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Tony Plohetski @tonyplohetski.bsky.social Austin-based journalist. 🏆: duPont-Columbia; Pulitzer finalist for Uvalde coverage; Texas’ best print and TV journalist in ‘23. 🏳️🌈
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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 🚲 🚶 🚌 🌆
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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.
Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social Policy & Planning Dir. @marinbike.org • UCLA Urban Planning • AICP Planner • Baltimore ➡️ LA ➡️ East Bay • 🚫🚗Car-free commuting since 2015 • Missing middle renter.
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Not Just Bikes 🇳🇱 @notjustbikes.com W Social 🇪🇺 account for the creator of Not Just Bikes and The Urbanist Agenda Podcast.
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Charles Montgomery @charlesincities.bsky.social Author, Happy City.
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Vision Zero Vancouver @visionzerovancouver.ca Every year in Metro Vancouver, car crashes kill 100 people. We can get to zero by demanding governments design transportation systems to put safety first. http://linkin.bio/visionzeroyvr
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Paul (parking reform) Barter @paulbarter.bsky.social Yes, a parking-policy book club IS my idea of fun. You got a problem with that?
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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.
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De Filmende Fietser @filmendefietser.eurosky.social Utrecht 🇳🇱 based fietser | All about Dutch cycling and bike advocacy | Fietsfluencer | Cycling guide | Board member Fietsmaatjes Utrecht 🚲 📹
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Matt Hutchins AIA @matthutchins.bsky.social Principal at CAST architecture, urbanist advocating for housing options, 15-minute cities and sustainable construction. Passivhaus proponent. Former AIA Seattle President and Seattle Planning Commission Co-Chair
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.
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Dave Amos - City Beautiful @citybeautiful.nebula.tv Assistant professor, City and Regional Planning, Cal Poly SLO
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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk Transport and urban planning stuff. I run sustainable transport and environmental justice non-profits: @transportgood.org @transportfornewhomes.org.uk
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A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social Author, When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency
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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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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
Kent Lundberg @kentlundberg.bsky.social Sustainable transport and car optional cities. I lead a small company focused on public transport, urban design, parking reform and investment advice. Auckland, New Zealand.
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Pr Carlos Moreno - IAE Paris1 Sorbonne University @carlosmorenofr.bsky.social Professor IAE-Paris1 Sorbonne
French Academy of Technologies
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tamika l. butler @tamikabutler.bsky.social Nebraska Always.
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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social Hi! I'm John Simmerman, founder of Active Towns, a channel dedicated to profiling the people, places, and programs promoting a "Culture of Activity" for "All Ages & Abilities." Learn more 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@activetowns
Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social Strategy/Creative/Content/Branding @ rovélo creative. Lectures on reframing the mainstream narrative around road safety, cities and mobility.
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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.
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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social Canadian Urbanist and Chief Planner for the City of Toronto 🇨🇦
Sam @samd.bsky.social https://bettercities.substack.com/
Better cities and transit are possible 🚇
#1 Congestion pricing stan
#1 RFK Jr. hater
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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.
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Hayden Clarkin @thetransitguy.com I like trains and walkable neighborhoods.
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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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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social the once and future city planner // chief urban planner METROPOLITAN ABUNDANCE PROJECT // AICP // YIMBY // #BBN // author of hit broadway musical arbitrary lines
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