r/walkablecities is a subreddit with 21k members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and advice 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
: "Walking is great and cars kind of suck"
3 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "This is a long shot, but anyone know what the most walkable city/town would be within these counties in Northern Alabama? I've got work in Huntsville and I'm trying to find a decent place to live within any of these counties."
2 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "How do you go about making a city with pre-existing infrastructure and street layouts into a more walkable city. For context I live jn Stockton, Ca. "
1 post
#4
Ideas
: "Making Cities More Walkable Means Starting with Our Most Vulnerable Citizens: Children"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/walkablecities
#1
City
: "How do you go about making a City with pre-existing infrastructure and street layouts into a more walkable City. For context I live jn Stockton, Ca. "
78 posts
#2
Walkable
: "My Saudi city, in the recent period, is trying to make the city Walkable"
58 posts
#3
Cities
: "Are there more small Cities that recognize the problem now and are planning for the future?"
39 posts
#4
Car
: "Visualization on how much Land is wasted due to mandated parking minimums and Car sprawl."
25 posts
#5
Pedestrian
: "220 m Pedestrian and cycling tunnel opens under Helsinki Central Station"
19 posts
#6
Germany
: "Lüneburg, Germany"
17 posts
#7
Urbanism
17 posts
#8
Europe
16 posts
#9
Urban
: "Make cities dense again "
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: September 5, 2026