SPUR @spur-urbanist.bsky.social 🦋 Official Bluesky of SPUR
💡 IDEAS + ACTION FOR A BETTER CITY
🙏 a member-supported nonprofit organization
📍 SF + San José + Oakland
🔗 spur.org
Research, education & advocacy for a more equitable, sustainable, and prosperous region.
Boston Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics @newurbanmechanics.boston.gov The official Bluesky account of the Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics. We work across departments and communities to explore, experiment, and evaluate new approaches to government and civic life.
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social Long Time Internet Guy
Amanda Palmer @amandapalmer.bsky.social On tour through 2026. Best-selling memoirist and artist. My band = The Dresden Dolls. My TED talk = “The Art of Asking”. Everything: amandapalmer.net
@kaboom-play.bsky.social @kaboom-play.bsky.social 
Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social Ex NY Times, now author of Substack Paul Krugman. Nobel laureate and, according to Donald Trump, "Deranged BUM". Also Research Professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center and senior scholar at the GC-CUNY Stone Center.
Birds of the World | The Cornell Lab @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social Explore the remarkable diversity of birds with Birds of the World, the world's leading collection of avian life histories published by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in collaboration with a global editorial team of avian experts. birdsoftheworld.org.
OECD Innovation @oecdinnovation.bsky.social Transforming science, technology and knowledge into innovation for economic growth, good governance and social well-being.
🔷 Website: www.oecd.org/sti
🔷 Newsletter: oe.cd/news-sti
Follow @oecddigital.bsky.social for OECD insights on digital and AI.
Stacy Mitchell @stacyfmitchell.bsky.social Working to change public policy, rollback corporate power, rebuild local communities. Co-Executive Director at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. Portland, Maine.
City Observatory @cityobservatory.bsky.social Original research and commentary on what matters for city success. 
Neal LaMontagne @nlamontagne.bsky.social Urbanist, planner, educator (planning faculty at the University of Alberta). Making the jump from the old ways of social media.
Clarence Eckerson Jr./Streetfilms @streetfilms.bsky.social The OG Urbanist Youtuber! Prolific Streets Documentarian since late 1990s. All good things: biking, walking, transit, open streets & LTNs! Visit www.streetfilms.org for more!
All tweets only represent my personal point of view.
Open Plans @openplans.org Transforming the streets of NYC to be truly livable
www.openplans.org
Veronica O. Davis @veronicaodavis.bsky.social Author, Inclusive Transportation: A Manifesto for Repairing Divided Communities
veronicao.com
She/Her #TransportationNerd #InclusiveTransportation 🔺🐘
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.
Mallory Baches @mallorybaches.bsky.social AICP, LEED-AP, CNU-A
Urban design, sustainable cities, ND Football
Mom, President of @cnunewurbanism.bsky.social
@ox.ac.uk and @ndschoolofarch.bsky.social alum
www.cnu.org
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.
London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social 🚲 Registered charity with 20,000+ members & supporters making cycling in London safe everywhere and fun for everyone.
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
Sign up for our 20 year old daily newsletter here: https://mailchi.mp/theoverheadwire/trial
Strong Towns @strongtowns.org We're changing *everything* about the North American pattern of development. Become a member today! strongtowns.org/membership
Jeff Speck @jeffspeck.bsky.social Urban Planner, Partner in Speck Dempsey, author of Walkable City, Walkable City Rules, and other stuff I'd like you to read. 
Adam Conover @adamconover.net "Unlikable woke comedian" - the Daily Mail
Valérie Plante @valplante.bsky.social Mairesse de Montréal | Projet Montréal | Amoureuse de Montréal ❤️
https://linktr.ee/val_plante
Jay Pitter @jaypitter.bsky.social Award-Winning Placemaker (25+ North American Cities). Author. Speaker. Urban Planning Adjunct Professor. Subdivided Co-Editor. Two Book Deal w/ Penguin Random House Canada. Hip Hop & a lil Punk Rock. Hopeful.
Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Specialist journalist: WIRED.com and more. Press Gazette Transport Journalist of the Year 2018. Finalist: Travel Photographer of the Year 2024 https://authory.com/carltonreid Signal: carltonreid.67
Sightline Institute @sightline.org Think tank cooking up nonpartisan policy research on housing, energy, climate, and democracy in Cascadia. 🧠🍳 Likes/follows ≠ endorsements.
Newsletters: sightline.org/signup
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/
Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk Transport and urban planning stuff. I run sustainable transport and environmental justice non-profits: @transportgood.org @transportfornewhomes.org.uk
Can also be found:
Ⓜ️ mastodon.cloud/@respros
📸 pixelfed.social/respros
🍴 beliapp.co/app/respros
Jens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social Data, analysis, visualization, #CensusMapper, transportation cyclist.
📍Vancouver, BC
A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social Author, When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency
low vision (#nystagmus), bus lover, bike rider
annazivarts.com
#WeekWithoutDriving weekwithoutdriving.org
Nondrivers Alliance nondrivers.org (c3)
Nondriver Action ndaction.org (c4)
Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com Transport / Housing / Land Use / Politics / @urbaninstitute.bsky.social / Le progrès ne vaut que s’il est partagé par tous / yonahfreemark.com / thetransportpolitic.com
Daniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social Interested in sustainable transport, urban planning and the state of the world. Working in international development cooperation.
Spacing @spacing.bsky.social Spacing.ca / Toronto urbanism uncovered in award-winning mag/web/books/podcasts.
Spacing Radio podcasts: spacingradio.bsky.social
Spacing Vancouver: spacingvancouver.bsky.social
Spacing Store: spacingstore.bsky.social
Commute de Paris @commutedeparis.bsky.social Le vélo, ce qui me meut.
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
Tara Goddard @drtaragoddard.com Transportation engineering professor. Road safety, planning, behavior, & culture; wildfire planning and response; inclusive disaster evacuation; ethics of tech in transportation. Pedagogy and rsearch methods nerd. SLO and Tahoe. "Tare-uh", She/her.
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.
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
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.
Pr Carlos Moreno - IAE Paris1 Sorbonne University @carlosmorenofr.bsky.social Professor IAE-Paris1 Sorbonne
French Academy of Technologies
Happy Proximities pionneer
15-Minute City concept creator
22 books in 13 languages
MultiAwarded 🏅🏆
Sigma Xi Scientific research honor society Fellow
Since 1 July 2024 ❌X/Twitter
Fr En Es It
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com Author of Straphanger, Shanghai Grand, Lost Supper
Words: NYTimes NatGeo Smithsonian
⬇️ Train travel + politics of transit ⬇️
https://www.highspeed.blog
Talks: https://taras-grescoe.com/contact
IG: https://www.instagram.com/taras.rides.trains/
Sean Galbraith @plannersean.bsky.social Urban planning shit posting, disc golf, assorted other nonsense and garbage. @plannersean on Twitter 
tamika l. butler @tamikabutler.bsky.social Nebraska Always.
@StanfordLaw alum. Fighting racism, poverty & injustice. @UCLA Urban planning PhD. Mobility justice & dignity all day. All tweets/views my own.
Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social Architecture critic @theglobeandmail.com. Also author, @utoronto.ca Daniels Faculty instructor, husband, father of two city kids.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/alex-bozikovic/
TransitCenter @transitcenter.bsky.social A foundation working to secure a just and sustainable future with abundant transportation options. transitcenter.org
Urban Cycling Institute @urbancyclinginstitute.org Professional Development | Knowledge Transfer | Strategic Advising
Our mission is to serve, teach, and inspire current and future urban professionals in our quest for actionable steps towards safe, inclusive, active mobility.
Sam @samd.bsky.social https://bettercities.substack.com/
Better cities and transit are possible 🚇
#1 Congestion pricing stan
#1 RFK Jr. hater
anti-slopulist
Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social Canadian Urbanist and Chief Planner for the City of Toronto 🇨🇦
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
Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com Dutch-Canadian authors and urban mobility advocates who strive to communicate the benefits of happier, healthier, more human-scale cities.
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.
Hayden Clarkin @thetransitguy.com I like trains and walkable neighborhoods.
https://linktr.ee/thetransitguy
BicycleDutch @bicycledutch.bsky.social All about cycling in the Netherlands
Cycling ambassador with the Dutch Cycling Embassy | Mark Wagenbuur
Anne Hidalgo @annehidalgo.bsky.social Ancienne Maire de Paris
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
David Roberts @volts.wtf I run a newsletter/podcast called Volts about clean energy & politics. Subscribe & join the community at http://volts.wtf!
The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social A podcast about the fight against car culture. Hosted by Sarah Goodyear & Doug Gordon.
Our new book, "Life After Cars" is out now.
https://www.lifeaftercars.com/
https://www.patreon.com/thewaroncarspod
Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social Co-author, "Life After Cars,” co-host, The War on Cars. Runner, Disney parks fan (he/him)
Taking a break for the summer.
https://www.lifeaftercars.com
Donate to my 2027 run in support of PPMD:
https://donate.parentprojectmd.org/fundraiser/7001403- M M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social Columnist at The New York Times. Distinguished Professor at Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, City University of NY. Author at Riverhead Books
zeynep tufekci @zey.bsky.social It is said that there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all
Gil Penalosa @penalosag.bsky.social Founder 8 80 Cities • Worked in over 350 cities • NEW keynotes & workshops on how CITIES can make HEALTHY & HAPPY LIVING the easy choice • Book Gil • Infra + Policy + Programs • Children • Olders • Top 100 urbanist (13).
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.
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social i work across nyc’s libraries and archives; i was a full professor of media studies, art history + anthropology
architecture, archives, 🎨, cities, 🐕, infrastructure, libraries, 🗺️, sound++
nyc + upstate
wordsinspace.net
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
Brooklyn Museum @brooklynmuseum.org Art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act.
The Long Now Foundation @longnow.org Since 01996: Long Now is a non-profit organization fostering long-term thinking and responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years.
Vitsœ @vitsoe.bsky.social We have made Dieter Rams’s furniture for over 65 years. Living better, with less, that lasts longer. #vitsoe
www.vitsoe.com
AnOther Magazine @anothermag.com A modern eye on fashion, culture and ideas.
anothermag.com
The Cut @thecut.com Style. Self. Culture. Power.
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Design Council @designcouncil.bsky.social The UK’s national strategic advisor for design. Making life better by design.
linktr.ee/designcouncil 
David Harvey @davidharvey.org Distinguished Professor, CUNY Graduate Center; Director of Research, Center for Place, Culture and Politics. New book: The Story of Capital. Posts from David Harvey personally are signed -DH
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk Critical thinking, published every fortnight.
Read at lrb.co.uk
Try the LRB for just £6: lrb.me/social
The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com ‘The premier literary-intellectual magazine in the English language.’
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk Husband, father and Mayor of the greatest city in the world. He/Him.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority @mta.info Visit mta.info for service information.
Download our official apps for real-time customer care: mta.info/apps
Transportation Alternatives @transalt.org The greatest city in the world should have the greatest streets in the world 🗽
Join us: transalt.org/connect
Bloomberg Philanthropies @bloombergdotorg.bsky.social Bloomberg Philanthropies works primarily to advance five areas globally: the Arts, Education, the Environment, Government Innovation and Public Health.
Abundant Housing Massachusetts @abundanthousingma.org We are a statewide coalition of pro-housing advocates and organizations, standing up for abundant housing for all in communities across Massachusetts.
Streetsblog USA @usa.streetsblog.org Covering the movement to end car dependency and make America better for walking, biking, transit and more. 
Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org The only website devoted to covering all the livable streets and public space news you need. Visit us at http://nyc.streetsblog.org. Retweets/posts are NOT endorsements.
The Kresge Foundation @kresge.org Official Bluesky feed for The Kresge Foundation. We expand equity and opportunity for people with low incomes in cities across the U.S. We work nationally and go deep in Detroit, Fresno, Memphis, and New Orleans.
Kresge.org
National Association of City Transportation Officials @nacto.bsky.social 100+ North American cities & transit agencies exchanging transportation ideas, insights, and practices. www.nacto.org
Museum of Science @museumofscience.bsky.social Inspiring a lifelong love of science in everyone - in museums, classrooms and online. We believe in a world where science belongs to everyone.
Boston Parks Department @parks.boston.gov Official Bluesky account of the Boston Parks and Recreation Department. Clean, green, safe & accessible open space for all Bostonians!
linktr.ee/bostonparksdept
MBTA @mbta.com The official Bluesky account of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)
mbta.com
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 🚲 🚶 🚌 🌆
Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social 
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
Newsletter & contact info: www.davidzipper.com
Knight Foundation @knightfoundation.org 
Urban Design Forum @udfnyc.bsky.social Urban Design Forum connects and inspires New Yorkers to design, build and care for a better city. https://urbandesignforum.org/
The Century Foundation @tcfdotorg.bsky.social Confronting the true drivers of America's affordability crisis. Advancing bold solutions to lower costs. Policy for people—not powerful interests. tcf.org
Ford Foundation @fordfoundation.org Justice begins where inequality ends. We’re building a world where everyone has the power to shape their lives.
fordfoundation.org
Justin Garrett Moore @jgmoore.bsky.social I care about people, places, and the planet. Views are my own.
German Marshall Fund @gmfus.bsky.social The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) is a nonpartisan organization that advances the transatlantic partnership to meet the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century.
Learn more: www.gmfus.org