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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.

Please check out the menus above for all of my ideas and also check out my YouTube, Instagram, Substack, and Twitter accounts.

Opinions and insights are my own and are not representative of my employer or any organization.

Most recent articles are listed first.

  1. Raleigh | Northern Arc BRT Station Area Planning – Midtown
  2. Raleigh | Northern ARC BRT Station Area Planning – North Hills
  3. YouTube | 2026 Atlanta Drone Tour Pt 2
  4. YouTube | 2026 Charlotte Drone Tour
  5. Newsletter | September 2026
  6. YouTube | 2026 Atlanta Drone Tour Pt 1
  7. Netherlands | Rural Riding and Lasting Takeaways
  8. YouTube | Centennial Yards Post World Cup
  9. Raleigh | 2026 Drone Tour
  10. Newsletter | August 2026
  11. Netherlands | Amsterdam
  12. Newsletter | July 2026
  13. YouTube | Atlanta BeltLine Full Tour
  14. Atlanta | InPhil Designs | Atlanta Penitentiary Site
  15. Netherlands | Utrecht
  16. Netherlands | Rotterdam
  17. Newsletter | June 2026
  18. Netherlands | Houten
  19. Newsletter | May 2026
  20. YouTube | Atlanta BeltLine NW Trail Progress – April 2026
  21. Takeaways From a Week in The Netherlands
  22. YouTube | Atlanta BeltLine SST Progress – April 2026
  23. Atlanta | Happy 404 Day, Atlanta
  24. Newsletter | April 2026
  25. YouTube | Atlanta BeltLine SE Trail Progress – March 2026
  26. Atlanta | InPhil Designs | BOULEVARDxMemorial
  27. Newsletter | March 2026
  28. YouTube | Atlanta BeltLine SST Progress – Feb 2026
  29. Newsletter | Feb 2026
  30. Atlanta | Englewood Blvd Safe Street Quick Win
  31. InPhil Designs – Raleigh – Triangle Town Center
  32. Newsletter | Jan 2026
  33. The Urban Connector Top 10 of 2025
  34. YouTube | Dec 2025 Atlanta Drone Tour
  35. YouTube | Dec Centennial Yards Progress
  36. YouTube | Dec Southside BeltLine Progress
  37. Newsletter | December 2025
  38. Atlanta | Chosewood Park BeltLine Access Quick Win
  39. Substack Announcement
  40. Atlanta | Cherokee Ave Quick Win
  41. Newsletter | November 2025
  42. YouTube | Georgia Tech Multimodal Infrastructure
  43. Raleigh | Northern ARC BRT Station Area Planning – Crabtree Valley
  44. Providence First Impressions
  45. YouTube | Oct 2025 Centennial Yards Progress
  46. Newsletter | October 2025
  47. YouTube | 2025 Raleigh Drone Tour
  48. Raleigh | InPhilDesigns | Union Park
  49. YouTube | Sept 2025 Atlanta BeltLine SE Trail Progress
  50. YouTube | Sept 2025 Atlanta BeltLine NWT Progress
  51. Newsletter | September 2025
  52. YouTube | Summer 2025 Atlanta Drone Tour
  53. YouTube | August 2025 Atlanta BeltLine SST Progress
  54. Newsletter | August 2025
  55. YouTube | July 2025 Centennial Yards Construction Progress
  56. Atlanta | Suburban Spotlight – Alpharetta
  57. YouTube | Atlanta BeltLine WST New Segment Ride Along
  58. Atlanta | ChoseLine
  59. Newsletter | July 2025
  60. Raleigh | North ARC BRT Station Area Planning – Old Raleigh Village & Glenlake
  61. YouTube | June 2025 SE BeltLine Construction Progress
  62. Newsletter | June 2025
  63. YouTube | May 2025 Centennial Yards Construction Progress
  64. YouTube | Southeast BeltLine Construction Progress
  65. YouTube | 1072 W Peachtree
  66. Newsletter | May 2025
  67. YouTube | 2025 Q1 Drone Tour
  68. Happy 404 Day!
  69. Newsletter | April 2025
  70. YouTube | Georgia Tech Bike Infrastructure
  71. YouTube | The Spur Trail
  72. Newsletter | March 2025
  73. YouTube | NW BeltLine Extension Construction Progress
  74. YouTube | Westside BeltLine Extension Construction Progress
  75. YouTube | BeltLine Ride Along
  76. YouTube | Woodall Rail Trail
  77. Newsletter | Feb 2025
  78. ATL Snow Photo and Drone Gallery
  79. Atlanta | Beltline Rail Part 6: Ensuring Success
  80. Newsletter | Jan 2025
  81. Top 10 of 2024
  82. YouTube | 2024 Drone Tour Compilation
  83. Atlanta | Beltline Rail Part 5: Timeline and Economics
  84. YouTube | Beltline Southside Trail Construction Progress
  85. Atlanta | Beltline Rail Part 4: Equity
  86. Atlanta | Beltline Rail Part 3: Congestion
  87. YouTube | December 2024 Atlanta Drone Tour
  88. Atlanta | Beltline Rail Part 2: Connectivity
  89. YouTube | Beltline Southeast Trail Construction Progress
  90. Atlanta | Beltline Rail Part 1: Density
  91. YouTube | Atlanta Beltline Westside Trail Extension Ride Along
  92. Newsletter | December 2024
  93. YouTube | Atlanta Beltline Northeast Trail Extension Ride Along
  94. Boston | Everything I Remember and More
  95. Newsletter | November 2024
  96. Raleigh | Suburban Spotlight – Wendell
  97. Savannah | Photo and Drone Tour
  98. Atlanta | Sights from a Sunday Stroll
  99. Newsletter | October 2024
  100. Atlanta | Streets Alive Ride Along – September
  101. Atlanta | Suburban Spotlight – Trilith
  102. YouTube | Summer 2024 Atlanta Drone Tour
  103. Newsletter | September 2024
  104. Raleigh – Northern Arc BRT Station Area Planning – Bandwith / UNC Rex
  105. Atlanta | Suburban Spotlight – Woodstock
  106. Raleigh | YouTube | 4K Done Tour
  107. Newsletter | August 2024
  108. Atlanta – Sights and Insights from the “Bowl” of the Beltline
  109. Raleigh – Northern Arc BRT Station Area Planning – Chapel Hill Rd
  110. YouTube | Exploring Tampa Bay Pt 1 – Tampa
  111. Newsletter | July 2024
  112. Raleigh | Northern Arc BRT Station Area Planning – Western Blvd
  113. YouTube | LA Photo Tour
  114. YouTube | Nashville Drone Tour
  115. Newsletter | June 2024
  116. Atlanta | Fixing our Bill Kennedy Way Problem
  117. YouTube | Atlanta Drone Tour – May 2024
  118. Cincy | Thoughts from CNU 32
  119. YouTube | Cincinnati Drone Tour
  120. Newsletter | May 2024
  121. Podcast Feature | DirtNC Podcast
  122. Atlanta | Atlanta, I’m Home
  123. Atlanta | Thoughts from a 20 mile ride around the City
  124. Atlanta | Happy 404 Day Photo Album
  125. Newsletter | April 2024
  126. InPhil Designs | Raleigh | Ten is Better Than One
  127. YouTube | San Francisco Photo Tour
  128. Newsletter | March 2024
  129. Urban Spaces | Triangle | Transformations Block by Block
  130. Newsletter | Feb 2024
  131. Housing | Raleigh | TBJ TOD Feature
  132. YouTube | Atlanta | Beltline Night Ride
  133. Newsletter | Jan 2024
  134. Top 10 of 2023
  135. YouTube | Atlanta | Ride Through Atlanta
  136. YouTube | Atlanta | Atlanta Night Ride
  137. YouTube | Wendell Falls Dec 2023 Updates
  138. YouTube | Houston | First Visit
  139. YouTube | Raleigh | Development over the years
  140. Transit | Raleigh | New Bern TOD
  141. Podcast | Atlanta | ThreadATL Podcast
  142. YouTube | Atlanta | Eastside Beltline Tour
  143. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Future of Triangle Fringe Cities | Burlington
  144. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Future of Triangle Fringe Cities | Siler City
  145. Housing | Raleigh | 2023 Parade of Homes
  146. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Future of Triangle Fringe Cities | Pittsboro
  147. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Future of Triangle Fringe Cities | Sanford
  148. Housing | Raleigh | 30 Unit Community
  149. YouTube | Atlanta | MLK Bike Lane Drone Tour
  150. YouTube | DC | Traveling to DC
  151. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Future of Triangle Fringe Cities | Smithfield and Selma
  152. Housing | Raleigh | Raleigh’s Missing Middle Pipeline
  153. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Arena / Stadium Site
  154. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Future of Triangle Fringe Cities | Goldsboro
  155. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Future of Triangle Fringe Cities | Wilson
  156. YouTube | Atlanta | 4K Skyline Drone Tour
  157. YouTube | Raleigh | Most Insane Intersections in Raleigh
  158. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Future of Triangle Fringe Cities | Rocky Mount
  159. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Future of Triangle Fringe Cities | Henderson
  160. YouTube | The Most Insane Intersections in Atlanta
  161. Housing | Future of Triangle Fringe Cities
  162. YouTube | Raleigh Drone Tour
  163. YouTube | Atlanta Drone Tour
  164. YouTube | Charlotte Drone Tour
  165. Transit | Transit Follows Density
  166. Transit | Raleigh | Raleigh Northern Arc BRT
  167. YouTube | Pacific Coast Highway
  168. YouTube | Charlotte | Charlotte Car Free Journey
  169. YouTube | Raleigh | Raleigh Rising Crane Watch
  170. YouTube | Greenville | Greenville First Impressions
  171. Urban Spaces | Charlotte | Visualizing Charlotte’s Growth
  172. Accessibility | Raleigh | Maps Don’t Lie: Raleigh Grocery
  173. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Visualizing Raleigh’s Growth
  174. Urban Spaces | Charlotte | CNU 31 Recap
  175. Urban Spaces | Charlotte | CNU 31 Preview
  176. Urban Spaces | Atlanta | Visualizing Atlanta’s Growth
  177. Urban Spaces | Atlanta | Atlanta’s Skyline from Different Vantage Points
  178. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Raleigh I’m Concerned
  179. Reconnecting Communities | Southern Freeway Removals *
  180. Reconnecting Communities | Charlotte | Repairing the Mistake of I-277 **
  181. Urban Spaces | Atlanta | Why I’m Bullish on South Downtown’s Future – and Downtown Atlanta in General
  182. Urban Spaces | Atlanta | Sights From a Car Free Day in Atlanta
  183. Accessibility | Raleigh | The most Ridiculous Intersections around Raleigh
  184. Housing | Car Free Living Part 1 *
  185. Housing | Car Free Living Part 2 *
  186. Housing | Car Free Living Part 3 *
  187. Transit | Atlanta | MARTA Fantasy Map
  188. Reconnecting Communities | Atlanta | Reconnecting Communities: East Atlanta Boulevard
  189. Reconnecting Communities | Atlanta | East Atlanta Blvd **Urbanize Atlanta
  190. Urban Spaces | Durham | Northgate Mall Vision
  191. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Making the Case for Car Free Weekends in Glenwood South
  192. Reconnecting Communities | Atlanta | Reconnecting Communities: West Atlanta Interim Plan
  193. Accessibility | Raleigh City of Raleigh Quickly Implementing Approved Traffic Changes
  194. Reconnecting Communities | Atlanta | Reconnecting Communities: Langford Pkwy
  195. Housing | Cities Need Housing for All*
  196. Reconnecting Communities | Nashville | Reconnecting Communities: Nashville
  197. Housing | House Floor Plans
  198. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Raleigh’s Puny Grid System
  199. Urban Spaces | St Pete | Why don’t we talk about St Pete
  200. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Trails over Rails and the Artery
  201. Connections | Raleigh | Connecting Downtown Raleigh Part 3
  202. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Raleigh Central Prison Plan
  203. Connections | Raleigh |Connecting Downtown Raleigh Part Four – North
  204. Accessibility | Wendell | Wendell Falls Safe Streets
  205. Reconnecting Communities | Durham | Durham Freeway Removal
  206. Reconnecting Communities | Durham | Durham Freeway Removal**
  207. Connections | Raleigh | North Hills Plan
  208. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Raleigh Underused Space Plan
  209. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Knightdale Downtown North
  210. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Raleigh’s Money Shot
  211. Public Outreach | Wendell | Opinion: Wendell’s 2030 Plan
  212. Public Outreach | Wendell | Opinion: Things Wendell must get right
  213. Connections | Raleigh | Raleigh Cycle Audit 1
  214. Reconnecting Communities | Charlotte | Reconnecting Communities: Charlotte
  215. Urban Spaces | Charlotte | Camden Rd People Centered Design
  216. Public Outreach | Wendell | Wendell Development Map
  217. Roads | Raleigh | I-40 RTP
  218. Accessibility | Wendell | Wendell Falls Trail System
  219. Accessibility | Wendell | Reimagining Wendell Falls Pkwy
  220. Transit | Raleigh | Triangle Transit Plan
  221. Connections | Raleigh | New Bern Connector

*Southern Urbanism Quarterly article

**Article featured on other site

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.

Please check out the menus above for all of my ideas and also check out my YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter accounts.

Opinions and insights are my own and are not representative of my employer or any organization.