r/urbanplanning is a subreddit with 237k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses cities, looking for, urban planning, worst, 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
: "2026 AICP Exam Resources and Information"
7 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Just hit two years at my planning job and feeling like Im doing a bad job and want to quit."
1 post
#3
Ideas
: "I have an idea, i call it “total transportational freedom”"
1 post
#4
News
: "California county weighs 1,804-acre, 2,500-home development exclusively for residents 55+"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/urbanplanning
#1
Cities
36 posts
#2
Looking For
30 posts
#3
Urban Planning
30 posts
#4
Worst
17 posts
#5
Urban
11 posts
#6
Planning
11 posts
#7
Housing
11 posts
#8
Struggling
10 posts
#9
Transit
8 posts
#10
Development
8 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
: "Sometimes I feel like the housing situation would have been much better if New York and Pennsylvania invested into their own cities a lot more."
40 posts
#2
Land Use
: "California Sings Bill Streamlining Approvals for TOD, with 150ft baseline, 450ft Highrise Housing in Seven Cities"
11 posts
#3
Education / Career
: "2026 AICP Exam Resources and Information"
8 posts
#4
Community Dev
: "Public Improvements Agreements for New Subdivisions?"
6 posts
#5
Urban Design
: "Mike Tomlin: secret urbanist"
5 posts
#6
Economic Dev
: "Can development happen without displacement? Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood neighborhood is a test case"
4 posts
#7
Other
: "Best resources for learning document layout and design concepts?"
4 posts
#8
Jobs
: "Public Consultation is personally affecting my mental health and making me feel unsafe at my job"
3 posts
#9
Sustainability
: "The Q-Commerce Expansion: How hyper-local logistics are quietly rewriting India’s environmental packaging problem."
3 posts
#10
Transportation
: "A259 Hove to Brighton Cycle Lane Plans: 70 New Parking Spaces and a New Two-Way Lane"
2 posts
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Yearly
+12k members(5.5%)
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Last updated: October 17, 2026