Jonathan English @englishrail.bsky.social
American Public Transportation Association @apta-info.bsky.social APTA leads public transportation in a new mobility era, advocating to connect and build thriving communities.
Jim Aloisi @jimaloisi.bsky.social Former Massachusetts Transportation Secretary; board member TransitMatters; MIT DUSP & Mobility Initiative. I write, teach & advocate for a sustainable & justice based transportation system.
Tom Roussey @tomroussey.bsky.social Transportation reporter covering DC, MD & VA for ABC7. Graduate of Paint Branch High in Montgomery Co & Univ. of Maryland. Christian. Love sports, books, Terps!
Film Forum @filmforumnyc.bsky.social Film Forum is NYC’s leading movie house for independent premieres and repertory programming. Find us at filmforum.org
Michael Pollack @michaelcpollack.bsky.social Cardozo Law professor writing about property and state & local government, but mostly sidewalks. Associate Dean & Co-Director of Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy
Sam @samd.bsky.social https://bettercities.substack.com/
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Sophie Krichevsky @sophiekrichevsky.bsky.social State editor @cityandstateny.bsky.social. Past: editor @ Queens Chronicle, contrib. @ The Fine Print, intern @ Pub Lunch, managing ed/features ed @ Kenyon Collegian. Thoughts my own. (She/her)
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Rail Passengers Association @railpassengers.org We are the oldest & largest national advocacy non-profit serving as a voice for the more than 40 million rail passengers in the U.S.
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Families for Safe Streets @fam4safestreets.bsky.social We've lost loved ones or been injured in a car crash. We're confronting traffic violence across the country through advocacy and support. https://www.familiesforsafestreets.org/
Spectrum News NY1 @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social The 24-hour news network dedicated to NYC. NY1 is also on Facebook (NY1News) and Instagram (NY1).
Zachary Schrag @zacharyschrag.bsky.social Professor of History, George Mason University. Currently researching history of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project. Views my own.
zacharyschrag.com.
historyprofessor.org
https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0003-1420-551X
Jacob Kornbluh @jacobkornbluh.bsky.social Senior political reporter at the Forward. Email: Kornbluh@forward.com
TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. (TUW) @toderianuw.bsky.social TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. (TUW) is a Vancouver-based national and international city planning/design, mobility and "advanced urbanism" consultancy led by @BrentToderian.bsky.social.
The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social A podcast about the fight against car culture. Hosted by Sarah Goodyear & Doug Gordon.
Our bestselling new book, "Life After Cars" is out now from Thesis / Penguin Random House.
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social Environment editor at The Guardian
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Ben Ross @benrosstransit.bsky.social Transit advocate. Environmental scientist. Social Democrat. Author of Dead End: Suburban Sprawl and the Rebirth of American Urbanism.
Edward Russell @byerussell.com Fascinated by things that go and the infrastructure around them. Words: The Washington Post, The Points Guy, CNN Travel, and more.
E-bike dad. Runner, cyclist, hiker, swimmer.
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Seth Miller @wandrme.paxex.aero Aviation journalist specializing in #IFEC, #Loyalty, #PaxEx: paxex.aero
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David F Brand @davidfbrand.bsky.social I’m a reporter covering housing for @wnyc.org and @gothamist.com | In a previous career, I was a licensed social worker
Christof Spieler @christofspieler.bsky.social Director of Transportation, Madison, WI; Author of “Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of US and Canadian Transit,” Island Press, 2021, “Transportation and the Shape of Cities,” Island Press, 2026. (he/him) PE/AICP/LEED AP (Views are my own.)
E.J. Kalafarski @ejk.bsky.social Senior Advisor at New Jersey Innovation Authority. Former Transportation Chair for Manhattan CB5, USDOL Senior Advisor, Presidential Innovation Fellow. Views my own.. ✈️ | 🏙 | 🥪 | 🥃
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Speaker Julie Menin @speakermenin.bsky.social Proud mom and Speaker of the New York City Council
BeyondDC @beyonddc.bsky.social Urbanism & transportation, WashDC.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
Annie Weinstock @annieweinstock.bsky.social Streets & buses around the world.
BRTPlan, People-Oriented Cities. Georgian in spirit 🇬🇪
Jeffrey Tumlin 🏳️🌈 🌁 @jeffreytumlin.bsky.social Transport nerd. Recovering city bureaucrat. Introvert. Working to cut CO₂, eliminate traffic violence, advance equity, and strengthen local economies. Former SFMTA, OakDOT, Nelson/Nygaard. SF.
Office of NYC Comptroller Mark Levine @nyccomptroller.bsky.social Official account of NYC Comptroller. Working to hold NYC government accountable and secure a more just and sustainable future.
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Rachael Fauss @rachaelfauss.bsky.social Senior Policy Advisor @reinventalbany.bsky.social focusing on MTA, ethics, campaign finance, transparency & accountability in NY
Brad Aaron TSNY @bradaaron.com Prime mover @thescoopnewyork.com (subscribe today!). Streetsblog-verse editor and reporter 11 yrs. Bylines: Village Voice, Gothamist + 12s more.
#10034 forever.
Jesse Coburn @jessecoburn.bsky.social ProPublica reporter
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@sammellins.bsky.social @sammellins.bsky.social Senior Reporter at New York Focus
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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social Official Bluesky account of New York Attorney General Letitia James' Office
Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social Life’s a bitch, then you die | NY Daily News ed board, @newrepublic.com contributing editor, NYU lecturer, @flaminghydra.com member, immigration wonk. Work in @slate.com, @thenation.com, @boltsmag.org, etc | Personal photography at Instagram.com/nycfelipe
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Dan Saltzstein @dansaltzstein.bsky.social Deputy Editor, Projects and Collaborations, NYTimes. Queens, NYC, cocktail enthusiast. Creator of the Saltzsteini. Ruthless cosmopolitan.
Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Specialist journalist: WIRED.com and more. Press Gazette Transport Journalist of the Year 2018. Finalist: Travel Photographer of the Year 2024 https://authory.com/carltonreid Signal: carltonreid.67
Vital City @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social Enlightening data. New ideas. Civil conversation. Visit us at vitalcitynyc.org
Families for Safe Streets @familiesforsafestreets.org Individuals who have lost loved ones or been injured in a crash confronting traffic violence through advocacy and support. #EndTrafficViolence
claudia irizarry aponte @clauirizarry.bsky.social labor reporter @thecity.nyc; teaching, CUNY Newmark; lajeña 🇵🇷; dímelo: claudia@thecityreporter.nyc
Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social Journalist, professor, dad. Via Sioux City, Colorado Springs, Palo Alto, Rome, Standing Rock, Bologna, Miami Herald, Bloomberg, Salt Lake, Columbia J School.
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Jeff Speck @jeffspeck.bsky.social Urban Planner, Partner in Speck Dempsey, author of Walkable City, Walkable City Rules, and other stuff I'd like you to read.
A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social Author, When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency
low vision (#nystagmus), bus lover, bike rider
annazivarts.com
#WeekWithoutDriving weekwithoutdriving.org
Nondrivers Alliance nondrivers.org (c3)
Nondriver Action
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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com Author of Straphanger, Shanghai Grand, Devil’s Picnic, Lost Supper
Feature writer - Globe + Mail | Columnist - L'actualité
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Streetsblog USA @usa.streetsblog.org Covering the movement to end car dependency and make America better for walking, biking, transit and more.
Adam Fisher-Cox @adamfishercox.com Product designer focused on transportation and the public realm. You’ve probably seen my work if you’ve taken transit in NYC!
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Sean Butler @seanbutler1.bsky.social Deputy Communications Director and Chief NUMTOT for Gov Hochul. Stand clear of the closing doors!
Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social my next book is about why it's so hard to build. send me your thoughts!
Aaron @aaronznj.bsky.social Official home of the dork who decided to use my Urban Planning Master's Degree for the primary purpose of "make an alternate-history N Scale NJ Transit layout."
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Brian Fritsch @bhfritsch.bsky.social Associate Director for @pcac.org. I like trains. Opinions are my own.
PCAC to the MTA @pcac.org The official voice for @mta.info riders 🚇🚍🚈 Established in 1981, our legislative mandate is to advocate for subway, bus, @mtalirr.bsky.social, @mtametronorth.bsky.social, and SIR riders.
K. Sabeel Rahman @ksabeelrahman.bsky.social Law prof @ Cornell Law School
Formerly - OIRA Associate Administrator; President, Demos
Steven Romalewski @sromalewski.bsky.social Director, CUNY Mapping Service at the Center for Urban Research, CUNY Graduate Center. More here: https://www.gc.cuny.edu/people/steven-romalewski Some posts are work-related, some are personal.
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Robert Wright @reporterrwright.ft.com Newsroom reporter at the Financial Times, clergy spouse, rider of bicycles.
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Patrick LaForge @palafo.bsky.social “There is a true person of no rank who is always coming and going through the portals of your face.” — Linji Yixuan
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social independent journalist, thehandbasket.co
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The Media and Democracy Project @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social Non-partisan civic advocacy group working to improve our media and defend our democracy 🇺🇸 #PressFreedom
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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social Building a vibrant Jewish Left in NY, fighting arm-in-arm with our neighbors for care not cops. Extremely pro-glitter. https://www.jfrej.org/
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West Side Rag @westsiderag.bsky.social The Upper West Side's source for news, events and opinions. Written by locals for locals.
emily lipstein @emilylip.bsky.social urban mildlife // engagement editor @nyc.streetsblog.org // co-host @rabbith0lepod.bsky.social // formerly social @ motherboard, gizmodo // she/her
Greg Pak @gregpak.net Rhymes with "rock." Comics writer, filmmaker, photojournalist. SUPERNATURAL, PLANET HULK. He/him. @comixaction.com Call your reps (reps.fyi). Stop posting on X.
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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social Co-founder & President of @runforsomething.net & RFS Civics / Writer x2: RUN FOR SOMETHING & WHEN WE'RE IN CHARGE / Mom, also x2
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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social Editor of the Times Union. Ever-vigilant in maintaining the grooming standards which underpin the warrior ethos. I get to work with some of the finest journalists in the state. Support robust local journalism and send tips to cseiler@timesunion.com
Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social American. Journalist. New York Times Opinion writer and MS Now political analyst.
Richard Kim @richardkimnyc.bsky.social Editor in Chief, @thecity.nyc
Emma Fitzsimmons @emmagf.bsky.social NYT City Hall Bureau Chief
Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social Democratic nominee for Congress in NY-10. Dad Lander. Love unions, justice, seltzer, and NYC. #FightDontFold
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Jeffery C. Mays @jeffcmays.bsky.social Metro politics reporter @nytimes https://www.nytimes.com/by/jeffery-c-mays
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Justin Brannan @justinbrannan.bsky.social @council.nyc.gov Finance Chair. Fighting like hell for working people in the city I love.
(ARCHIVED) Adrienne Adams @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social Former Speaker of @council.nyc.gov. First Black NYC Council Speaker. Led first women-majority Council. (Account now inactive.)
@gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social @gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social Reporter at non-profit news site THE CITY, author of "Made Men: The True Story of the Rise and Fall of a New Jersey Crime Family"
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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social @Leavittalone from Twitter . Writer and cartoonist. Seen in The Toast, New Yorker, The Awl, The Nib, Racked, The Rumpus, The Baffler, etc. That guy you met at that party once. http://www.leavittalone.com/
Marco Chitti @chittimarco.bsky.social Researcher on urban planning and public transportation.
https://marcochitti.substack.com/
Miser @misernyc.bsky.social Organized many of the marches for congestion pricing in NYC. Started the daylighting movement, run MicromobilityNYC, and advised Zohran from day 1 of his campaign. (Was also the template for his own video strategy.) We're building a movement here
Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social I'm a writer and a walker in LA. Tracking the city's megaevent progress at Torched. LA Podcast co-host, new episodes drop every Monday. LAUSD mom. @awalkerinla everywhere else. Sign up for my newsletter at torched.la 🔥
Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media.
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🚇 Riders Alliance @ridersalliance.org A 501(c)(4) organization of NYC bus and subway riders, winning better public transit by organizing riders into a powerful constituency.
Amy Sohn @amysohn.bsky.social Author of the award-winning The Man Who Hated Women and 11 other books.
#3 reason to love New York.
"No matter the excuse or explanation, whatever a person does in the end is what he intended to do all along.” - Cus D’Amato
The Brian Lehrer Show @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social Live on @wnyc from 10AM - noon. NY Public Radio's most popular politics and society talk show. Tune to 93.9 FM, AM820 or visit wnyc.org/radio to listen live.
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Jose Martinez @jmartineznyc.bsky.social Reporting on transportation at The City Reporter (https://www.thecityreporter.nyc/) Previously at NY1, The New York Post, New York Daily News, The Journal News
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David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells.bsky.social New York Times Opinion writer and New York Times Magazine columnist. Newsletter on climate and the messy future (https://tinyurl.com/dwwnyt). Author of The Uninhabitable Earth.
https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/david-wallace-wells
Congestion Pricing Now @fundtransitnow.bsky.social Faster. Cleaner. Safer. America's first-ever congestion relief program is here in NYC—and it's working.
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