Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
British-American
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org IPPR is the UK’s leading progressive think tank.
Find out more here: linktr.ee/IPPR
Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social Ex NY Times, now author of Substack Paul Krugman. Nobel laureate and, according to Donald Trump, "Deranged BUM". Also Research Professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center and senior scholar at the GC-CUNY Stone Center.
Bryan Stuart @bryanstuart.bsky.social Economist in Philly. Research fellow at IZA. Interested in cities, labor markets, policy, etc. Views are my own. https://www.bryan-stuart.com
Stephen Billings @billingsecon.bsky.social Urban and labor economist with an interest in the intersection of housing, neighborhoods, schools and crime. University of CO.
Arpit Gupta @arpitrage.bsky.social Associate Professor of Finance, NYU Stern
Newsletter: arpitrage.substack.com
Website: arpitgupta.info
Diego Puga @diegopuga.org Professor of Economics at CEMFI doing research on urban economics
Jeffrey Lin @jeffrlin.bsky.social Economist studying cities, regions, and growth. West Philly dad. Views are my own. https://jlin.org/
Urban Economics Association @urbaneconomics.bsky.social The Urban Economics Association seeks to promote participation and excellence in academic research in urban and regional economics.
Allison Shertzer @econhist-allday.bsky.social Economic historian of U.S. cities. Interested in infrastructure, land use regulation, and housing prices over the long run. Views expressed here are my own. Personal website at allisonshertzer.com.
DW Rowlands @82streetcar.bsky.social Freelance Urban Geographer and Master of Social and Anti-Social Sciences. A trains-trans in exile (from Maryland to South Holland). Learning Dutch.
Urban Dispatch @urbandispatch.bsky.social Safe streets & Transit. People need somewhere to sleep and the sidewalk isn’t it. Believer that better more livable cities are possible. Let's stop letting perfection get in the way of progress.
Anon here but happy to chat/meet up IRL
Hartford, CT
MrTinMD @mrtinmd.bsky.social Maryland, USA. Cyclist, photographer, birdwatcher, trains & transit fan, YIMBY, boats/ships/planes lover, cat dad, gardener, married to expert knitter @jerdlngr.bsky.social. Gen X, he/him.
Alex Holt @skatingtomato.bsky.social Still your friendly neighborhood geek/“propogandist.” Baltimore/Maryland correspondent for GGW. He/him. Vocal advocacy classist. Tranist. #ActuallyAutistic
Neighbors for More Neighbors (N4MN) @moreneighbors.org Neighbors for More Neighbors stands up for secure, abundant homes for everyone in the Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota.
We advocate at the state and local level for changes to allow more homes in existing communities.
Website: https://moreneighbors.org/
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies @harvard-jchs.bsky.social We strive to improve equitable access to decent, affordable homes in thriving communities, and we conduct rigorous research to advance housing policy and practice. www.jchs.harvard.edu
Michael Andersen @andersem.bsky.social Believer, skeptic, humanist, typist & dad. Trying to make places fairer as director of cities + towns for @Sightline.org, here in Portland OR. Views here: mine, all mine.
Sightline Institute @sightline.org Think tank cooking up nonpartisan policy research on housing, energy, climate, and democracy in Cascadia. 🧠🍳 Likes/follows ≠ endorsements.
Newsletters: sightline.org/signup
Theo in Arlington @adamtheo.com Adam Theo in Arlington, Virginia 👉 adamtheo.com
📃 I run the 'Arlington VA' feed here
🏘️ YIMBYs of NoVA yimbysofnova.org
🚴 County Transportation Commissioner
💼 Nonprofit Management & Communications
🕺 I want to dance like Sam Rockwell
Max Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler.com AICP certified urban planner doing housing policy stuff at California YIMBY. I used to be much cooler. Tradeoffs are real. he/him
📍 San Francisco
Shane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social Housing guy. Researcher at UCLA Lewis Center, host of UCLA Housing Voice Podcast, author of The Affordable City, resident of Los Angeles.
Welcoming Neighbors Network @welcomingneighbors.us A network of local organizations working to fix the US housing shortage. Our members win pro-housing policy change. We can help you do the same. welcomingneighbors.us.
Sam @samd.bsky.social https://bettercities.substack.com/
Better cities and transit are possible 🚇
#1 Congestion pricing stan
#1 RFK Jr. hater
anti-slopulist
Mike English @mocomikee.bsky.social Downtown Silver Spring Maryland resident and housing advocate. Trans Rights. Liberal. YIMBY. Supply, Stability, Subsidy. Autistic and it’s fine, views my own. he/him
Jerome Alexander Horne @jahorne.bsky.social 🏙️🚶🏾♂️🚍🚏🚇🚲💪🏾🏳️🌈 (He/Him) Queer Urbanist - Transit Professional - Transit Nerd - Community Connector
Interests: Cities, Cycling, Walking, Architecture, Museums, Performing Arts, Trains, Buses, People
All views are mine.
https://www.instagram.com/jahorne
National Association of City Transportation Officials @nacto.bsky.social 100+ North American cities & transit agencies exchanging transportation ideas, insights, and practices. www.nacto.org
Next City @nextcity.org Next City’s journalism centers marginalized voices while amplifying solutions to the problems that oppress people in cities.
Veronica O. Davis @veronicaodavis.bsky.social Author, Inclusive Transportation: A Manifesto for Repairing Divided Communities
veronicao.com
She/Her #TransportationNerd #InclusiveTransportation 🔺🐘
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.
Parking Reform Network @parkingreform.org An org with a mission to educate the public about the impact of parking policy on housing, climate, equity, and traffic.
https://linktr.ee/parkingreform
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/
Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social Plangineer (AICP) when I’m at work, alter ego CityNerd when I’m not. New videos on cities and transportation every Wednesday. Nerd4cities.com | http://linktr.ee/CityNerd
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.
Action Committee for Transit 👣🚲🚇🚍🚊 @actfortransit.bsky.social We advocate for more & better transit; streets safe for everyone; & housing & land use policies to make this possible. A Montgomery County, Maryland, built for people and not for automobiles. https://www.actfortransit.org/
RAIL Magazine @railmag.bsky.social The most extensive coverage of North American passenger rail 
Home - Maryland Matters [Unofficial] @marylandmatters.org.web.brid.gy 🌉 bridged from 🌐 https://marylandmatters.org/: https://fed.brid.gy/web/marylandmatters.org
Lisa Snowden @lisasnowden.bsky.social CEO and Publisher of @baltimorebeat.bsky.social, a nonprofit newsroom in beautiful Baltimore City.
Governor Wes Moore @govwesmoore.bsky.social Maryland's Governor. On a mission to #LeaveNoOneBehind.
WAMU | American University Radio [Unofficial] @wamu.org.web.brid.gy WAMU 88.5 is Washington’s NPR station, featuring local news on education, transportation, politics, and more as well as programs like 1A.
🌉 bridged from 🌐 https://wamu.org/: https://fed.brid.gy/web/wamu.org
DC News Now @dcnewsnow.bsky.social Your source for news, weather, traffic, and sports in DC, Maryland, and Virginia.
Capital Bikeshare @bikeshare.bsky.social Metro DC’s bikeshare system 🚲 Need customer service? Chat with us in the Capital Bikeshare app or Lyft app
Hill Rag DC @hillragdc.bsky.social https://www.hillrag.com
Daily online, monthly in print. The hyper local news that matters to the people who really live on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC – the neighborhoods around the dome.
Shomari Stone @shomaristone.bsky.social @FOX5DC Anchor: Mon-Fri 4pm | Reporter: 10pm & 11pm | 7X Emmy, 2X Murrow Award Winner, @StJohnsCHS,@umich alum, @umichfootball Dad,Download FOX5 App. Watch LIVE
DCtomsherwood @trsdc.bsky.social Journalist interested in the politics of the DMV - DC , Maryland and Virginia … and any federal government effect on our region.
Anthony Tilghman @anthonytilghman.bsky.social Author, Award-Winning freelance Photojournalist & Education advocate @washInformer #Scorpio #Father Commissioner City of District Heights
Candidate for State Delegate AnthonyforMaryland.com
Friends of DC Streetcar @fodstreetcar.bsky.social Transportation equity. It matters. Community based organization working towards transportation equity via extensions of the DC Streetcar to underserved communities.
The Hill is Home @thehillishome.com Community news & information for Capitol Hill, DC. The Nacotchtank once walked their dogs here. Brickie-award winning snark for the District. http://linktr.ee/thehillishome
Washington Metrorail Safety Commission (WMSC) @metrorailsafety.bsky.social We are the independent entity responsible for direct safety oversight and enforcement on WMATA's Metrorail system in D.C., Maryland and Virginia. More at WMSC.gov
Senator Ankit Jain @ankitjaindc.bsky.social Elected U.S. Senator for Washington, DC. Fighting for the rights of 700k+ tax paying Americans.
Connect with my office at https://senatorjaindc.com/
Streets of Washington @streetsofdc.bsky.social Unique vintage images from postcards, stereoviews and other ephemera as well as in-depth stories about historic people and places in the Washington, D.C. area.
Jaime Fearer @bogrosemary.bsky.social mama + partner | at the intersection of community planning + health equity | #DCStatehood #FreeDC | thoughts + typoos = mine | she/her 🖖🏻 חי 🏳️🌈 | jaimefearer.com
Nick Sementelli @nsementelli.bsky.social National progressive political strategist by day, local safe streets and housing advocate by night. @ggwash board member.
alex baca @alexbaca.bsky.social midnight at the laundromat and i’m staring at you pulling clothes from the dryer. doer of the politics of the urbanist pro-growth left. having fun in ward 1, washington, d.c., the best city in america.
Neil Flanagan 🧱🗃️ @jgbollard.bsky.social I am writing a book that explains why Washington DC is the way it is: leafy, monumental, and segregated. I am also a licensed architect.
https://www.thebirthofacapital.info
alex block ⚽️ @alexblock.bsky.social cities, transportation, transit, and other intermittent discussion.
Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social my next book is about why it's so hard to build. send me your thoughts!
Ethan Kent @ethankent.bsky.social Supporting public space and placemaking learning, advocacy, & action globally.
Executive Director @placemakingx.bsky.social
https://www.placemakingx.org/people/ethan-kent
Also with @sociallifeproject.bsky.social
Formerly with @ppsplacemaking.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. 
Charles Montgomery @charlesincities.bsky.social Author, Happy City.
Founder, Happy Cities.
I post on the connection between design + social trust.
Cities, algorithms, laws and invisible systems.
🧠🏙️🌈🏔️
Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social More housing, bikes, and transit.
https://youtube.com/@ohtheurbanity
📍 Montreal, Quebec
The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social A podcast about the fight against car culture. Hosted by Sarah Goodyear & Doug Gordon.
Our new book, "Life After Cars" is out now.
https://www.lifeaftercars.com/
https://www.patreon.com/thewaroncarspod
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.
The Washington Informer @washingtoninformer.com Top-leading African American woman-owned media company serving the Washington D.C. metro area since 1964. www.WashingtonInformer.com #BlackPressMatters #BeInformed
NPR @npr.org This is NPR 🎙️
The Urbanist @theurbanist.org Advocacy journalism for better cities.👩🦽👨🦯🚶🚴♀️ 🚎 ⛴️ 🚊 🚆 🏙️
Based in the Seattle metro area.
Read our coverage on theurbanist.org. 📰
Alon (they/them) @alonlevy.bsky.social Transit researcher in Berlin. Lived in Tel Aviv, Singapore, the Riviera, New York, Providence, Vancouver, Stockholm, Paris. https://pedestrianobservations.com/ http://patreon.com/alonlevy alon@pedestrianobservations.com @alon@mastodon.social ↙️↙️↙️
Stephen Repetski @srepetsk.net Trains, transit, pedestrian advocacy | @MetroReasons for @GGWash | he/him | tips@srepetsk.net | 🚶♂️🚴♂️🚆👨💻✍️🏳️🌈
Socials:
Mastodon: https://dmv.community/@srepetsk
Signal: srepetsk.08
Pixelfed: srepetsk
Metro @wmata.com Official Bluesky page for WMATA, aka Metro, the major public transit provider in the National Capital Region, serving Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia.
wmata.com
Randy Clarke @wmatagm.bsky.social Proudly leading the Metro team @wmata.com (America’s Metro System) as GM & CEO. Also on IG and Twitter with same handle.
PoPville @popville.bsky.social Chronicling the happenings in Washington D.C.’s neighborhoods since 2006. Founder: Dan Silverman princeofpetworth@gmail.com
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.
Washingtonian @washingtonian.com The magazine Washington lives by. Your guide to all things DC 🌸
TRB @trb.org The Transportation Research Board, part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, provides leadership in transportation. Home of #TRBAM
ARLnow @arlnow.bsky.social Local news for Arlington, Virginia. Since 2010.
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
Alexandra Skores @askores.bsky.social CNN Transportation Reporter/Writer | alexandra.skores@cnn.com | https://www.cnn.com/profiles/alexandra-skores | Follow me on X: @AlexandraSkores
Aidan T 🌐 @buildhomes.bsky.social map.aidanthornsberry.com
Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social 
Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com Transport / Housing / Land Use / Politics / @urbaninstitute.bsky.social / Le progrès ne vaut que s’il est partagé par tous / yonahfreemark.com / thetransportpolitic.com
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!
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.
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.
https://linktr.ee/mrerussell | Signal: byer.32
Matt’ Johnson @tracktwentynine.bsky.social gay. transportation planner. Dupont Circle resident. ATL native. Georgia Tech alum. Commissioner for SMD 2B06. 🏳️🌈🚲 Opinions my own. He/him
Not Just Bikes 🇳🇱 @notjustbikes.com W Social 🇪🇺 account for the creator of Not Just Bikes
and The Urbanist Agenda Podcast.
Host of the public transit travel show Day Pass on Nebula.
Based in Amsterdam.
notjustbikes.com
daypasstravel.com
urbanistagenda.com
social.notjustbikes.com
Payton Chung 🏳️🌈 @westnorth.com Card-carrying urbanist since 1998; housing developer, author, museum docent, board member, #climate voter. Opine solely for myself. Ex-CHI, BOS, RDU 🚄🚋🚴♂️🌇🏗️🚰🏳️🌈
Words @ggwash.org @citybuilder.bsky.social
Tracy Hadden Loh @lohplaces.bsky.social CRE, placemaking, transit, regionalism
Boards: WMATA, GGWash
Bio: https://www.brookings.edu/people/tracy-hadden-loh/
Stewart Schwartz @stewartcsg.bsky.social Executive Director, Coalition for Smarter Growth, www.smartergrowth.net; Navy Veteran; believer in democracy, sustainable, inclusive, walkable communities & fighting climate change
Jenny Schuetz @jennyschuetz.bsky.social Housing policy wonk. Forever bullish on cities. VP of Housing at Arnold Ventures.
Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social D.C. reporter, @washingtonsun.bsky.social. Former: @51st.news, WAMU, and DCist.
BeyondDC @beyonddc.bsky.social Urbanism & transportation, WashDC.
Planner, professor, longtime GGWash.
Trying for joy rather than doom & dunks; not always succeeding.
Aaron Wiener @aaronwiener.bsky.social Berlin bureau chief @washingtonpost.com
Washington City Paper @wcp.bsky.social Member-supported community newspaper with reporting on Washington, D.C. culture, food, arts, sports, and politics. Support our work: https://buff.ly/HSgIgcc
TransitCenter @transitcenter.bsky.social A foundation working to secure a just and sustainable future with abundant transportation options. transitcenter.org
NIMBY Patrol @nimbypatrol.bsky.social Taking you deep inside the minds of NIMBYS(Not In My BackYard). They 🐶😙, I translate. Send me your NIMBY screenshots 🙊. PhD NIMBY Studies, UC Berkeley.
Chelsea Allinger @allinsea.bsky.social Executive Director of Greater Greater Washington. PhD candidate. Former ANC commissioner (2019-2023). Senior cat mom.
📍Washington, DC
Washcycle @washcycle.bsky.social 
Streetsblog USA @usa.streetsblog.org Covering the movement to end car dependency and make America better for walking, biking, transit and more. 
David Alpert @alpert.bsky.social Dad, rock climber, former GGWash head, Janeese Lewis George policy team
d. reed, crisp & juicy enjoyer 🦀🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇬🇾 @justupthepike.bsky.social maryland policy director @ggwash.org, your east silver spring civic association VP, pit bull parent, elder emo, just out here getting cuter. no growth has to mean less is less. they/them. https://linktr.ee/justupthepike