Matt Frederick @mttfrdrck.bsky.social Edgewater Chicagoan | former St. Louisan
mattfrederick.substack.com
Streetsblog USA @usa.streetsblog.org Covering the movement to end car dependency and make America better for walking, biking, transit and more.
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
The Urbanist @theurbanist.org Advocacy journalism for better cities.👩🦽👨🦯🚶🚴♀️ 🚎 ⛴️ 🚊 🚆 🏙️
Based in the Seattle metro area.
Read our coverage on theurbanist.org. 📰
TransitCenter @transitcenter.bsky.social A foundation working to secure a just and sustainable future with abundant transportation options. transitcenter.org
Climate and Transit @climateandtransit.bsky.social A focus on city planning,transit planning and sustainability!
“Train good and car bad!”
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
Sign up for our 20 year old daily newsletter here: https://mailchi.mp/theoverheadwire/trial
Illinois Environmental Council (IEC) @ilenviro.bsky.social 50 years of building power for people & the environment by
⚡️ advancing equitable policies
📗 equipping folks with policy knowledge
Mike Quigley @quigley.house.gov Representing Illinois' 5th District. House Appropriations & Intel Member, amateur hockey player, and proud Cubs fan. He/Him.
Sierra Club Chicago @sierraclubchicago.bsky.social Explore, enjoy, and protect the planet 🌎🚊🚴♂️🐟🌳💚
like/follow ≠ endorsement
Environmental Law & Policy Center @elpcenter.bsky.social We advocate, innovate, and litigate to protect the Midwest’s environment.
Strong Towns Chicago @strongtownschicago.bsky.social Have fun and make a difference with an active urbanist community. Join us!
Housing 🏡 Transit 🚎 Finance 🤓
Website: strongtownschicago.org
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/strongtownschicago
PeopleForBikes @peopleforbikes.bsky.social Better biking since 1999 🚲
www.peopleforbikes.org
Center for Neighborhood Technology @cnt.org Center for Neighborhood Technology delivers innovative analysis and solutions that support community-based organizations and local governments to create neighborhoods that are equitable, sustainable, and resilient
Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth @leniann.bsky.social She/her. Personal account. 🇵🇭🏳️🌈💃🏻💙
For official aldermanic services and response go to the48thward.org
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.
Streetsblog California @streetsblogca.bsky.social
Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social A new communications-focussed collaboration launched to champion the truth and fight disinformation about how to make better cities for people. Formed by @brenttoderian.bsky.social @tomflood.bsky.social @grantennis.bsky.social.
www.UrbanTruthCollective.com
Metropolitan Planning Council @metroplanning.bsky.social Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) is a planning and policy organization addressing regional built environment issues through a racial and economic justice lens. We work to create Thriving Communities, Equitable Infrastructure and Just Public Systems.
NITA (Parody) @nitachicago.org This is a parody account of @nitachicago.bsky.social, providing decent transit service since 2027.
Not affiliated with any Chicago or Illinois transit agency.
PFP by @evieatarax.bsky.social
Marijuana Records @marijuanarecords.bsky.social Marijuana Records is a record label and digital record store based in Denver, Colorado. #ASCAP
https://www.ebay.com/usr/marijuanarecords www.instagram.com/marijuanarecords
scrubby01 @scrubby01.bsky.social
@rndh1396.bsky.social @rndh1396.bsky.social
Joshua Houdek @jhoudek.bsky.social Bicycling. Walking. Transit. Electrification. Climate.
Clean transportation & housing for all. @sierraclubmn.bsky.social
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Will Jones @willpjones.bsky.social Historian of race and class; Author: The March on Washington & The Tribe of Black Ulysses; Professor, University of Minnesota; President, @umn-tc-aaup.bsky.social; Editor, "Up For Debate" @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social
ORCHID: 0000-0001-9295-866X
CorbyTheSkullie @corbytheskullie.bsky.social 20, rp open, transformation art enjoyer, therian
BOTS AND ART THIEVES WILL BE BLOCKED
DO NOT DM ME OUT OF THE BLUE
@nathansheskey.bsky.social @nathansheskey.bsky.social
@leftwingmusicfrank.bsky.social @leftwingmusicfrank.bsky.social Retired Left-Wing Christian barely surviving economically. I have been waiting for the Revolution for 50 years. Supporter of Democracy Now, Poor People's Campaign, Bernie Sanders, & In These Times. Proud "Radical Left Lunatic".
Richard @fish1467.bsky.social Rail history enthusiast; gardener; hiker; yoga practitioner; environmentalist; Mitakuye owas’in (all my relations), VFW Life Member
💙💙💙 #savesoil #consciousplanet #Woke #BlueCrew
The Transit Guy @thetransitguy.bsky.social Public transportation advocate spreading information about its numerous benefits.
Mike Christensen, MCMP, CNU-A, AICP @mrc-slc.bsky.social Executive Director of the http://UtahRPA.org, home of @LinkUtah.org. Member of @cnunewurbanism.bsky.social, @strongtowns.org, and @railpassengers.org.
Lake. Big Lake. @lakebiglake.bsky.social White Sox⚾️, N.Y. Mets⚾️, Everton⚽️, transportation and urbanism advocate 🚲🚲🚲. Chicago U.S. 🏳️🌈☮️
Wren @wren-the-meowth.bsky.social A cat who enjoys games, is in VR way too much, and loves relaxing and watching stuff with friends.
🔞I repost a lot of horny furry stuff, so beware. No minors.
David F. 🚞 @davidnightjet.bsky.social Urbanist, gamer, Twitch Affiliate. Unapologetic NJ sass. Predebut Jersey Devil vtuber ∥ I mod for vtubers: http://dnjvtubers.carrd.co ∥ he/him ∥ DMs open if you want to yap ♥️
I stream every now and then! https://twitch.tv/DavidNightjet
Californians for Electric Rail @calelectricrail.org Bringing together transit riders, environmentalists, and union members for fast, clean, safe catenary electric regional, intercity, and freight rail in California. #CatenaryNow #ElectrifyMetrolink
Timothy Blanchard @zegano.bsky.social Just here to doomscroll.
Juli @okcryptid.bsky.social she/her | laid-off game dev | mostly post about what I'm reading | mostly repost jokes and fanart | formerly at ZOS on ESO
@runnerdude29.bsky.social @runnerdude29.bsky.social
foxyjewishmama @foxyjewishmama.bsky.social Sammy (she/her) Chicago-based architecture worker, cyclist, pedestrian, transit rider.
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
Metropolitan Transportation Authority @mta.info Visit mta.info for service information.
Download our official apps for real-time customer care: mta.info/apps
Reece Martin @rmtransit.bsky.social Writer, CS Grad, environmentalist and optimist.
Focused on infrastructure, macro-systems, and excellence. Bylines in The Globe and Mail, Maclean's, and Toronto Star. DMs Open.
https://www.thetransitbrief.net/
All Aboard Minnesota @allaboardmn.org 🚞 Non-profit education and advocacy organization focused on the expansion of interstate passenger rail within Minnesota and the Midwest
https://linktr.ee/allaboardmn
All Aboard Washington @aawa.us For over forty years, All Aboard Washington (AAWA) has promoted better passenger and freight rail service in the Pacific Northwest. We champion safe, reliable, frequent, competitive, and convenient passenger rail services that meet the needs of all.
All Aboard Ohio @allaboardohio.org 🚂 Team Choo Choo — We advocate for better transit and passenger rail in Ohio
‼️Sign our letter of support: https://www.allaboardohio.org/link-in-bio?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=LinkInBio
Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority @bigskyrail.bsky.social Revitalizing Communities and Building Sustainable Economies. Restoring regional passenger rail across southern Montana and the Big Sky North Coast Corridor #CID
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.
https://railpassengers.org/biolink
https://railpassengers.substack.com/
Gareth Dennis @garethdennis.uk Rail engineer and writer. Hosts @railnatter.uk and @trainsatlantic.uk. HOW THE RAILWAYS WILL FIX THE FUTURE (https://bit.ly/HowTheRailways) available everywhere. He/him.
Climate Cabinet Action @climatecabinet.org We help candidates run - and win - on climate. climatecabinet.org
Strong Towns @strongtowns.org We're changing *everything* about the North American pattern of development. Become a member today! strongtowns.org/membership
devicedude @devicedude.bsky.social just trying not to go mad…MAD I SAY! 😉 (He/him/his) aka Daiatlas
let's fucking goux travis steve @kefirmadness.bsky.social the lexaprole - best wizard is always the nicest🧙🏻♂️ toxin, massachusetts 🦠🦞
Clay Nobles @claynobles.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 Blue💙 Left liberal Democrat 🧢 living/teaching English in Mexico to the locals. 🏳️🌈 Choice + Equality = Freedom 💙🌊🏳️🌈 💙🩵💚💛🧡❤️🩷🧢 BlueCrewResister
Threads: claynobles2004
Joel @jtmac1709930.bsky.social Car-free on Chicago’s Northwest side. Biking, botanizing, birding, and transit.
Certified Mutant Enemy @drum-corps.net About: https://www.storage-b.com/about
Website: https://www.amon-hen.com/
Drum and Bugle Corps: https://www.drum-corps.net/
| World Traveler | Bluecoats | John Carroll University Alumnus | Physics | Computers | Drum and Bugle Corps |
Zach Schamis @zschamis.com ATL | Urbanism + Transit Enthusiast | Go Dawgs
Ben S @bensh3.bsky.social Transit planning & geospatial analysis
Ed Bacon fan | 平均地权 upholder | Philadelphia maneto
Posts are mine only and don't reflect anyone else
𝑅𝑜𝑦 @eroi-boi.bsky.social ⚛ nuclear engineer / alchemist. curious about energy, sustainability, and complex systems. blm, acab, landback ↙️↙️↙️ he/him (@eroi_boi on 🐦)
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James @jtmcad14.bsky.social 30, he/him, happily married, librarian, Cubs/baseball, weather, old music, maps, history.
#CubTogether 83-66 ⚾️
Capt. Jack Sharrow @sharrows.bsky.social We are all we’ve got. We are all we need. ✊🏽
Community Organizer 🚲 @cyclingxsolidarity
Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org Chicagoans working together to make our streets better for walking, rolling, bicycling and public transit.
🧑🦼🚶🚲🚌
linktr.ee/betterstreetschicago
Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social Chicago's neighborhood news source.
Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com The hardest-working paper in America.
Chicago, Bike Grid Now! @bikegridnow.org We're demanding a city-wide #bikegridnow with slow & safe bike-prioritized streets across Chicago. bikegridnow.org
Chicago Bike Sox @chicagobikesox.com Let’s bike to the ballpark
https://chicagobikesox.com
Bebo, Chicago Rat Czar 🐀 @bebopott.bsky.social ✶✶✶✶ devout Chicagoan || a blog called SILLY PRIZES || AudHD socialist rabble-rouser || doesn't have much plot significance but that doesn't stop him from chilling || "an account" per Chicago Sun-Times
Michael McLean @michaelmclean.me Ideal city: ⚛️ nuclear-powered, 🏙️ dense housing, 💰 affordable, 🚇 transit. Aka Chicago.
Posting about those things here, and trying to make them better IRL.
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
Protect Bridgeport Bicyclists @stevevance.net Chicago, zoning, ADUs, transportation, maps
my blog: http://stevencanplan.com
my business: http://chicagocityscape.com
BUILD: https://buildforil.org/
C Tomaszkiewicz @ctomaszkiewicz.bsky.social
Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social Suburbanite. Sustainable transportation advocacy, for Chicago and Chicagoland. #BuildTheTunnel
“The smart, transit-oriented [social media] account” -Chicago Tribune
Planning, building, breaking, rebuilding.
Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social Midwest correspondent at The Economist, in Chicago. Before that, in London, Mumbai, Nairobi and DC.
Buy my book: http://shorturl.at/BJOUV
Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social Chicago Tribune reporter, 2026 Pulitzer team, author "The City is Up for Grabs." Little Village raised. I'm just trying to make my city a better place
Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com Architecture, interesting & historic places, Chicago, exploring cities by bike & transit. Mostly photos. Views my own. He/him. 🚲 🏙️ 🚆 🐱 🏳️🌈 📷
Maya Dukmasova @mdoukmas.bsky.social Senior reporter at Injustice Watch. Citizen of Flavortown. Chicago Reader alum. Send your courts tips.
Headshot: Varvara Mikushkina
Cover photo: Brian Cassella
Beautiful Women Updates @aoife.bsky.social great lakes secessionist | ask your therapist about me (she/her)
Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social Chicagoan, journalist, photographer, author, copy editor, flâneur. https://www.robertloerzel.com/
Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social Chicago. Interested in how places are shaped. Friend to alley cats. I don't speak on behalf of my affiliations. he/him
"We know this world is good enough because it has to be."
Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com (He/Him) Folk Technologist • anthony.moser@gmail.com • N4EJ • http://www.BetterDataPortal.com • baker in The FOIA Bakery • http://publicdatatools.com • http://deseguys.com • #1 on hackernews when you search for "hater" • anthonymoser.github.io/writing/
Jonathan (Jonny) Ballew @jballew.bsky.social Journalist turned Defense Attorney.
Criminal Defense Trial Attorney. Public Defender in Illinois.
Bodéwadmi Ndaw (I am Potawatomi)
Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social ✶ State investigations editor at https://illinoisanswers.org/ ✶ https://www.jim-daley.com/ ✶ DM for Signal ✶ He/him
Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social Professionally disagreeable senior Chicago politics reporter for @wttw.bsky.social News
TomTom @tomtomchi.bsky.social Urban planner, friend to animals, bike/transit rider, Chicago fag against fascism
Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social Chicago journalist. Formerly The People’s Fabric.
Co-founder @UnraveledPress.com.
Got a tip? Signal is @sheld.01. Email:steve@unraveledpress.com
Injustice Watch @injusticewatch.org Injustice Watch is a Chicago-based nonprofit journalism organization that examines issues of equity and justice in the Cook County court system. https://linktr.ee/injusticewatch
Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social I run a produce store, a florist, a wine shop, and mostly post about bike lanes.
📍Hyde Park, Chicago
South Side Weekly @southsideweekly.bsky.social News, arts, and investigations by and for Chicago's South Side. southsideweekly.com
Zak Yudhishthu @zyudhishthu.bsky.social Sidewalk enthusiast and adopted Midwesterner (formerly Twin Cities, Chicago). I write and research about housing and cities. PhD student at UW-Madison.
https://pencillingout.substack.com/
https://zakyudhishthu.github.io/
Mr. Brutalism @jmings.bsky.social Official account of Mr. Brutalism. Architect/Founder of @aggregate-studio.com. Views are my own, y’all should love Brutalism and never skip Leg Day. He/Him/His
https://aggregate-studio.com
r o n y t h e b i k e c z a r @ronythebikeczar.bsky.social Bike Cities Food Systems Data Coffee Tea Bread Cat Former Coastal Elite Person
¡matt! ✶✶✶✶ @mattfromchicago.bsky.social just an idiot
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he/him
A. Bean @abeanchi.bsky.social One-time applicant for Chicago Alderman. Love books, history, movies, & architecture. Sometimes Too Online, but working to never be Terminally Online.
Jeremy Glover @jgrantglover.bsky.social Active transportation 🚲🚶🚇 • Climate and land use 🌳🌆 • Chicago politics 🌬️ • Dad x2 • Tweets and opinions my own • he/him
A.D. Quig @adquig.bsky.social Cook County, Chicago City Hall and Obama Presidential Center reporter for the Chicago Tribune. Hoosier. aquig@chicagotribune.com
DLS @forensicgarlic.bsky.social Chicagoan. Valpo grad. Member of Half Acre Cycling. Awesome Foundation. Occasional Karaoke singer. Anti Fascist. Radically pro-transgender.
David Teeghman 🇵🇸 🌏🚴🏻🌹 @teeghman.bsky.social West Sider, YIMBY, biker and organizer. @sierraclubchicago.bsky.social executive committee chair. Radicalized former public school teacher.
ted whalen @introvert.net posts for a very small audience
Jacob E. Peters @archijake.bsky.social Lifelong Chicagoan, lived other places, & it just reinforced my desire to live here. My opinions are mine alone. Find me on the other sites, w/ the same handle.