Charles Taggart @sikolnam.bsky.social Found Canadian. Yankee. New Yorker. Upzone everything.
EA Strom @profmisterlizzie.bsky.social Prof at an unnamed red state university, Urban planning and politics, Florida woman musings, Kaffee und Kuchen bitte, and baseball
Dan Howlett @dhowlett1692.bsky.social Research Associate at The John Carter Brown Library; GMU History PhD researching early American disability and religion; Formerly doing DH at RRCHMN; GWU Fencing coach; Ask Me Anything coordinator at r/AskHistorians
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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net AirlineFlyer. From Twitter.
Airlines, airplanes, trains, transit, travel. #AvGeek co-host of Flightradar24's AvTalk podcast. https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-podcast/
email: jason@airlineflyer.net
Theodoræ Ditsek @theoditsek.bsky.social …and the Zen master says, “we’ll see.”
Transit maps and some other stuff.
Portfolio: theoditsek.wordpress.com
Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social Editor at Streetsblog Los Angeles
Nick Andert @nickandert.bsky.social Documentary filmmaker, writer, occasionally notable for Metro advocacy. Enjoys heist movies. Would probably enjoy heists.
He/Him | Los Angeles | www.deltavproductions.com
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.
Tiffany Babb @ SDCC @explodingarrow.bsky.social Comics and baseball - Editor of The Comics Courier @comicsstaple.bsky.social and @thefanfiles.bsky.social - Previously of Popverse and PanelxPanel - tbabb0621@gmail.com - tiffanybabb.com
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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Gersh Kuntzman @realgershkuntzman.bsky.social Editor of Streetsblog NYC and a New Yorker who bikes. First, Fourth and 21st Amendment absolutist. And from the lawyers: “Organizational affiliation is for identification purposes only.”
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
Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social The defense policy views of the people's champ. AKA Great One, Flex Kavana, and Brahma Bull. Might be Dwayne Johnson, could be Harold Brown. Views my own. Substack⬇️
https://secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com/
Jascha Franklin-Hodge @jfh01.bsky.social Cities, tech, safe streets, decarbonization, oly lifts. 🚍🚲🚶🛴
Emily Badger @emmbadger.bsky.social New York Times journalist covering cities and urban policy for The Upshot. emily.badger@nytimes.com, ebadger.21 on Signal
Out of Context Mickey Mouse Comics @oocmickeycomics.bsky.social A fan of classic, old Mickey Mouse comics and strips. This is an account dedicated to showing the fun, odd, very dated, and more moments of this series.
Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social Housing scholar - California, Mexico, France, Hong Kong
Robert Fruchtman @fruchtose.bsky.social I read housing bills
Lewis Lehe @lewislehe.bsky.social Assoc. Prof at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Traffic, transit and economics. https://lehelab.com/
Ed Mendoza @edmendoza.bsky.social Senior Research Associate at @cayimby.bsky.social
Jenny Schuetz @jennyschuetz.bsky.social Housing policy wonk. Forever bullish on cities. VP of Housing at Arnold Ventures.
Annemarie Gray @annemariegray.bsky.social Executive Director @opennewyork.city / former city worker
Daniel Bowen @danielbowen.au Transport blogger / public transport advocate / campaigner and spokesperson for @ptua.org.au / professional geek. Opinions are all mine.
Bunurong land, Melbourne, Australia
Colin Parent @colinparent.bsky.social Private Citizen living in La Mesa, CA. Secret Identity: CEO & General Counsel for Circulate San Diego. Personal account.
Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social Geoffrey Chaucer (Le Vostre GC): Servaunt of the Kynge. Blogger. Wryter of verse. Wearer of litel woolen hatte. Deputy Forestere of North Petherton. He/hym/hys.
Columbia GSAPP @columbiagsapp.bsky.social Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
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. Lover of dive bars. Boston ex-pat. ✈️ | 🏙 | 🥪 | 🥃
maitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social staff writer at Defector, mostly women's basketball // maitreyi.me
Samer @remas.bsky.social 🇵🇸
Managing Editor at Defector
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Justin Ellis @justinellis.bsky.social Projects & Podcast editor for Defector.com
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Chris Thompson @christhompson.bsky.social Blogger, Defector co-founder, enjoyer of flowers and birds.
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currently on medical leave
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Sabrina Imbler @sabs.bsky.social charismatic megafauna at Defector
books How Far the Light Reaches & Dyke (geology)
newsletter Creatures NYC 🤙 https://buttondown.com/simbler/
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giri nathan @girinathan.bsky.social CHANGEOVER, my book about Alcaraz & Sinner, is out now: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Changeover/Giri-Nathan/9781668076248
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Tom Ley @toley.bsky.social Co-owner Defector Media- Y kathryn @yuekaxu.bsky.social
Brandy Jensen @brandyjensen.bsky.social Culture Editor at Defector
Jonathan Hoefler @jonathanhoefler.com Man of letters.
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🎬 Netflix “Abstract,” S02 E06
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Catherine Ittner @catherine-ittner.bsky.social Texan in NYC working on people-friendly cities
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!
www.adamfishercox.com
Ken Miyagishima @kenmiyagishima.bsky.social Ken is the former four-term widely respected former Mayor of Las Cruces, NM. Ken is warm, funny and engaging, lots of friends and supporters. Independent Candidate for Governor of New Mexico 2026. Retweets 🚫 Paid for by Ken Gallegos Miyagishima Cmte LLC.
New York Transit Museum @nytransitmuseum.bsky.social Telling the stories of New York’s public transportation and the people who make it possible.
nytransitmuseum.org
Belle @befr.bsky.social Transplanted New Yorker, former ad exec, into data, strategy, kids and grandkids.
PBF Comics @pbfcomics.bsky.social Ancient webcomic dark arts by Nick G, often written with friends
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Casey Berkovitz @caseyberk.bsky.social I talk about housing policy for a living, but I skeet about it for fun. Here for housing, politics, sports, and bad jokes. Go bears.
Eric Idle @ericidle.bsky.social Check out the amazing handcrafed gifts made by my daughter at www.idlehandmade.com
You know you want a Holy Grail bag, or that guitar bag, owned only by me and Micky Dolenz. Updates coming shortly...
Sally Hudson @sallylhudson.bsky.social economist // former Charlottesville state rep 🏛️ // UVa prof // election reform 🇺🇸 // I write about bright lights for democracy ✨
Mark James @markjames6.bsky.social Energy law professor and Interim Director of the Institute for Energy and the Environment, Vermont Law and Graduate School.
Chasing a just clean energy transition. 
Meg Frank @peripateticmeg.bsky.social artist and baker and jewelry maker.
they/them/tired - NYC
megfrank.com
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.)
Arpit Gupta @arpitrage.bsky.social Associate Professor of Finance, NYU Stern
Newsletter: arpitrage.substack.com
Website: arpitgupta.info
David King @cityplanning.bsky.social Associate Professor of Urban Planning, Arizona State University
I study transport, land use, local governance.
Cityplanning.01 on signal.
Four freedoms.
Google Scholar page: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=uFu5Z2YAAAAJ&hl=en
Shabazz Stuart @shabazzstuart.bsky.social Born, raised and reside in Brooklyn.🗽CEO of Oonee. Working to make our cities better places to live. 🚲🛴👷🏾Unapologetically Woke. 📣✊🏾🫶🏾
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Kaitlin McCready @kaitmccready.bsky.social Tech. Energy. Transportation. Public trust. Formerly at U.S. Joint Office of Energy and Transportation, MTA, Edelman, Oracle. Founder of Communio Strategies and author of Trust Issues https://readtrustissues.substack.com
DETROITography @detroitography.com Detroit's civic technology and open data vanguard. Since 2013, we have worked with non-profits, community development organizations, and government officials to engage Detroiters in open data and civic technology efforts.
http://detroitography.com
Poorly Drawn Lines @poorlydrawnlines.bsky.social Comics by Reza Farazmand (official account!)
Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social 
Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social Actor/comedian/writer in Toronto. Words in The Beaverton, CBC Comedy, The Toronto Star, McSweeney’s, etc. Pierre Poilievre's personal assistant Mandy. she/her clareblackwood@gmail.com https://www.patreon.com/cw/ClareBlackwoodComedy
Ben Ross @benrosstransit.bsky.social Transit advocate. Environmental scientist. Social Democrat. Author of Dead End: Suburban Sprawl and the Rebirth of American Urbanism.
George Spies @georgespies.bsky.social Safe streets, active transpo, dense urbanism, everybody in, nobody out. I like making stuff. Active member of Traffic Violence Rapid Response as well as Seamless Bay Area. 
Howard Tayler @howardtayler.bsky.social He/Him, Husband to Sandra Tayler, Father of Four, Fully Vaxxed, #mecfs/#LongCovid, howardtayler.com, schlockmercenary.com, writingexcuses.com. This feed is 100% artisanal human me.
Cap'n Transit @capntransit.bsky.social Climate advocate, queer, ranting against bullshit for over a decade. Mostly posting at https://urbanists.social/@capntransit
https://capntransit.blogspot.com/
Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social Mom. Fighter + Community Leader
https://lindseyfornyc.com/
Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social Science writer. New book: A Pox on Fools arrives in May 2026. Preorders https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/808113/a-pox-on-fools-by-thomas-levenson/ Professing science writing at MIT. Spouse & dad. Servant to 2 feline overlords...All opinions mine.
Mikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social Once a Reverend of the Avocado kind. The General Secretary is dead, long live the General Secretary.
Ben K. @benjaminkabak.com Lawyer.
Transit (@2avesag.as), baseball, politics, Yogi photos. Be loud for America.
Emily Smith @emhuntersmith.bsky.social Just a gal interested in sustainability generally + governance, housing, infrastructure and transportation in cities specifically 🌇 In NYC!
Sam @very-simple.com new yorker | feminist | lawyer | photography dilettante
Website: very-simple.com
(she/her)
Paul Ford @ftrain.bsky.social Aboard.com and Ftrain.com. Not steadily here. If you need me: ford@ftrain.com.
SK @sstratpolitics.bsky.social Elections analyst at @stratpolitics.com
1987⚔️🛡️
John Muyskens @johnmuyskens.bsky.social Graphics reporter at The Washington Post focusing on climate change and environmental justice. Cambridge, MA
Ted Mann @whereisted.bsky.social reporter @business, co-author of a book about mistakes. here we are.
tmann55@bloomberg.net // whereisted.01 on signal
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/lights-out-thomas-grytated-mann?variant=39934376575010
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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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social contributing editor at Wired // contributing writer at NYT opinion // making trouble at ■■■■■■■■ // https://signal.me/#eu/3aA6cspNTXUEOtEYwaK6KOFIw8nf-7G1jQBd3MRqrDeUvZxfzp5Py61cKq4GbcNg
Emma Baccellieri @emmabaccellieri.bsky.social Staff writer at Sports Illustrated
Phil @philmarfisi.bsky.social Sidewalk enthusiast. Other interests: public policy, housing, urbanism, Waterloo Region, Ontario politics, #cdnpoli, Star Trek, music, news media, international relations, and the Oxford comma. Democracy is good, actually.
Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com the econ side of everything. @boulderbedrooms.bsky.social, @BoulderProgressives.org, Better Boulder. he/him.
I run Boulder Colorado Election Voter Guide https://bouldercoloradovoterguide.com and @didtherockieslose.com
bob's burgers urbanist @yhdistyminen.bsky.social 🎲 land tax 🔰 weightlifting 🏋️ dadposting 👶 black metal ⚔️
Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social Local tosser
Books author (New: Stroll!)
Toronto Star column writer
Spacing Magazine co-founder
U of T instructor
Trying to do it a bit different here than the last place.
Links to books, etc:
https://linktr.ee/shawnmicallef
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Dan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Political Science at Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology (CMIST)
Ohio State PhD. International Security, Political Psychology, Middle East Politics
Opinions my own, don’t reflect employer, etc.
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.
Paul (parking reform) Barter @paulbarter.bsky.social Yes, a parking-policy book club IS my idea of fun. You got a problem with that?
An 🇦🇺ian in 🇸🇬 (since 2000) but a 🌏 focus.
Join Parking Reform Network!
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John J. Bauters @johnbauters.bsky.social America’s Bike Mayor / #GoOutside / 🌿🐺
Trevor Heywood @metroscapes.ca Not all those who wander are lost. I explore Metroscapes, where natural and built environments collide.
🌐 https://metroscapes.ca
▶️ https://youtube.com/@metroscapes
Streetsblog USA @usa.streetsblog.org Covering the movement to end car dependency and make America better for walking, biking, transit and more. 
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social Canadian public policy guy. 🇨🇦
Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com it's "see-sa"
hot takes bureau chief @thenarwhal.ca
writer @thewalrus.ca
adjunct prof @ubcjournalism.bsky.social
journalist, nêhiyaw, mom, roller skater
she/her ✌️michellecyca.com