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
Ilse A. Torres @ilseatorres.bsky.social Earthling, Texan, Graphic Artist, living in Shrewsbury, U.K.
ilseatorres.com
https://www.instagram.com/ilseatorres/
Mark @shropbboy.bsky.social 🇬🇧
Trying to reduce the amount of right wing nonsense that enters my ears and eyes. Hanging on to the 90s by my finger tips.
Shropshire. AVFC. Indie, Old School Hip Hop & Jungle.
Andy Cox @andy-cox.bsky.social Detective Chief Superintendent, Northamptonshire Police (Head of Crime & Criminal Justice portfolio). Gold Commander. Firearms Commander. Road danger reduction advocate.
Julia Buckley MP @juliabuckley.bsky.social Labour’s MP for Shrewsbury. Promoted by J. Turnbull & Shrewsbury Labour at Bellstone, SY1 1JB.
Juliet Robertson @creativestar.bsky.social Retired Education Consultant: Outdoor Learning & Play. Former HT. Author: Dirty Teaching, Messy Maths. Blogger: See linktr.ee/creativestar. Churchill Fellow. D.Ed. (Hon) from @qmuniversity.bsky.social. Living with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. 🏴 
@sarahgoldsmith.bsky.social @sarahgoldsmith.bsky.social 
Dr. Megan Zeni @roomtoplay.bsky.social Outdoor play & learning (OPAL) researcher 🌱 K-7 Teacher Consultant 🌱School Gardens 🌱 Outdoor Classrooms 🌱 Risky Play 🌱Loose Parts
Ellen Weaver @ewdevon.bsky.social Children's advocate, Forest school leader, Right to play & Playing Out supporter.
Have been eg women's aid, law centre solicitor, legal researcher, foster parent, Pedal Power joint founder, Freiburg University lecturer, Guatemala Human Rights volunteer. 
Fiona - Play Scotland @fiplayscotland.bsky.social Play Pedagogy Lead @Play Scotland. Championing children’s right to play in Scotland, inspiring & supporting educators to embrace play-based learning in schools. MEd student, bookworm, and cake lover. ❤️ All views my own! 🙈🙉🙊
Mills Dray @millsdray.bsky.social (they/them) Educator, change practitioner, and researcher on play, children's rights and queering strategic design for social change. #FreePalestine
Ann Marie Murnaghan @amfms.bsky.social Associate Professor at York University, Toronto, Canada. Children’s Geographies, Museums, Films, Playgrounds
Outdoor Play and Learning (OPAL) CIC @opal-cic.bsky.social Helping schools to strategically and sustainably improve their play opportunities. www.outdoorplayandlearning.org.uk #OPALSchools #PlanForPlay
Gerben Helleman @gerbenhelleman.bsky.social Posts about the connections between the Planned and the Lived City #playfriendlycities #childfriendlycities #publicspace #cities #outdoorplay #play #childhood #geographer #playspaces #childrensgeographies #urbanism #urbanplanning #citylife #citiesforpeople
Play Scotland @playscotland.bsky.social The national expert in play for parents, policymakers and the play workforce
Email: info@playscotland.org
#PlayEveryday
https://linktr.ee/playscotland
London Play @londonplay.bsky.social Every child in London should have the space, time and freedom to play outside every day, near to where they live.
https://londonplay.org.uk
Outdoor Play Canada @outdoorplayca.bsky.social Working with advocates, leaders & organizations to promote, protect, preserve outdoor play in Canada.
📍The trad. territ. of Indigenous Nations of Turtle Island
www.outdoorplaycanada.ca
Play Gloucestershire @playglos.bsky.social A registered charity specialising in play activities for school aged children in Gloucestershire - GET OUT & PLAY
Eugene Minogue @eugeneminogue.bsky.social Strategic Interim & Consultant | Local Government Transformation | Exec. Director @PlayEngland | Play Commissioner @CfYoungLives | Founder @KnowBallGames
@timrgill.bsky.social @timrgill.bsky.social 
Stephanie Alexander @sacalexander.bsky.social PhD Public Health | Sociology of childhood, physical activity | Playable cities | Fan of rescue dogs | Elle/She/Her
Paris, France & Edmonton, Canada 
Haringey Play Association @haringey-play.bsky.social Haringey Play Association promotes and provides children's play opportunities in Haringey. Operating since 2003 from our fantastic and free Somerford Grove Adventure Playground
Mathias Poulsen @mathiaspoulsen.bsky.social Curious soul, interested in how we might explore and design for other ways of living together, human and more-than-human alike.
Play activist, PhD, Postdoc, at Lab for Play Design, Kolding School of Design.
Dinah Bornat @dbornat.bsky.social Architect, urbanist, researcher, director at ZCD Architects. Hoping to make better cities for people as I go.
Kristen Jeffers, MPA ✊🏽🌈 (she/they) @blackurbanist.bsky.social Black, Queer, Dynamically Disabled, Southern USA, Spiritual, Working/Lower-Middle Class Feminist Urbanist freelance writer and editor and podcaster.
Sara F.L. Kirk @sflkirk.bsky.social Health Promotion Prof @dalhousie.bsky.social. UK export in Kjipuktuk/Halifax, Canada. Pop health, climate anxiety, safe streets. Volunteer with @velocanadabikes.bsky.social, @visionzerokh.bsky.social, @urbantruth.bsky.social. She/her. Views are my own
Places Journal @placesjournal.bsky.social Architecture, landscape, urbanism. Independent nonprofit public scholarship on the built environment. Free & accessible to all.
Read: http://placesjournal.org
Sign up: placesjournal.org/newsletter
Donate: https://placesjournal.org/donate/
Open Plans @openplans.org Transforming the streets of NYC to be truly livable
www.openplans.org
Brent Bellamy @brentbellamy.bsky.social Architect | Number TEN Architectural Group
Columnist | Architecture+City Building - Winnipeg Free Press
Josh White @jwhiteyvr.bsky.social 🍁 General Manager Planning, Urban Design & Sustainability and Director of Planning at City of Vancouver 🍁
City Observatory @cityobservatory.bsky.social Original research and commentary on what matters for city success. 
patrick.kennedy @thedotcity.bsky.social Cities for choice in housing, neighborhood, transpo; universal access, opportunity & upward mobility.
Prof of Sustainable Development @SMU; Board of Directors Dallas Area Rapid Transit; Founder: THE.City & the American Dream
Scott Ford @scottford.bsky.social Deputy Director of the Downtown Sacramento Partnership. Champion of sustainable growth models, walkable/rollable communities, and the foundational importance of vibrant downtown neighborhoods as drivers for regional prosperity.
Ian Semple @ianjsemple.bsky.social Transportation & Transit Director for a growing Canadian city. Working to create complete communities with sustainable, multi-modal transportation solutions. Committed to building safe, accessible, and reliable ways to move, connect, and thrive.
Next City @nextcity.org Next City’s journalism centers marginalized voices while amplifying solutions to the problems that oppress people in cities.
National Association of City Transportation Officials @nacto.bsky.social 100+ North American cities & transit agencies exchanging transportation ideas, insights, and practices. www.nacto.org
Project for Public Spaces @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social We bring community-powered public spaces to life through #placemaking, social impact partnerships, events, & training. Join us for the 5th Int'l Placemaking Week June 24-26 in Detroit, MI! www.pps.org
Jerome Alexander Horne @jahorne.bsky.social 🏙️🚶🏾♂️🚍🚏🚇🚲💪🏾🏳️🌈 (He/Him) Queer Urbanist - Transit Professional - Transit Nerd - Community Connector
Interests: Cities, Cycling, Walking, Architecture, Museums, Performing Arts, Trains, Buses, People
All views are mine.
https://www.instagram.com/jahorne
Alexandra Lange @langealexandra.bsky.social Design critic, author, 1970s, malls, kids, Marimekko // more at www.alexandralange.net
Global Covenant of Mayors @mayors4climate.bsky.social The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy is the largest global alliance of cities transitioning to a climate resilient economy.
Erling Fossen @oslourban.bsky.social Oslopolitan dedicated to making the world a better place by strengthening our cities
Greg Vann @gregvann.bsky.social Australian urbanist at large based in Brisbane, 46+ years experience. Founder Urban Mentors Collective. Co founder Ethos Urban, President Queensland Walks. Keen to make cities better and to help those who want to do that.
Julie Anne Genter @julieannegenter.greens.org.nz MP for Rongotai. Green Party of Aotearoa NZ.
Māmā working for healthier, happier cities and climate justice. 🚲🌏🌱💚🍉
Auth by M Ross, L5, greens.org.nz
Christian Dimmer @remmid.bsky.social dad／urbanist／assoc.prof. transition design + urban studies｜waseda university｜Tokyo｜co-learning／co-design｜public spaces／spheres｜urban practices／theories｜place {un}making／becoming｜climate + sustainability／resilience｜views expressed here are my own
International Federation of Pedestrians @ifpedestrians.bsky.social The International Federation of Pedestrians promotes and defends the pedestrian's right to full access and mobility.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/ifpedestrians
www.Ifpedestrians.org
Olav Torvund @olavtorvund.bsky.social Professor ved Universitetet i Oslo, nå pensjonist eller professor emeritus, som det heter i akademia. Arbeider særlig med opphavsrett, ytringsfrihet og elektroniske transaksjoner. Er i tillegg opptatt av sykkel, vin, musikk og mye annet. blogg.torvund.net
Jorge Pérez-Jaramillo @perezjaramilloa.bsky.social Architect and urban planner since 1987, works from MDE Urban Lab. Medellín. www.mdeurbanlab.com perez.jaramillo@mdeurbanlab.com
Emmanuel Grégoire @egregoire.bsky.social Maire de Paris
Greater Auckland @greaterauckland.bsky.social We advocate to make our great city of Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland an even greater place to live, move around, and connect with each other.
About us: https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/about-greater-auckland/
Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social 40 years of experience in the energy transition. Building Common Futures, a new energy transition consultancy.
Posts about energy, climate, Ukraine & more.
Also on Mastodon.
Reposts not an endorsement, views my own. #EnergySky
Carlos Rittl @carlosrittl.bsky.social Climate and environmental activist
Mark Ogge @markogge.bsky.social Principal Advisor on climate and energy at The Australia Institute. My views are my own.
Yves Rouyet @yvesrouyet.bsky.social Géographe Urbaniste Immobilier
🚴♂️🌳
Conseiller communal à Ixelles 🇧🇪
Président Commission 🇧🇪 F et G pour l'UNESCO 🏛
Prof fac archi Université Libre de Bruxelles
Racing Club Bruxelles Athlétisme 🏃♂️
Chloé Van Driessche @chloevandriessche.bsky.social Eco-Mobility Manager of the Brussels Regional Public Service.
All about environmental topics, biodiversity, a sustainable transition, cutting air & noise pollution, more space for public transport, cycling & walking in Brussels. 🚲🚶🚉🌿🦔
Dimitri Strobbe 🚧 @strobbe.bsky.social Road Manager in Brussels // Executive Director at #Maintain #BM / civil traffic engineer mobility & public space expert / 🚴🏼♂️ / opinions are my own
📍Brussel, Bruxelles, Molenbeek, Belgium 🇧🇪
Twitter: http://x.com/dimitristrobbe
Zoe Banks Gross @zoebanksgross.bsky.social Healthy, sustainable places & physical activity, #cycling, #walking #running #wheeling, #greenspace #bluespace #kidicalmass #playingout #justttransition
Olivier Razemon @olivierrazemon.bsky.social Journaliste. Le Monde, Mobilettre. Transports, vélo, voyages. Néo-lyonnais.
Auteur: On n’a que du beau! Le marché, ingrédient d'une société heureuse (2025). Comment la France a tué ses villes (2016), Le pouvoir de la pédale (2014).
Laura Harding @lhsyd.bsky.social Draws…writes…knits…imbibes tea…thinks about architecture and urbanism…sighs a lot…
Please do not replicate or copy my content onto any other platforms.
(The beautiful flowers are Brack)
GeorgeWeeks2014 @georgeweeks2014.bsky.social 🇪🇺British/New Zealand urban planner & university teaching fellow living and working in Auckland. Twitter refugee. Interested in most things, esp. architecture, energy, accessibility, sustainability, comedy and health. My views are my own. #FBPE
Xavier Harmony @transitharmony.bsky.social Australian-American 🇦🇺🇺🇸 | Transport Politics and Policy | PhD | Lover of cities 🌃, buses 🚌, trains 🚊, nature 🌳, and cats 🐈⬛ | He/him
Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social Transport researcher with views on + than 1 topic - EU / Italian citizen with views on + than 1 country. Used to be in the UK. Now in Germany at TU Dortmund. Views my own https://t.co/ltfHVOHZe4
Bauhasaurus @alejandrocsome.bsky.social Arquitectura para las masas.
imagine.brussels @imaginebrussels.bsky.social Citizens for a nicer, healthier and more efficient Brussels without road victims
Joshua Kirshner @joshkirshner.bsky.social Geographer/planner and Co-Director @igdc.bsky.social • energy transitions, urban climate responses, landscape interpretation, extraction frontiers • known to frequent the Uni of York
International Institute for Sustainable Development @iisd.org An award-winning independent think tank for sustainable solutions. Focused on climate, nature & economies.
Get the latest #sustdev news: http://bit.ly/2w12V4K
African Cities Research Consortium @africancities.bsky.social Generating new insights and approaches to tackle complex problems in Africa’s rapidly changing cities.
» collaboration » evidence » innovation » progress
💻 https://www.african-cities.org
📩 bit.ly/ACRCnews
🎧 https://africancities.buzzsprout.com/
Campaign for Better Transport @bettertransport.bsky.social We are the national charity that champions greener, fairer transport.
Find out more at: bettertransport.org.uk
PTUA @ptua.bsky.social We're now over at @ptua.org.au
Isabelle Clement MBE @isabelleclementmbe.bsky.social Proud Disabled cyclist & advocate for accessible active travel. Wheels for Wellbeing CEO. Non-Exec Director at ATE. Bi-national French/British. Singing keeps me sane.
Sadiq Khan @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social Londonmaxxing since 2016
Patrick Reynolds for a greater Auckland @patrickreynolds.bsky.social urbanism, governance, photography.
Director Greater Auckland
AKL city centre advisory panel
@greaterauckland.bsky.social
www.patrickreynolds.co.nz
Transport for All @transportforall.org.uk The disabled-led group breaking down barriers and transforming the transport system so disabled people can travel with freedom, dignity, ease and confidence.
Join our community for transport justice: https://www.transportforall.org.uk
Tim Welch @tfwelch.com urban planner, educator, transport nerd, data geek, dad
Blackford Safe Routes @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk Campaign for safe routes to school in Edinburgh. Run by the Travel Committee of James Gillespie’s Primary School and friends
Not able to read DMs, please email instead
https://blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk/
Simon Kingham @drsimonk.bsky.social Professor of Geography, Uni of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. Former Chief Science Advisor to the New Zealand Ministry of Transport (2018-24).
https://profiles.canterbury.ac.nz/Simon-Kingham
Greater Ōtautahi @greater-otautahi.bsky.social We advocate for more neighbours, better active transport, and better public transport in Ōtautahi Christchurch.
Markonthemaps (Mark Ovenden) @markonthemaps.bsky.social 🌈 Author, broadcaster and lecturer in design, cartography, typography and architecture around public transport. Partner of ND 🌈♾️ person. Pro-Transit 🚆 🚃 🚋 🚟🚌 and ‘in transit’ from X as @markovenden.
Naththan @nathanpittman.bsky.social PhD candidate, writing about the art of government of transport planning: maps as manifestations of power, models as inseparable from plans, questions of what planning is as questions of what it should be, and good planners as bad planners.
PTCBR - Public Transport Association of Canberra @ptcbr.bsky.social Canberra's public transport advocacy group.
https://ptcbr.org/
Smart Growth UK @smartgrowthuk.bsky.social 
ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI) @iclei.org ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability is a global network working with more than 2,500 local and regional governments committed to sustainable urban development.
Reena Mahajan @reenamahajan.bsky.social Founder, Studio Divercity & StreetSmart | Helping replace car-centric urban sprawl with people-centred, water-sensitive & nature-positive cities
Darren Davis @darrendavis.bsky.social A card carrying member of the kiwi diaspora currently planning public transport in SE Queensland. Love transit, cities, travelling, cats and movies.
Mikael Colville-Andersen @colville-andersen.com Putting the fuck you back into urbanism since 2007. Urbanist, author, tv host. In #Ukraine helping the country with #urbanism since 2022.
Finn Breddam @finnbreddamcyklist.bsky.social Cyclist in Christiania, Copenhagen. Cycling infrastructure, urban mobility, “soft city”. Promoting a bicycle tunnel under the harbor. Uphill.
Rejected a driver’s license 50 years ago. Knows the feeling of hitting a car head first.
Austrian Fietser #klimafreak @woemi.bsky.social Passionate advocate for cycling-friendly cities. Championing safer streets, sustainable mobility, and accessible infrastructure to make cycling a natural choice for all. Join me in the movement for greener, more livable communities, one pedal at a time!
Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social Director of @5th_Studio, architect, Professor @RMIT, generalist, sailor.
SpokesLothian @spokes.org.uk Spokes, the Lothian Cycle Campaign:
fights for better conditions for everyday journeys by bike, particularly Edinburgh & Lothian. Also lobby Scot Gov.
We also encourage more councils, govt depts, politicians, professionals etc to move to bsky!
Cristina Temenos @ctemenos.bsky.social Professor of Geography @ Manchester & UKRI Future Leader Fellow. Urban Crisis, Cities, Policy Mobilities, Health & Drugs, Climate & Social Justice. Views my own #urban #geography
Claire Mercer @clairemercer.bsky.social Professor of Human Geography, LSE, UK. Research on urban peripheries, housing and social class. Africa, Tanzania, Dar es Salaam.
Isabelle Anguelovski @ianguelovski.bsky.social Researcher in urban environmental and climate justice. ICREA Research Professor + Director @bcnuej @icta_uab
Gabriel Silvestre @gabriel-silvestre.bsky.social Senior lecturer - urban planning/politics/geography. Newcastle University
Janet Rice @janetrice.bsky.social She/Her Former Greens Senator for Vic. Wurundjeri Country. Consensus builder. Environmentalist. Campaigner for justice. Scientist. Queer. Gardener. #FreePalestine #FreeTibet #PapuaMerdeka.
I’ve got more things to say at https://substack.com/@janetrice
Thomas Schlijper תומאס סלייפר @schlijper.bsky.social Tel Aviv chronicler • vegan for the animals
#CargoBikeEmoji @cargobikeemoji.bsky.social Working on the cargo bike emoji, a combo of 🚲 + 📦
1st attempt 2021 😔
2nd attempt 2025🤬
Going again in 2029...🤞
Really hoping to finish off with an emoji to celebrate
#DecadeOfTheCargoBike
Simon Minas-Bound @simonbound.bsky.social Councillor | Business Coach | Champion for prosperity, compassion & community | FRSA | 🇬🇧🇨🇦🇵🇭 | 💙 | 🌳 | 🏳️🌈 | #LoveBasingstoke | ✉️ Email 4 reply
Liz Green @lizsgreen.bsky.social 
Chris Murphy @chrismurphy201.bsky.social Cycling, sustainability, tech & fairness
#Space4Cycling
Dr Michelle Clement @mlclem.bsky.social Lecturer at The Strand Group, Policy Institute, King’s College London | Author ‘The Art of Delivery’ PM’s Delivery Unit & public service reform | Govt | Tech | Landscapes | Scottish & Pakistani heritage
David Preedy @dkpreedy.bsky.social #FBPE #FBPPR Chair of Headley Parish Council (Surrey) Active Lib Dem - previously Metapraxis, Microsoft, Imperial Group. Cornish exile in England