r/walkablecities is a subreddit with 21k members. The most common kinds of discussions are ideas and pain & anger, 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
Ideas
: "You like walkable cities?"
6 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Walkable cities require good public transit. Highways have no place in a city"
3 posts
#3
Advice Requests
: "New protected bike lanes just installed in my neighborhood. Still more car-centric than I'd like but it's an improvement!"
3 posts
#4
Opportunities
: "My city in the UK has been implementing "low traffic neighbourhoods" in the suburbs, making car trips more inconvenient and reclaiming roads for cyclists and pedestrians!"
3 posts
#5
Solution Requests
: "so how do i get this to happen with the costco near me"
2 posts
#6
Money Talk
: "Only if we could focus and spend more money improving out cities"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/walkablecities
#1
City
: "One of the largest barriers in making a City walkable. Love to see the progress"
78 posts
#2
Walkable
: "My Saudi city, in the recent period, is trying to make the city Walkable"
58 posts
#3
Cities
: "Walkable Cities would actually give Americans the freedom they crave"
39 posts
#4
Car
: "Visualization on how much Land is wasted due to mandated parking minimums and Car sprawl."
25 posts
#5
Pedestrian
: "Jersey City Pedestrian plaza (2012 vs 2022)"
19 posts
#6
Germany
: "Lüneburg, Germany"
17 posts
#7
Urbanism
: "How Paris try to kill car centric Urbanism (source: @EmmanuelSPV twitter)"
17 posts
#8
Europe
: "Passenger trains in the United States vs Europe"
16 posts
#9
Urban
: "Cities Empty of Joy: Fuel Consumption to Fill the Void"
16 posts
#10
Street
: "The Traditional Christmas Street in Helsinki, Finland [OC]"
15 posts
Member Growth in r/walkablecities
Yearly
+739 members(3.7%)
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Last updated: June 23, 2026