r/walkablecities is a subreddit with 21k members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses city, walkable, cities, car, and pedestrian.
A place for content and photographs relating to walkable cities and to discuss how to improve our cities.
So what is a walkable city?
- Prioritizes people
- Accessible to everyone
- Human scaled infrastructure
- Contains a mix of housing and commercial uses and amenities
- All within a dense, easy to access area
Popular Themes in r/walkablecities
#1
Pain & Anger
: "What arguments do Suburbanites use that make you irrationally upset?"
2 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Walkable cities and disability accommodation"
1 post
#3
Advice Requests
: "Best walkable cities in Montana, Nebraska, or Minnesota? (Midwest recs)"
1 post
#4
Opportunities
: "My city is very car centric. How do I make it better?"
1 post
#5
News
: "Philadelphia Center City businesses report higher sales, more shoppers thanks to Open Streets"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/walkablecities
#1
City
: "Would you prefer to live in a City where your job, grocery store, school, and parks are all within a short 15-minute walk or bike ride? Let's discuss."
78 posts
#2
Walkable
: "I would be so *owned* if someone made me live in transit oriented Walkable spaces."
58 posts
#3
Cities
: "Philadelphia Center City businesses report higher sales, more shoppers thanks to Open Streets"
39 posts
#4
Car
: "Trump Cancels Trail, Bike-Lane Grants Deemed ‘Hostile’ to Cars"
25 posts
#5
Pedestrian
19 posts
#6
Germany
: "Lüneburg, Germany"
17 posts
#7
Urbanism
: "How mainstream is Urbanism and how do we reach the wider American public?"
17 posts
#8
Europe
16 posts
#9
Urban
: "We don’t build spaces like this anymore because it’s illegal to build them."
16 posts
#10
Street
: "Polish Street Revitalization over the years"
15 posts
Member Growth in r/walkablecities
Yearly
+1k members(5.2%)
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Last updated: August 10, 2026