Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social Journalist at Mother Jones and elsewhere, author, writer of social media posts on micro-blogging sites. Tips to Amerlan@motherjones.com or on Signal, username annamerlan.30
It’s Sean! @smartgrowthsean.bsky.social Environmental planner, transportation geek, CEQA expert, urban planning professor, sustainability minded, backyard farmer, focused on common sense solutions
The Liberty Pear @thelibertypear.com https://www.TheLibertyPear.com
NO MAGA, Pro Democracy. Populism, working class advocacy, democratization of the economy, & Democratic Socialism.
Based in NYC.
News, economics, politics, holding power to account, & open discussion.
Madison Moskowitz @moskwtz.bsky.social NE Portlander, 5th gen Oregonian, Wyden staffer turned nonprofit advocate trying to house the people & build a better city. YIMBY renter, new ebiker 🪩✨ antifascist and proud of it. No content/engagement is reflective of/endorsed by my employer! she/her
Braided River Campaign @braidedriverpdx.bsky.social Working with river communities for just, green laws in Portland, OR. #justice #democracy #climate www.braidedrivercampaign.org
North Peninsula Review @npeninsulareview.bsky.social Independent newspaper covering every foot of North/mid NE Ptld, e.g., city govt, schools, police & Trump policy impacts...Monthly edition & nearly daily updates at Northpeninsulareview.com 25,000 print readership & 20,000 online. Ex-WW reporter.
Chicago 2100 Urbanism @chicago2100.bsky.social Petition to Demand A World-Class Chicago Transit System: https://www.change.org/Chicago2100
Advocating for a better tomorrow, one street at a time
Our Streets @ourstreetsmn.org We work to make biking, walking, & rolling easy & comfortable for everyone.
Sally Watson @salawatson.bsky.social Cities, cycling, planning and play. Often on a bike or in a museum.
Co-host - activetravelcafe.org.uk
Trustee - historictownstrust.uk
Climate and Transit @climateandtransit.bsky.social A focus on city planning,transit planning and sustainability!
“Train good and car bad!”
Jessica de Heij @jdeheij.bsky.social 15-minute cities advocacy | Urbanism | Sustainability | 🇳🇱🇳🇿
Views are my own
📍Ōtepoti Dunedin, NZ
Nat Henry @nathenry.com Director of Henry Spatial Analysis | Professional Geographer | Seattleite | Into maps, health data, walking places
TandemKate @tandemkate.bsky.social Active travel enthusiast, mobility impaired, enjoy outdoors, making stuff, reading, games, music
I work for Wheels for Wellbeing - all views here are my own
The Third Place @thirdplace.bsky.social Urbanist exploring how to transform Stockholm’s public spaces into vibrant, social "third places." 🌍✨DM me the spots you want to fix! ✉️
📍 Sweden
https://tplace.substack.com/
Share the Cities (Seattle) @sharethecities.bsky.social Share The Cities. We are yes in my back yard for social housing & tenant led organizing. Public Broadband & Public Bathrooms & @electioncheatsheet.bsky.social
Indian Urbanism @indianurbanist.bsky.social Progressive Urbanism thoughts related to India || Slums || Transit || Cycling || Pedestrians || Housing Shortage || Rental Discrimination || Climate Change ||
Bike Gillian @bikegillian.bsky.social Leader of Kidical Mass Arlington, Escuela Key Bicibús, Safe Streets Are For Everyone Thank You (SSAFETY.org).
Advocate for safe & sustainable transportation, housing, and a better Arlington VA / DC region
Cassie Smith (she/her) @cassiesmith.bsky.social Feminist geographer and cargo bike mom.
Volunteer: Bike Ottawa VP, For Our Kids, Kidical Mass championing safe, sustainable, fun, and equitable spaces especially for kids.
Work: Transportation strategy and solutions with EnviroCentre. Views my own.
Christy Kwan @christykwan.bsky.social Geriatric millennial exhausted by everything but still walking, taking transit, and riding bikes for joy // Ward 6 DC // 💛🚶🏻♀️🚲🦽🛴🚍🚇 // Volunteer Co-Chair of @safestreetsdc.bsky.social
Seattle Department of Transportation @transportation.seattle.gov Maintaining and modernizing Seattle's streets
For service requests: call 206-684-7623 or use the Find It, Fix It app: seattle.gov/customer-service-bureau/find-it-fix-it-mobile-app
City policies: seattle.gov/digital
David Ho @davidho.bsky.social Climate scientist; ocean carbon cycle and climate solutions. Professor @soest.hawaii.edu, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa; Visiting Faculty, Arizona State University. https://linktr.ee/david_ho
helen (she/her) @helenl.bsky.social development professional working on vibrant, sustainable & inclusive communities
pro abundant & affordable housing, bike & bus lanes, & not getting hit by cars 🏡🏢🚎🚲 ❤️| posts & sarcasm my own |
Host of podcast urbanismvancouver.com
Megan Ross @meganross.bsky.social irish, urbanist, cyclist, music enjoyer, ginger beer enthusiast | personal account | Seattle, WA
Huyen Le @huyentkle.bsky.social Urban transport/health researcher. Assoc Prof @ Ohio State University. Interested in sustainable transportation, environmental exposure, environmental justice, well-being, & coconuts. Personal account.
https://u.osu.edu/huyenle/
Cycle Toronto @cycletoronto.bsky.social We're a member-supported charity that's been leading the change for a healthier and more vibrant city since 2008.
Join the movement: www.cycleto.ca
Unlikely Cyclists 🚲 Jenn @unlikelycyclists.bsky.social Cargo biker. Op-shopper. Eco-Worrier. Mum.
Lucy Maloney @lucymaloney.bsky.social City Councillor with OneCity Vancouver. Road safety advocate, former environmental lawyer, cyclist, parent. Working for you.
Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social Chartered Civil Engineer working in the world of active travel 🚴♀️ 🌍 Likes to talk about transport, urbanism, climate change, the environment and nature ❤️ Mum to two boys, a dog and a cargo bike. Laka insurance referral code: AYCD2
Nathan Allebach @nathanallebach.bsky.social creative director. writer. lover of walkable communities.
League of American Bicyclists @bikeleague.org The League of American Bicyclists is leading the movement to build a Bicycle Friendly America for everyone.
bob's burgers urbanist @yhdistyminen.bsky.social 🎲 land tax 🔰 weightlifting 🏋️ dadposting 👶 black metal ⚔️
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/
Urban Caffeine @urbancaffeine.bsky.social YouTube Creator | Learning to live comfortably in a city with a density of 27,000 souls per square mile.
Rian Watt @rianwatt.bsky.social ED @eoionline.bsky.social ⚖️• formerly ending homelessness @communitysolutions 🏡 • former ED, current board @theurbanist.org 🌃 • board @futurewise.bsky.social 🏔 • opinions mine, bad • curious • he/him
Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org 🤝 🏘️ Building & supporting infrastructure for a powerful, grassroots-led movement to win safe, affordable, equitable housing for all.
🔗 https://linkin.bio/aforhj
Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social Historian; author of Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City, and of Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving.
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
TransitCenter @transitcenter.bsky.social A foundation working to secure a just and sustainable future with abundant transportation options. transitcenter.org
Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social Transportation data scientist at the University of Toronto, physicist at heart.
I post about bikes and safe streets, local politics, and sometimes science. She/her.
M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social the once and future city planner // YIMBY // AICP // kentuckian in california // appalachian // #BBN // author of hit broadway musical arbitrary lines
Not on BlueSky @notjustbikes.com This account is not in use. Follow Not Just Bikes on Mastodon instead:
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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org Chicagoans working together to make our streets better for walking, rolling, bicycling and public transit.
🧑🦼🚶🚲🚌
linktr.ee/betterstreetschicago
Max Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler.com Certified urban planner doing policy stuff at California YIMBY. Posts about housing, skateboarding, and cameras. Tradeoffs are real. he/him
📍 San Francisco
Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social (he/him/dude)
Living in Philly, go birds
I also make the Armchair Urbanist series
https://linktr.ee/alanthefisher
Transportation Alternatives @transalt.org The greatest city in the world should have the greatest streets in the world 🗽
Join us: transalt.org/connect
Oran โอม @oranv.com wayfarer, civil engineer by training, transit map designer by trade. finding beauty in what’s otherwise unnoticed. Eng/ไทย. Seattle/Bothell, นนทบุรี/Bangkok, Santa Barbara.
Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social Pedestrian
Reporting at The Urbanist as Contributing Editor
Transportation advocate
Probably covering a random public meeting
(they-them)
📍Puget Sound
https://www.patreon.com/typewriteralley
Greg Spotts @spottnik.bsky.social Exploring Seattle, LA, NYC and other great cities, with focus on urban design, transit, walking, biking, parks and food. Personal account with positive vibes
Catie Gould @citizen-cate.bsky.social Fighting against car dependency, one unused parking spot at a time. Senior researcher at @Sightline. Hot takes are my own.
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
The Urbanist @theurbanist.org Advocacy journalism for better cities.👩🦽👨🦯🚶🚴♀️ 🚎 ⛴️ 🚊 🚆 🏙️
Based in the Seattle metro area.
Read our coverage on theurbanist.org. 📰
Hayden Clarkin @thetransitguy.com I like trains and walkable neighborhoods.
https://linktr.ee/thetransitguy
Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social More housing, bikes, and transit.
https://youtube.com/@ohtheurbanity
📍 Montreal, Quebec
City Observatory @cityobservatory.bsky.social Original research and commentary on what matters for city success.
Portland Politico @portlandpolitico.bsky.social Long-time Portlander taking a snarky look at the politics of the metro area and a bit about Oregon at large. Opinions here are my own, but hopefully they're yours too.
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.
Lloyd Alter @lloydalter.bsky.social Author of"The Story of Upfront Carbon," reformed architect and developer, teacher of sustainable design at Toronto Metropolitan University. https://lloydalter.substack.com
Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social Environmental psychologist: transport, energy, water, buildings. "Woke scientist" (Daily Mail). Head of Psychology, Swansea University 🏴. Charity trustee x2. @locastproject.bsky.social My views
World Record-breaking cyclist drianwalker.com
Alex Steffen @alexsteffen.bsky.social Planetary foresight and personal climate strategies.
Courses: https://alexsteffen.thinkific.com/
Podcast/newsletter: https://alexsteffen.substack.com/
Start here → https://alexsteffen.substack.com/p/foresight-is-no-longer-a-luxury
Streetsblog L.A. @streetsblogla.bsky.social The Los Angeles vanguard of the Streetsblog publishing empire https://la.streetsblog.org/
Bikesky @bikesky.social A place for bike enjoyers to find each other on Bluesky. Offering custom feeds and community labels.
bike enjoyers starter pack: https://go.bsky.app/EwkMJoT
Subscribe to @labeler.bikesky.social to get a label and report problems.
Run by @derek.bike
Peter Flax @pflax1.bsky.social Into riding, writing and complex carbohydrates.
Every opinion stated here is mine—and mine alone.
Better Block @betterblock.bsky.social International urban design nonprofit
Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social full stack content engineer, portlander, t1d
he/him
Matt @mprpdx.bsky.social 📍PDX
🏃♂️Runner
🌮 Foodie
🐥 Hawkeyes
🎥 Movies
Jenna Bikes @jennabikes.bsky.social Car free, mom, engineer, local niche bike influencer.
Jennifer @jenwith1n.bsky.social Urban planner, chronically & mysteriously ill, ✡️, plant lady, dog mom
PDX
Scott Batchelar @pdxstories24.bsky.social Photographer, Bicyclist, Student, Mayor of Food Cart Town and all around Adventurous Guy!
TREC at PSU @trecpdx.bsky.social Portland State University's Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC). Home to the Initiative for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation (IBPI), transportation data programs PORTAL & BikePed Portal, Better Block PSU, and PSU's membership in PacTrans.
Dutch Cycling Embassy @dutchcycling.nl The Dutch Cycling Embassy (DCE) supports cities and regions worldwide in making cycling a natural part of daily life.
dutchcycling.nl
The Street Trust @thestreettrust.org Through community safety, education & advocacy, we're working to end traffic violence, solve the transportation funding crisis, & build safer, more complete streets for all Oregonians.
TriMet @trimet.org We keep the Portland region moving. Visit http://trimet.org/alerts for service info. Call or text 503-238-7433 for customer service.
Dan Kaufman/PDXK Productions @pdxk.bsky.social Music & Audio/Video Production. Member of AFM Local 99 & IATSE Local 28.
Salem Bike Vision @salembikevision.bsky.social Working towards a protected bike network for our community.
Tom Babin @shifter.info Creator: Shifter | Urban cycling and bike commuting
Author: Frostbike: The Joy, Pain and Numbness of Winter Cycling
More here: linktr.ee/shifter
Sarah @mommypedals.bsky.social #Cargobike riding, mom of 4, living in the #carcentric suburbs of Edmonton using #activetransportation and #publictransit while avoiding being hit by drivers. Even in winter.
Also a lawyer, but don't hold that against me.
bus enjoyer @intersections.bsky.social Here for a good time, not a long time.
Portland policy + politics, (inter)national urban affairs.
Blazers, beer + spirits, support the arts, abolish ice.
[he/they]
Shift @shift2bikes.bsky.social Promoting inclusive bike fun in Portland, Oregon. We run a website that creates a community, where anyone can post a group ride & make #bikeFun happen all year long! https://shift2bikes.org
Jeremiah Hayden @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social News reporter at @portlandmercury.com
Sometimes @theguardian.com
Also in Street Roots, The Nation, more.
Montavilla News @montavilla.net Montavilla News is a hyperlocal news site providing reliably sourced information on the neighborhood’s changing landscape. Articles chronicle the evolving community and report on new or repurposed spaces.
Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social Independent journalist | Co-founder @thewesternedge.bsky.social
Books: Blazing Eye Sees All, When The Moon Turns To Blood. Podcasts: Hush, Burn Wild, Two Minutes Past Nine, Bundyville.
www.leahsottile.com
Lillian Karabaic @anomalily.net Finance + Transit journalist | Weekend edition host on @opb | YouTuber | + @slate @ohmydollar | views my own | Book “A Cat's Guide to Money" 😻 | she/her 🏳️🌈
Samantha Swindler @editorswindler.bsky.social Reporter for The Oregonian and Here is Oregon, covering arts, interesting people, silly things & weird stuff.
Brian Libby @brianlibby.bsky.social Architecture & arts journalist, author of In Search of Portland: Exploring a Transforming City • photographer and experimental filmmaker • fond of film noir, college football, cats, British panel shows, tennis, jazz, espresso, Columbo, democracy
Hide @wutherering.bsky.social Housing, PDX, etc
Xavier D. Stickler @xavierdstickler.bsky.social If Barbur Blvd was a person: curvy, too wide, useless. Transit, architecture, urban geography.
Opinions are that of *your* employer.
E.J. Finneran @ej.finneran.xyz Software (Golang currently, Rails previously), bikes, movies and baseball (Cubs)
PDX by way of Chicago
https://finneran.xyz
Signal ejfinneran.87
Evelyn 💗 @evieevolving.bsky.social she/her | 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇮🇩🇵🇾🇧🇷 | Lifelong Beavertonian fighting for a better world | personal account, likes/shares≠endorsements
https://www.evelynforbeaverton.com/
matt tuckerbaum @mrtuckerbaum.bsky.social Portland | housing | urbanism | climate | liberalism that builds | liberation & justice for all | anti-fascist
Portland for All @pdxforall.bsky.social We are an advocacy nonprofit working to shape Portland to be more compassionate, inclusive and effective. Portlandforall.org
Jack Bogdanski @bojack54.bsky.social Husband, dad, tax law prof, blogger (www.bojack2.com)
Anthony Macuk @anthonymacuk.bsky.social Digital Producer at KGW in Portland. Breaking news/general assignment, plus transportation, infrastructure and politics. Known for knowing too much about local bridges.
Kiel Johnson @kielbybike.bsky.social North Americans #1 bike valet mogul.
Portland Streetcar History @pdx-streetcars.bsky.social A companion account for the "Portland Streetcar History" research wiki curated by Cameron Booth, established February 2024. Lots of photos, maps, remnants, and research musings.
Visit the wiki at: https://tinyurl.com/pdx-streetcars
Xavier Salazar @xsalazar.bsky.social Software engineer in PDX, trying to figure out how to get there by bike
@sophiegreenleaf.bsky.social @sophiegreenleaf.bsky.social City Hall reporter at Willamette Week. Holler: speel@wweek.com
Friends of Portland Street Response @friendsofpsr.bsky.social As Friends of PSR, we are united in our unequivocal support for the original goals of PSR & specific actions needed to restore & support the program. #SavePSR friendsofpsr.com
Portland Bureau of Transportation @pbotinfo.bsky.social Official account for the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT). Report road hazards 24/7 to 503-823-1700.
Learn more at https://www.portland.gov/transportation
TRB @trb.org The Transportation Research Board, part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, provides leadership in transportation. Home of #TRBAM
Families for Safe Streets @fam4safestreets.bsky.social We've lost loved ones or been injured in a car crash. We're confronting traffic violence across the country through advocacy and support. https://www.familiesforsafestreets.org/