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