Counting down my favorite pieces of 2025.
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It was another exciting year of spreading ideas to improve our cities. Here are some of my favorites of 2025.
10. Cherokee Ave Quick Win
Filling in a key bike lane gap in Grant Park will go a long way toward us having a truly connected and protected network.
9. Suburban Spotlight – Alpharetta
Taking a walk around one of the emerging gems in suburban retrofit.
8. Raleigh Drone Tour
Raleigh’s Downtown has come such a long way in the past few years.
7. Georgia Tech Multimodal Infrastructure
Sometimes I forget where I am when I’m near the campus of Georgia Tech. Ride along some of the most impressive multimodal infrastructure the South has to offer.
6. Atlanta Drone Tours
Three full scale drone tours of our amazing city.
5. Raleigh Northern Arc Station Area Planning – Crabtree Valley
I try to stay realistic when I sketch but I just couldn’t help myself but to push the limits of the Crabtree Valley site.
4. Chosewood Quick Win
Chosewood Park deserves mid-block BeltLine access too!
3. Atlanta Can’t Afford to Punt on BeltLine Rail Part Six
Let’s just say it’s been anything but a year of progress for Atlanta’s transit expansion hopes…
2. Raleigh Union Park
Increasing the sense of place that every successful Downtown needs may hiding in plain sight for Raleigh.
- ChoseLine
Filling in a key piece of underutilized BeltLine adjacent property is not only essential to making rail on the BeltLine successful but is also crucial in providing much needed housing and services in the underserved Chosewood Park neighborhood.
Next year my goal is for the Top 10 to be filled with more sketches and big ideas to transform our neighborhoods into vibrant hubs!
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Phil Veasley, PE, CNU-A, The Urban Connector, is a Professional Engineer with Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates focused on creating safer, more vibrant cities through strategic multimodal infrastructure design. With expertise spanning traffic analysis, hand sketching, conceptual design, and full construction documentation, he thrives on transforming roads into great streets where people of all ages and abilities can flourish. Based in Atlanta, Phil is a passionate advocate for walkable, dense, and equitable neighborhoods. Outside of work, his passion is exploring urban life through sketching infill ideas and navigating cities primarily by bike or foot. His on-the-ground perspective informs his professional work, helping him design transportation systems that are not only functional but also people-centered and inspiring. Phil brings both technical depth and a city lover’s enthusiasm to every project, drawing on the belief that infrastructure and urban form must go hand in hand to support vibrant, inclusive communities where everyone has access to opportunity and quality of life.
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