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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. Newsletter | November 2026
  2. YouTube | BeltLine NW Trail October Progress
  3. YouTube | West Peachtree Bike Lane
  4. Newsletter | October 2026
  5. Raleigh | Northern Arc BRT Station Area Planning – Midtown
  6. Raleigh | Northern ARC BRT Station Area Planning – North Hills
  7. YouTube | 2026 Atlanta Drone Tour Pt 2
  8. YouTube | 2026 Charlotte Drone Tour
  9. Newsletter | September 2026
  10. YouTube | 2026 Atlanta Drone Tour Pt 1
  11. Netherlands | Rural Riding and Lasting Takeaways
  12. YouTube | Centennial Yards Post World Cup
  13. Raleigh | 2026 Drone Tour
  14. Newsletter | August 2026
  15. Netherlands | Amsterdam
  16. Newsletter | July 2026
  17. YouTube | Atlanta BeltLine Full Tour
  18. Atlanta | InPhil Designs | Atlanta Penitentiary Site
  19. Netherlands | Utrecht
  20. Netherlands | Rotterdam
  21. Newsletter | June 2026
  22. Netherlands | Houten
  23. Newsletter | May 2026
  24. YouTube | Atlanta BeltLine NW Trail Progress – April 2026
  25. Takeaways From a Week in The Netherlands
  26. YouTube | Atlanta BeltLine SST Progress – April 2026
  27. Atlanta | Happy 404 Day, Atlanta
  28. Newsletter | April 2026
  29. YouTube | Atlanta BeltLine SE Trail Progress – March 2026
  30. Atlanta | InPhil Designs | BOULEVARDxMemorial
  31. Newsletter | March 2026
  32. YouTube | Atlanta BeltLine SST Progress – Feb 2026
  33. Newsletter | Feb 2026
  34. Atlanta | Englewood Blvd Safe Street Quick Win
  35. InPhil Designs – Raleigh – Triangle Town Center
  36. Newsletter | Jan 2026
  37. The Urban Connector Top 10 of 2025
  38. YouTube | Dec 2025 Atlanta Drone Tour
  39. YouTube | Dec Centennial Yards Progress
  40. YouTube | Dec Southside BeltLine Progress
  41. Newsletter | December 2025
  42. Atlanta | Chosewood Park BeltLine Access Quick Win
  43. Substack Announcement
  44. Atlanta | Cherokee Ave Quick Win
  45. Newsletter | November 2025
  46. YouTube | Georgia Tech Multimodal Infrastructure
  47. Raleigh | Northern ARC BRT Station Area Planning – Crabtree Valley
  48. Providence First Impressions
  49. YouTube | Oct 2025 Centennial Yards Progress
  50. Newsletter | October 2025
  51. YouTube | 2025 Raleigh Drone Tour
  52. Raleigh | InPhilDesigns | Union Park
  53. YouTube | Sept 2025 Atlanta BeltLine SE Trail Progress
  54. YouTube | Sept 2025 Atlanta BeltLine NWT Progress
  55. Newsletter | September 2025
  56. YouTube | Summer 2025 Atlanta Drone Tour
  57. YouTube | August 2025 Atlanta BeltLine SST Progress
  58. Newsletter | August 2025
  59. YouTube | July 2025 Centennial Yards Construction Progress
  60. Atlanta | Suburban Spotlight – Alpharetta
  61. YouTube | Atlanta BeltLine WST New Segment Ride Along
  62. Atlanta | ChoseLine
  63. Newsletter | July 2025
  64. Raleigh | North ARC BRT Station Area Planning – Old Raleigh Village & Glenlake
  65. YouTube | June 2025 SE BeltLine Construction Progress
  66. Newsletter | June 2025
  67. YouTube | May 2025 Centennial Yards Construction Progress
  68. YouTube | Southeast BeltLine Construction Progress
  69. YouTube | 1072 W Peachtree
  70. Newsletter | May 2025
  71. YouTube | 2025 Q1 Drone Tour
  72. Happy 404 Day!
  73. Newsletter | April 2025
  74. YouTube | Georgia Tech Bike Infrastructure
  75. YouTube | The Spur Trail
  76. Newsletter | March 2025
  77. YouTube | NW BeltLine Extension Construction Progress
  78. YouTube | Westside BeltLine Extension Construction Progress
  79. YouTube | BeltLine Ride Along
  80. YouTube | Woodall Rail Trail
  81. Newsletter | Feb 2025
  82. ATL Snow Photo and Drone Gallery
  83. Atlanta | Beltline Rail Part 6: Ensuring Success
  84. Newsletter | Jan 2025
  85. Top 10 of 2024
  86. YouTube | 2024 Drone Tour Compilation
  87. Atlanta | Beltline Rail Part 5: Timeline and Economics
  88. YouTube | Beltline Southside Trail Construction Progress
  89. Atlanta | Beltline Rail Part 4: Equity
  90. Atlanta | Beltline Rail Part 3: Congestion
  91. YouTube | December 2024 Atlanta Drone Tour
  92. Atlanta | Beltline Rail Part 2: Connectivity
  93. YouTube | Beltline Southeast Trail Construction Progress
  94. Atlanta | Beltline Rail Part 1: Density
  95. YouTube | Atlanta Beltline Westside Trail Extension Ride Along
  96. Newsletter | December 2024
  97. YouTube | Atlanta Beltline Northeast Trail Extension Ride Along
  98. Boston | Everything I Remember and More
  99. Newsletter | November 2024
  100. Raleigh | Suburban Spotlight – Wendell
  101. Savannah | Photo and Drone Tour
  102. Atlanta | Sights from a Sunday Stroll
  103. Newsletter | October 2024
  104. Atlanta | Streets Alive Ride Along – September
  105. Atlanta | Suburban Spotlight – Trilith
  106. YouTube | Summer 2024 Atlanta Drone Tour
  107. Newsletter | September 2024
  108. Raleigh – Northern Arc BRT Station Area Planning – Bandwith / UNC Rex
  109. Atlanta | Suburban Spotlight – Woodstock
  110. Raleigh | YouTube | 4K Done Tour
  111. Newsletter | August 2024
  112. Atlanta – Sights and Insights from the “Bowl” of the Beltline
  113. Raleigh – Northern Arc BRT Station Area Planning – Chapel Hill Rd
  114. YouTube | Exploring Tampa Bay Pt 1 – Tampa
  115. Newsletter | July 2024
  116. Raleigh | Northern Arc BRT Station Area Planning – Western Blvd
  117. YouTube | LA Photo Tour
  118. YouTube | Nashville Drone Tour
  119. Newsletter | June 2024
  120. Atlanta | Fixing our Bill Kennedy Way Problem
  121. YouTube | Atlanta Drone Tour – May 2024
  122. Cincy | Thoughts from CNU 32
  123. YouTube | Cincinnati Drone Tour
  124. Newsletter | May 2024
  125. Podcast Feature | DirtNC Podcast
  126. Atlanta | Atlanta, I’m Home
  127. Atlanta | Thoughts from a 20 mile ride around the City
  128. Atlanta | Happy 404 Day Photo Album
  129. Newsletter | April 2024
  130. InPhil Designs | Raleigh | Ten is Better Than One
  131. YouTube | San Francisco Photo Tour
  132. Newsletter | March 2024
  133. Urban Spaces | Triangle | Transformations Block by Block
  134. Newsletter | Feb 2024
  135. Housing | Raleigh | TBJ TOD Feature
  136. YouTube | Atlanta | Beltline Night Ride
  137. Newsletter | Jan 2024
  138. Top 10 of 2023
  139. YouTube | Atlanta | Ride Through Atlanta
  140. YouTube | Atlanta | Atlanta Night Ride
  141. YouTube | Wendell Falls Dec 2023 Updates
  142. YouTube | Houston | First Visit
  143. YouTube | Raleigh | Development over the years
  144. Transit | Raleigh | New Bern TOD
  145. Podcast | Atlanta | ThreadATL Podcast
  146. YouTube | Atlanta | Eastside Beltline Tour
  147. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Future of Triangle Fringe Cities | Burlington
  148. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Future of Triangle Fringe Cities | Siler City
  149. Housing | Raleigh | 2023 Parade of Homes
  150. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Future of Triangle Fringe Cities | Pittsboro
  151. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Future of Triangle Fringe Cities | Sanford
  152. Housing | Raleigh | 30 Unit Community
  153. YouTube | Atlanta | MLK Bike Lane Drone Tour
  154. YouTube | DC | Traveling to DC
  155. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Future of Triangle Fringe Cities | Smithfield and Selma
  156. Housing | Raleigh | Raleigh’s Missing Middle Pipeline
  157. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Arena / Stadium Site
  158. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Future of Triangle Fringe Cities | Goldsboro
  159. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Future of Triangle Fringe Cities | Wilson
  160. YouTube | Atlanta | 4K Skyline Drone Tour
  161. YouTube | Raleigh | Most Insane Intersections in Raleigh
  162. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Future of Triangle Fringe Cities | Rocky Mount
  163. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Future of Triangle Fringe Cities | Henderson
  164. YouTube | The Most Insane Intersections in Atlanta
  165. Housing | Future of Triangle Fringe Cities
  166. YouTube | Raleigh Drone Tour
  167. YouTube | Atlanta Drone Tour
  168. YouTube | Charlotte Drone Tour
  169. Transit | Transit Follows Density
  170. Transit | Raleigh | Raleigh Northern Arc BRT
  171. YouTube | Pacific Coast Highway
  172. YouTube | Charlotte | Charlotte Car Free Journey
  173. YouTube | Raleigh | Raleigh Rising Crane Watch
  174. YouTube | Greenville | Greenville First Impressions
  175. Urban Spaces | Charlotte | Visualizing Charlotte’s Growth
  176. Accessibility | Raleigh | Maps Don’t Lie: Raleigh Grocery
  177. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Visualizing Raleigh’s Growth
  178. Urban Spaces | Charlotte | CNU 31 Recap
  179. Urban Spaces | Charlotte | CNU 31 Preview
  180. Urban Spaces | Atlanta | Visualizing Atlanta’s Growth
  181. Urban Spaces | Atlanta | Atlanta’s Skyline from Different Vantage Points
  182. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Raleigh I’m Concerned
  183. Reconnecting Communities | Southern Freeway Removals *
  184. Reconnecting Communities | Charlotte | Repairing the Mistake of I-277 **
  185. Urban Spaces | Atlanta | Why I’m Bullish on South Downtown’s Future – and Downtown Atlanta in General
  186. Urban Spaces | Atlanta | Sights From a Car Free Day in Atlanta
  187. Accessibility | Raleigh | The most Ridiculous Intersections around Raleigh
  188. Housing | Car Free Living Part 1 *
  189. Housing | Car Free Living Part 2 *
  190. Housing | Car Free Living Part 3 *
  191. Transit | Atlanta | MARTA Fantasy Map
  192. Reconnecting Communities | Atlanta | Reconnecting Communities: East Atlanta Boulevard
  193. Reconnecting Communities | Atlanta | East Atlanta Blvd **Urbanize Atlanta
  194. Urban Spaces | Durham | Northgate Mall Vision
  195. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Making the Case for Car Free Weekends in Glenwood South
  196. Reconnecting Communities | Atlanta | Reconnecting Communities: West Atlanta Interim Plan
  197. Accessibility | Raleigh City of Raleigh Quickly Implementing Approved Traffic Changes
  198. Reconnecting Communities | Atlanta | Reconnecting Communities: Langford Pkwy
  199. Housing | Cities Need Housing for All*
  200. Reconnecting Communities | Nashville | Reconnecting Communities: Nashville
  201. Housing | House Floor Plans
  202. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Raleigh’s Puny Grid System
  203. Urban Spaces | St Pete | Why don’t we talk about St Pete
  204. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Trails over Rails and the Artery
  205. Connections | Raleigh | Connecting Downtown Raleigh Part 3
  206. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Raleigh Central Prison Plan
  207. Connections | Raleigh |Connecting Downtown Raleigh Part Four – North
  208. Accessibility | Wendell | Wendell Falls Safe Streets
  209. Reconnecting Communities | Durham | Durham Freeway Removal
  210. Reconnecting Communities | Durham | Durham Freeway Removal**
  211. Connections | Raleigh | North Hills Plan
  212. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Raleigh Underused Space Plan
  213. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Knightdale Downtown North
  214. Urban Spaces | Raleigh | Raleigh’s Money Shot
  215. Public Outreach | Wendell | Opinion: Wendell’s 2030 Plan
  216. Public Outreach | Wendell | Opinion: Things Wendell must get right
  217. Connections | Raleigh | Raleigh Cycle Audit 1
  218. Reconnecting Communities | Charlotte | Reconnecting Communities: Charlotte
  219. Urban Spaces | Charlotte | Camden Rd People Centered Design
  220. Public Outreach | Wendell | Wendell Development Map
  221. Roads | Raleigh | I-40 RTP
  222. Accessibility | Wendell | Wendell Falls Trail System
  223. Accessibility | Wendell | Reimagining Wendell Falls Pkwy
  224. Transit | Raleigh | Triangle Transit Plan
  225. 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.