7 posts
#10
Economic Dev
: "Neighbours thought 60ft warehouses towering over their homes were bad. The noise was worse"
6 posts
Member Growth in r/urbanplanning
Yearly
+12k members(5.3%)
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Last updated: September 2, 2026