Urban design for everyoneThat stroad outside
That stroad outside
your house?
Fix it. Make the case.
Urban Fabric lets you redesign streets, intersections, and neighborhoods on a real map — then share your proposal where it'll actually be seen.
No account needed to start designing. Share when you're ready.
Proposed
Street conversion
Main St: protected bike lanes & roundabouts at every intersection
Converts 4-lane stroad to 2-lane street with buffered bike lanes, planted medians, and pedestrian-priority intersections.JR
jackie_r · Oak Park, IL2.4k
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How it worksThree steps from frustration
Three steps from frustration
to momentum.
01
Design a Fabric
Open any street on a real map. Draw your changes — add a bike lane, swap a signal for a roundabout, widen a sidewalk. No GIS experience required. If you can see the problem, you can design the fix.02
Publish a proposal
When your Fabric is ready, give it a title and context. Publish it as a proposal — a shareable page that shows your before, your vision, and your reasoning.03
Make the case
Post it. Drop it in the subreddit. Share it with your city council rep. Show people what's possible. A picture of a better street is worth a thousand words at a planning meeting.BeforeProposed
What's a fabric?Your vision,
A Fabric is your design layer on top of the real world. You're not working in the abstract — you're drawing on actual streets in your actual city. Add a protected bike lane on the road you cross every day. Turn that six-lane arterial into something a human would want to walk down.Your vision,
drawn on a real map.
- Draw on any real street, anywhere in the world
- Set attributes — bike lanes, crosswalks, roundabouts, transit lanes, tree canopy
- No urban planning background or GIS software required
- Publish as a proposal when you're ready to share
BeforeProposed
Who it's forIf you've ever thought
If you've ever thought
"this could be so much better" —
this is for you.
🎥
Urbanism creators
You've been making the case in videos and threads. Now you can show the specific fix on the actual street — not just the concept, but the proposal."Stop theorizing about what a protected bike lane looks like. Draw it."🏘
Neighborhood advocates
Bring something concrete to the next planning meeting. A well-designed proposal is harder to dismiss than a petition or a complaint."Show up with a map. Not just a concern."🌱
Community groups & nonprofits
Align your members around a shared vision. Share proposals publicly to build momentum, gather feedback, and demonstrate community support."Turn your community's frustration into a concrete ask."Built to spreadDesigned to drop
Every proposal gets its own shareable page. Post it in the subreddit. Quote-tweet the city's planning announcement. Send it to your council member. The link does the work.Designed to drop
into the places
where change happens.
Reddit
X / Twitter
Nextdoor
City council email
Anywhere with a link
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u/strongtowns_fanaticR/fuckcars · 847 upvotes
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Your street is
waiting to be reimagined.
No account required. No expertise needed. Just open a map and start designing.