Main Street America @mainstreetamerica.bsky.social Main Street America has been helping strengthen and reenergize downtowns and neighborhood commercial districts for more than 45 years.
Anna Fahey @trufahey.bsky.social Thinktanking on housing + democracy + clean energy
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SBN Detroit @sbndetroit.bsky.social Mobilizing #SustainableBusiness of all sizes to highlight SE Michigan businesses & organizations as global leaders in sustainability and the #circular economy.
Maribel Perez Wadsworth @maribel-wadsworth.bsky.social CEO @ Knight Foundation. Boy mama. Long-tortured Miami Dolphins fan. She/Her/Ella
Nate Storring @natestorring.bsky.social City observer, movie lover, errant Canadian.
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Richard Young @rbryoung.bsky.social Strengthening civic health & democracy at the local level with CivicLex and KY RUX. Kentucky proud 🪕🥃🐎💪
Patrick Sharkey @patricksharkey.bsky.social social scientist studying violence and urban inequality in the US
Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social TIPS: Email me at nhannahjones@nytimes.com or send a Signal nhannahjones.67 //Founder Center for Journalism & Democracy at Howard Univ// Staff writer at NYT Mag// Creator #1619Project// History blerd//Smart and Thuggish
NYU Urban Studies @nyu-urbanstudies.bsky.social NYU's innovative new Urban Studies Program, partnering with Anthropology, History, Social and Cultural Analysis, Sociology, NYU Global, and more to come. Training students for their future in a majority urban world. NYC, Accra, London, Shanghai, Sydney +++
Clinton Global Initiative @clintonglobal.bsky.social Building a community of doers who are taking action on the world's most pressing challenges, together. Operated by the Clinton Foundation. 
LISC Institute for Community Power @liscinstitute.bsky.social https://www.lisc.org/our-resources/institute/
Mayor Muriel Bowser @mayorbowser.dc.gov Official account of the Mayor of Washington, DC.
Together, let's work to give every Washingtonian a fair shot.
Don Chen @donchen.bsky.social President, Surdna Foundation, which supports healthy environments, inclusive economies & thriving cultures to achieve racial equity & social justice in the U.S. Find us at www.surdna.org
Harvard Graduate School of Design @gsd.harvard.edu gsd.harvard.edu
Angelique Power @gigipowpow.bsky.social Detroit via Chicago. Day dreamer, bridge builder. Walking with ancestors, talking with you. All opinions are my own.
Washington Housing Conservancy @washhousing.bsky.social The Washington Housing Conservancy is a 501c3 nonprofit that owns and operates affordable workforce housing in the DC-Maryland-Virginia area.
https://washingtonhousingconservancy.org/
Lynn Ross @mslynnross.bsky.social Urbanist, Policy Nerd. Founder, Spirit for Change Consulting. Work on #housingjustice #justplaces #civicinfrastrcuture. Live in the South, but still a Midwesterner at heart. Also: K-drama enthusiast, dessert connoisseur, nap expert.
Detroit Greenways Coalition @detroitgreenways.bsky.social #Detroit advocates for a citywide network of #greenways, #CompleteStreets & bike pathways 🚶🏾🏃🏾👩🏾🦽🚴🏾
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Julian Agyeman @julianagyeman.bsky.social Critical urban planning professor @ Tufts UEP. From Yorkshire UK, living in Cambridge MA, USA. Originator of the concept of #justsustainabilities. Editor-in-Chief of Local Environment. Website: julianagyeman.com
Design Trust for Public Space @designtrustnyc.bsky.social unlocking the potential of NYC's public spaces since 1995
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Project for Public Spaces @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social We bring community-powered public spaces to life through #placemaking, social impact partnerships, events, & training. Join us for the 5th Int'l Placemaking Week June 24-26 in Detroit, MI! www.pps.org
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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social Social Scientist, Harvard University
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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social Social scientist interested in social capital, social infrastructure, energy and environmental politics. Books at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Daniel-P.-Aldrich/author/B001JSDHPW 
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danah boyd @zephoria.bsky.social STS researcher who likes to look at things sideways. Founded Data & Society.
Topics: Census | Youth | Data | Society
Professor of Communication, Cornell
https://made-not-found-by-danah-boyd.ghost.io
Vital City @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social Enlightening data. New ideas. Civil conversation. Visit us at vitalcitynyc.org
Vishaan Chakrabarti @vishaan.bsky.social
Architect|Author|Urbanist
Founder, Practice for Architecture and Urbanism | PAU
Author:
The Architecture of Urbanity (Princeton University Press, 2024);
A Country of Cities (DAP, 2013)
Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social Director, Center for Environment Community, & Equity and Professor, AU | NonRes Sr Fellow, Brookings | IPCCWG3 AR6 | www.danarfisher.com | TED Talk on being an Apocalyptic Optimist : go.ted.com/danarfisher
Derek Thompson @dkthomp.bsky.social derekthompson.substack.com
Eric Klinenberg @ericklinenberg.bsky.social Helen Gould Shepard Professor of Social Science and Director of the Institute for Public Knowlege at NYU. New book: *2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed.* 
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.
Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social Local tosser
Books author (New: Stroll!)
Toronto Star column writer
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U of T instructor
Trying to do it a bit different here than the last place.
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Michelle Wu 吳弭 @wutrain.bsky.social Mayor of Boston • Mom to Blaise, Cass & Mira • Personal account
michelleforboston.com
Sightline Institute @sightline.org Think tank cooking up nonpartisan policy research on housing, energy, climate, and democracy in Cascadia. 🧠🍳 Likes/follows ≠ endorsements.
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Segregation by Design @segbydesign.bsky.social Using data and historic photography to document the destruction of communities of color by redlining, urban renewal, freeways, and disinvestment; also highlighting solutions https://www.segregationbydesign.com/
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 🔥
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The Urbanist @theurbanist.org Advocacy journalism for better cities.👩🦽👨🦯🚶🚴♀️ 🚎 ⛴️ 🚊 🚆 🏙️
Based in the Seattle metro area.
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social Thinking, writing, and speaking about transport, cities, and tech. Contributing Writer @ Bloomberg and cohost @ Look Both Ways w/David & Wes. Working on a book about congestion pricing. linktr.ee/davidzipper
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America Walks @americawalks.bsky.social Everyone should be able to move around their community with dignity and freedom. We are a national non-profit supporting change and changemakers at every level. Americawalks.org
Jonathan Berk 🏠 @berkie1.bsky.social Supporting a new generation of walkable neighborhoods with housing abundance, active public realms, & thriving small business ecosystems. Founder remainplaces.com
WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities @wrirosscities.bsky.social Helping cities make big ideas happen. A program of
@worldresources.bsky.social. Producer of http://TheCityFix.org. Home of #PrizeForCities.
tamika l. butler @tamikabutler.bsky.social Nebraska Always.
@StanfordLaw alum. Fighting racism, poverty & injustice. @UCLA Urban planning PhD. Mobility justice & dignity all day. All tweets/views my own.
Streetsblog USA @usa.streetsblog.org Covering the movement to end car dependency and make America better for walking, biking, transit and more. 
Urban Cycling Institute @urbancyclinginstitute.org Professional Development | Knowledge Transfer | Strategic Advising
Our mission is to serve, teach, and inspire current and future urban professionals in our quest for actionable steps towards safe, inclusive, active mobility.
Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social Canadian Urbanist and Chief Planner for the City of Toronto 🇨🇦
Sarah Goodyear @sgoodyear.bsky.social Writer. New Yorker. Co-host, The War on Cars podcast. Our book, Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile, is out now. lifeaftercars.com
Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social Public transit planning consultant and commentator. Author of the book “Human Transit” and the blog HumanTransit.org. The consulting firm is jarrettwalker.com. Also obsessed with literature and plants.
Anne Hidalgo @annehidalgo.bsky.social Ancienne Maire de Paris
Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org The only website devoted to covering all the livable streets and public space news you need. Visit us at http://nyc.streetsblog.org. Retweets/posts are NOT endorsements.
David Roberts @volts.wtf I run a newsletter/podcast called Volts about clean energy & politics. Subscribe & join the community at http://volts.wtf!
Jay Pitter @jaypitter.bsky.social Award-Winning Placemaker (25+ North American Cities). Author. Speaker. Urban Planning Adjunct Professor. Subdivided Co-Editor. Two Book Deal w/ Penguin Random House Canada. Hip Hop & a lil Punk Rock. Hopeful.
Ilana Preuss @ilanapreuss.bsky.social Small businesses, downtowns, main streets, small-scale manufacturing, filled storefronts, & making great places are my passion. Author, Recast Your City. CEO, Recast City. She/her
Billy Fleming @joobilly.bsky.social Land, Carbon, and Capitalism. Professor @ Temple. Founding Strategic co-director @cplusc.bsky.social. Pre-order my new book, "Building Postcarbon Futures: Land, Justice, and Energy Transitions" here: https://linktr.ee/billyfleming
Kristen Jeffers, MPA ✊🏽🌈 (she/they) @blackurbanist.bsky.social Black, Queer, Dynamically Disabled, Southern USA, Spiritual, Working/Lower-Middle Class Feminist Urbanist freelance writer and editor and podcaster.
Sara Copeland @skcopeland.bsky.social FAICP, Urban planner, MIT alum, KCMO Public Schools parent. Optimist, opinionated. She/hers. Personal account (of course).
Mallory Baches @mallorybaches.bsky.social AICP, LEED-AP, CNU-A
Urban design, sustainable cities, ND Football
Mom, President of @cnunewurbanism.bsky.social
@ox.ac.uk and @ndschoolofarch.bsky.social alum
www.cnu.org
Scott Shepard, AICP, LEED®AP, PMP 🚲🛴🛵🚌🚉🚅 @scottcities1st.bsky.social Founder & CEO @The #CitiesFirst Advisors + Podcast🎙| Author @"#CitiesFirst: Urbanism & Mobility in the Post-COVID City" | Board @Green Mobility Magazine & Intermobility | Advisor @Urban AI | Top Urban Planning Voice 📢
Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social Architect, Urbanist, Author, Photographer
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.
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. 
Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social Co-Founder @ Street Plans | Co-Author #TacticalUrbanism, Smart Growth Manual, Streets for Pandemic Response + Recovery | Board Member @ Congress for New Urbanism | Creator Open_Streets Project | Léo + Luca’s dad | 📍 Brooklyn, NY 🚲 🚶 🚌 🌆
Gil Penalosa @penalosag.bsky.social Founder 8 80 Cities • Worked in over 350 cities • NEW keynotes & workshops on how CITIES can make HEALTHY & HAPPY LIVING the easy choice • Book Gil • Infra + Policy + Programs • Children • Olders • Top 100 urbanist (13).
Justin Garrett Moore @jgmoore.bsky.social I care about people, places, and the planet. Views are my own.
Jess Zimbabwe @jzimbabwe.bsky.social Architect, planner, and Executive Director of Environmental Works Community Design Center in Seattle. Adjunct faculty at UW. Also: cheese, parrots, travel, music, housing, transit, maps, books, dogs, politics.
Strong Towns @strongtowns.org We're changing *everything* about the North American pattern of development. Become a member today! strongtowns.org/membership
@petesaunders.bsky.social @petesaunders.bsky.social 
Better Block @betterblock.bsky.social International urban design nonprofit
Mehri Mohebbi @mmohebbi.bsky.social Intelligent & Healthy Communities | Captured by Nature | I have a @pittsteelers.bsky.social obsession
Kristen Jeffers of The Black Urbanist and Kristpattern @kristenejeffers.bsky.social Founder and Editor-in-chief of The Black Urbanist and crochet designer of Kristpattern.
Contributing editor at Greater Greater Washington
Born and Raised in NC, but DMV resident for last 8 years.
Proudly Black, Queer, Feminist, Disabled and Urbanist!
Places Journal @placesjournal.bsky.social Architecture, landscape, urbanism. Independent nonprofit public scholarship on the built environment. Free & accessible to all.
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The Overhead Wire @theoverheadwire.com Jeff Wood is the host of the Talking Headways podcast and the publisher of The Overhead Wire daily newsletter. http://theoverheadwire.com
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Sara C. Bronin @sarabronin.bsky.social Mexican-American architect, attorney, GW Law professor, National Zoning Atlas/Preservation Atlas founder, "Key to the City" author, preservationist, 7th-generation Texan, mother of 3. https://wwnorton.com/books/key-to-the-city
Amanda Daflos @amandadaflos.bsky.social Deputy Mayor @ City of Los Angeles. Former ED @ Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at JHU. Believer in government and democracy. Lover of family, friends, nature, photography and dogs. 
Center for an Urban Future @nycfuture.bsky.social NYC-based think tank focused on creating a stronger & more inclusive economy in New York City, and expanding economic mobility for all New Yorkers.
Sheila Foster @sheilarose.bsky.social Columbia professor. Scholar of environmental and climate justice, cities, and who gets to build the future. Co-founder LabGov. Detroit born, Miami bred.
https://people.climate.columbia.edu/users/profile/sheila-foster
Kimberly Driggins @driggs16dc.bsky.social Urban planning & development in DC & Detroit; Loeb Fellow 2016; expertise in social infrastructure, placemaking & affordable hsg; love of DJing, arts & culture, international travel, soccer; Jersey girl
Island Press @islandpress.bsky.social Island Press, an imprint of Princeton University Press, publishes books on today’s most pressing environmental issues, including climate & energy, ecosystems, health & food, environmental policy, & more.
https://press.princeton.edu/imprints/island-press
Inga Saffron @ingasaffron.bsky.social Pulitzer Prize-winning Arch. Critic phillyinquirer & author “Becoming Philadelphia”, 20 years of columns, from rutgersupress Lotsa buildings on IG.
Jennifer Keesmaat @jenniferkeesmaat.bsky.social 
Mitchell Silver @mitchellsilver.bsky.social Urban planner, speaker, placemaker and professor of practice. Former NYC Parks Commissioner, Raleigh Chief Planning Officer and AICP & APA President. Passionate about people, planning, parks & public space.