Better Columbia @bettercolumbia.ca Urbanism, transit and British Columbia news and opinions.
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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com An account for Reilly Wood's bad takes about cities. My good takes about computers are over at @reillywood.com
@jean-b-anderson.bsky.social @jean-b-anderson.bsky.social Build more housing. Proud Canadian
Lior Steinberg @steinberg.nu Planning cities that make people smile;
Co-founder @ humankind
Author of The Car That Wanted to be a Bike: http://humankind.city/car
๐ Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Amir Grinstein @amirgrinstein.bsky.social Associate Prof. of Marketing - Northeastern U and VU Amsterdam.
Writes about #BehavioralResearch. Studies pro-social marketing, responsible consumer and managersโ behavior.
Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social I share about walking, biking, great cities, & progressive politics.
I work for @streetsalliance.bsky.social (Seattle's walking, biking, and streets for people nonprofit), but these are my personal opinions.
neil21 @neil21.bsky.social Renewables SaaS PM by day, Urbanism by night. Scot in #newwest
Simon @depaneuse.bsky.social Expert en logiciel, amateur de โฝ๏ธ, papa deux fois.
Lives in beautiful Vancouver, cycles, screams at clouds.
Bike Week Winnipeg @bikeweekwpg.bsky.social Bike Week is a celebration of bicycles and the people that ride them. It doesn't matter why you ride, Bike Week is for everyone!
Michael Birtwhistle @salfordmh.bsky.social Consultant Community and Rehabilitation Psychiatrist. Rides bicycles. Politically engaged. Likes a good discussion. http://mas.to/@SalfordMH just in case. And here.
Westside Backyard @westside-backyard.bsky.social just a millennial, standing in front of a city, asking for an affordable home
12stTales @12sttales.bsky.social Street safety activist in Brooklyn NYC
TransAlt / Ridgewood Rides / CB4
John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social Pedestrian Historian.
Imperialism Syllabus: http://tinyurl.com/ev4psh98
The Anticolonial Front: http://tinyurl.com/33d3exca.
Youtube: https://tinyurl.com/ykp7r5a9.
carpedog @carpedog.bsky.social Environmentalist, community builder, heritage defender, pet mom, tiger daughter, best friend, Calgarian.
Jean Walsh @therealjeanwalsh.bsky.social Elected AC Transit Board Member representing Berkeley, Emeryville, and parts of Oakland, CA. Car free since 2004.
*Views expressed here are my own*
David Barrett @davidbarrettyyc.bsky.social Water researcher ๐ง, teacher ๐, volunteer trying to build better communities โ๐ผ, dad ๐ง๐ผ, rides bikes ๐ฒ.
Jordan Magtoto @emancipationj.bsky.social Public space is my jam. Opinions are only my own.
Patrick Johnstone @pjnewwest.bsky.social Mayor of New Westminster, though nothing here is Official City Communications.
Go Dumples!
angela @angelahjkim.bsky.social Busgirlโข๏ธ @movementyvr.bsky.social
SFU City Program @sfucity.bsky.social We deliver courses, certificates, and public programming that help planning, policy, and development professionals build better communities.
m @keptsimple.bsky.social
Dror Avrahami @oldmanonaporch.bsky.social ืกืจืืื, ืกืคืจืื, ืชืืื ืืืช, ืืฉืืงื ืืืฉื ืืืืื ืงืฆืช ื ืืจืืช. ืคืืืืืืงื ื ืฉืืจื ืืืืืืืจ.
Pablo Fernรกndez Marmissolle-Daguerre @pablofmarmissolle.bsky.social Cities, Regions & Local Governments | Global Partnerships | Right to the City |
๐ฒ๐ Cities Are Listening towards the World Social Summit
OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social Road Safety Lunatic
Try an ebike, you'll love it!
San Diego, CA
Check out the videos tab โฌ๏ธ
HUB Cycling @wearehub.bsky.social We're a non-profit organization making #cycling better in British Columbia through advocacy, education, research, consulting, and celebration. #UnGapTheMap
Planete Greenleaves @greenleaves.app Real-time urban microclimate simulations ๐ฟ
Helping cities, architects & planners design resilient spaces.
Data-driven insights for sustainable & climate-adaptive urban design.
๐ greenleaves.app
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
Thomas Schlijper ืชืืืืก ืกืืืืคืจ @schlijper.bsky.social Tel Aviv chronicler โข vegan for the animals
Buitengebieden @buitengebieden.bsky.social You will know me.. Iโm Sander from the Netherlands
Meredith Glaser @cyclingprofessor.bsky.social Professor of Cycling | CEO Urban Cycling Institute
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
Katya โจ๏ธ @spinach333.bsky.social I like big pugs and I cannot lie
AlmogR @isrpiccolo.bsky.social ืื ืืืืืจ
ืชืืืช ื ืคืฉื ืขื ืคืืืฉืชืื
Eithan schonberg @eithanschon.bsky.social
AK @thenigh.bsky.social Urbanism & Transit | Tech | Tennis | Security & Geopolitics | Random takes | Anything else. Probably in this order.
Heb\Eng
Allon Sigler @allonsigler.bsky.social ืืชืื ื ืขืจืื ืืชืืืืจื
Lastmile.co.il
uria shoshani @uriasho.bsky.social
ืืื ืืืืจ @guyadler.bsky.social
ืืืืกืืจื ืืคืืคืืช ื ืืืืช @magistra-lefufit.bsky.social ืืื ืฉื ืฆ'ืืกืจ ื ื
ืืืชืื ื ืืืืจืื ื @ironicplannrr.bsky.social ืื ืืชืื ื, ืืจืื ืืืจืื ื ืืืืกืงืื ืืืืฉื
@shireuven.bsky.social @shireuven.bsky.social
Walkin @walkintlv.bsky.social
Maya Goldin @mayagoldin.bsky.social ืืืื ืืื ืืื ืื ๐ฅญ๐๏ธ
Naamunet @naamariba.bsky.social ืขืืชืื ืืืช, ืืืจืืืืืช, ืืืจืื ืืช, ืืืืืช ืฆืืข ืืืืคื ื ืืขืื ืืื ืืืจืื.
ืืืข ืืืื, ืืงืื ื @lbscience.org ืขืืืชืช ืื ืืฉืช ืืืข ืืคืืคืืืจืืช ืืืืืืื ืืืฉืจืื ืืืืขื ืื ืืคื.
ืขืื ืืื''ื ืืื: http://fb.com/MadaGB
ืืืื: http://lbscience.org
Mark (he/him) @markedwardson.com "More Open Space for what? For muggings?"
Vancouver/Victoria
Blair Lorenzo / The Fox and the City @thefoxandthecity.com The world-famous urban theorist whoโฆwait, this has to be honestโฝ
Independent Professional Urbanist and Writer, creating in-depth critiques of urban spaces, places, & systems.
My work:
thefoxandthecity.com
Also ED @etany.org
She/her
bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com Walking is a right; driving is a privilege. Not the other way around.
Defund, abolish, prosecute.
Oh, and I RT ducks.
#DriverNotCar
#PlowSidewalksToo
#WindshieldBias
Transit Maps @transitmap.net A celebration of transit maps and diagrams from around the world. Visit the blog at transitmap.net. ๐ Reposts appreciated!
Transit map prints sold at: transitmap.net/store
Transit mappers starter pack: https://go.bsky.app/32jXV41
fema ๐ฒ @fema.monster i read books, play games, and ride bikes
projects: @atls.city fema.monster
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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.
Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social Progressive, climate hawk, YIMBY, baker, dad. Current: Advocacy communications, Fairhaven Planning Board, SouthCoast Places for People. Past: TV news producer, CREW, NWF, Blue Mass Group.
Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social Independent conservation journalist writing a book about fish. Author of CROSSINGS, on #roadecology, and EAGER, on beaver belief.
Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org ๐ค ๐๏ธ Building & supporting infrastructure for a powerful, grassroots-led movement to win safe, affordable, equitable housing for all.
๐ https://linkin.bio/aforhj
Bedrooms Are For People @boulderbedrooms.bsky.social We're a movement in Boulder, Colorado to expand access to housing! Join us to make Boulder a more inclusive, affordable, and welcoming place to call home. https://bedroomsareforpeople.com/
Ride of the Fancy Women, Edmonton @fancywomenbikeyeg.bsky.social Edmonton's *Ride of the Fancy Women* is held annually on the second Sunday of June. We use whimsy, flowers & bikes to advocate for women-welcoming bicycle infrastructure.
2025=June 8, McKernan Park, at High Noon ๐ฒ๐ผ๐
Friends and Families for Safe Streets @ffsafestreets.bsky.social We are people whose loved ones were struck and killed on #TODeadlyStreets, and injured crash survivors. We work to end Road Violence in Toronto and offer monthly Peer Support meetings. More info: www.ffsafestreets.ca + http://linktr.ee/ffsafestreets
Emily Hamilton @ebwhamilton.bsky.social Excuse me, do you have a moment to talk about zoning?
Max Dubler ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ @maxdubler.com AICP certified urban planner doing housing policy stuff at California YIMBY. I used to be much cooler. Tradeoffs are real. he/him
๐ San Francisco
Climate Town @climatetown.bsky.social Solve climate change or die trying.
Full videos on YouTube๐
https://linktr.ee/climatetown
Aaron Naparstek @naparstek.bsky.social
Action Committee for Transit ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐๐๐ @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/
Traffic Violence Rapid Response @tvrr.bsky.social Traffic deaths are preventable and we will prevent them
IG: rapidrevoltteam M: @RapidResponseTeam@sfba.social
Oakland, Bay Area
https://oakrapidresponse.org/
BikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social BikeLoud is a nonprofit full of people trying to help Portland be a city where one quarter of all our trips are done on bicycles. Bikes are an equitable affordable solution for our climate emergency. When we ride bikes, we feel better! bikeloudpdx.org
Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social Newsletter: http://publiccomment.blog/
Hire me: http://resnikoffconsulting.com/
Pre-order my book! https://bookshop.org/p/books/build-or-die-how-america-is-suffocating-its-cities-and-what-to-do-about-it-ned-resnikoff/8ae5ebca259e570a?ean=9781642834260
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.
Metropolitan Abundance Project @metroabundance.bsky.social We're in the business of fixing cities.
Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com Executive director of the Center for Building in North America (centerforbuilding.org), stephen@centerforbuilding.org. Personal account. Brooklyn, NY.
Jake Berman @lostsubways.com Lawyer, historian, mapmaker. Transport + housing nerd. Californian living in New York.
Adjunct Professor of Urban Planning @ Columbia. Wrote "The Lost Subways of North America". Get the book at http://lostsubways.com.
Personal account.
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
Tony Jordan @tonyjordan.bsky.social Parking and local politics, mostly (and some dad-type jokes). President of the Parking Reform Network. Grist 50 Fixer.
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 โ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธ
Lyndsey Rolheiser @rolheiser.bsky.social assistant professor urban/real estate economics. cities, bikes, plants, dogs, cats. York U | MIT CRE | www.lyndseyrolheiser.com
Robin for Ward 2 @robin4mpls.bsky.social Robin Wonsley is a Black Independent Socialistโproudly serving Minneapolis Ward 2. This is a campaign account. Views expressed are the campaign's, not City of Mpls.
Get involved at robinformpls.com
Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social Senior editor + advocacy journalist at Streetsblog USA covering the movement to end universal car dependency. Based in STL, reporting nationally. Tips to: kea@streetsblog.org or kwilson.52 on signal. Opinions are my own.
Barbara Laa @barbaralaa.bsky.social Sustainable transport ๐จโ๐ฆฝ๐ถ๐ฝโโ๏ธ๐ฒ๐๐ keeping the planet habitable ๐
researcher @ TU Wien | activist | she/her
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
Mary Pustejovsky @mpusto.bsky.social Cargo bikes, urbanism, safe streets, climate. Heat pump all the things! Views are my own. #MadisonWI #EverTrue
Jarvis Susลowicz ๐ด๐ฒ๐ต๐ธ @hjargis.bsky.social bike guy som forsker pรฅ bike stuff @ NTNU
๐ฌ๐ง they/them, ๐ณ๐ด hen/hen
glad i Trondheim, (vinter)sykling, musikk og litt kaos
Miasta dla rowerรณw!
Our Streets @ourstreetsmn.org We work to make biking, walking, & rolling easy & comfortable for everyone.
Nathan Lauster @lausterna.bsky.social UBC sociologist, demographer, housing & urban regulation scholar, author, immigrant, blogs at https://homefreesociology.com/
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/
T&E @transportenvironment.org Europeโs leading advocates for clean transport and energy. Fighting for an affordable zero-emission transport system that benefits both people and the planet.
www.transportenvironment.org
Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social my next book is about why it's so hard to build. send me your thoughts!
Amy Lee @amyelee.com Postdoc at the University of California, Davis. Studying policy and politics of transportation, land use, and travel behavior. She/her. amyelee.com ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
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
Theo in Arlington @adamtheo.com Adam Theo in Arlington, Virginia ๐ adamtheo.com
๐ I run the 'Arlington VA' feed here
๐๏ธ YIMBYs of NoVA yimbysofnova.org
๐ด County Transportation Commissioner
๐ผ Nonprofit Management & Communications
๐บ I want to dance like Sam Rockwell
Chris Slatt @alongthepike.com Transpo-nerd, Software-geek, & Columbia Pike Cheerleader. Former Arlington Transportation Commission Chair. Sustainable Mobility for Arlington Founder [He/Him]
Bike Gillian @bikegillian.bsky.social Leader of Kidical Mass Arlington, Escuela Key Bicibรบs, Safe Streets Are For Everyone Thank You (SSAFETY.org).
Advocate for safe & sustainable transportation, housing, and a better Arlington VA / DC region
rondezvousWA @ronpdavis.bsky.social Lefty dad writing about politics at rondezvousWA.com.
More Transit Southern Ontario @moretransitso.bsky.social MTSO advocates for more frequent, reliable & integrated transit networks for riders across Southern Ontario. ๐๐๐๐
๐ Links: https://linktr.ee/mtso
Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social Climate, writing, running, beasts. Valve turner. Host: https://sites.libsyn.com/459540/awabw
poetry: https://www.hummingbirdpoetry.org/books/her-animals-by-emily-johnston-2nd-ed
Making good trouble: troublemakerscommunity.org
Cutter W. Gonzรกlez @cutterwgonzalez.bsky.social Texan, geographer, musician. Co-host @urbanatxreads.bsky.social. Director of Comms & Advocacy @texansforhousing.bsky.social. PhD student @txst.edu. Alum @uh.edu.
Regina Burstein @mplsfietser.bike Radical localist, urbanist, ecosocialist.
I love cities ๐๏ธ, bikes ๐ฒ, trains ๐, and cats ๐โโฌ.
Transportation planner for safe streets & healthy equitable communities. YIMBY. Union. Board @streets.mn
Neurospicy. Ukraineโก๏ธMpls.
Agender/gender apathetic.
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Zack D @mrpresident1776.bsky.social Married to @elenasor.bsky.social with 1 cat & 2 sons. Building bike lanes and bikeshare in the Virginia suburbs by day. Views are mine! Enjoys #ebikes #walks #kayaks #urbanism #trains #modeltrains #ALX
Occasionally writes highspeedfail.blogspot.com
SW20ed #Edinburgh @sw20.info South West Edinburgh 20 Minute Neighbourhoods
๐#Edinburgh
Positive, sustainable changes. Live well locally. #streetsNOTroads
๐ฒFREE e-bike & e-cargobike hire: sw20.info
๐ ๏ธTool Library: @sw20etl
๐โโ๏ธHelped setup: Kids Park Run @ Hailes Quarry Park
Devon @devonnewton.bsky.social Mainly about books, cats, and affordable housing. She/her
G | Builds Stuff, Goes Places ๐ฆ @whereisgraeme.bsky.social True North, Strong and FREE ๐จ๐ฆ
When you exploit systems they end.