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
M. Nolan Gray π₯ @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!
Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social "Fietser" (Dutch) 'feet-ser' Meaning: A Person Who Bikes For Transportation; Infrastructure, City Design, E-Cargo Bike Ambassador, Brasil π§π·π, Train & Aviation Enjoyer
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.
Anne Hidalgo @annehidalgo.bsky.social Ancienne Maire de Paris
BicycleDutch @bicycledutch.bsky.social All about cycling in the Netherlands
Cycling ambassador with the Dutch Cycling Embassy | Mark Wagenbuur
Hayden Clarkin @thetransitguy.com I like trains and walkable neighborhoods.
https://linktr.ee/thetransitguy
Transportation Alternatives @transalt.org The greatest city in the world should have the greatest streets in the world π½
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Sam @samd.bsky.social https://bettercities.substack.com/
Better cities and transit are possible π
#1 Congestion pricing stan
#1 RFK Jr. hater
anti-slopulist
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.
TransitCenter @transitcenter.bsky.social A foundation working to secure a just and sustainable future with abundant transportation options. transitcenter.org
Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org Chicagoans working together to make our streets better for walking, rolling, bicycling and public transit.
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linktr.ee/betterstreetschicago
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/
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.
πππππ πΆππππππ π @taras-grescoe.com Author of Straphanger, Shanghai Grand, Lost Supper
Words: NYTimes NatGeo Smithsonian
β¬οΈ Train travel + politics of transit β¬οΈ
https://www.highspeed.blog
Talks: https://taras-grescoe.com/contact
IG: https://www.instagram.com/taras.rides.trains/
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.
Kent Lundberg @kentlundberg.bsky.social Sustainable transport and car optional cities. I lead a small company focused on public transport, urban design, parking reform and investment advice. Auckland, New Zealand.
Khelsilem @khelsilem.bsky.social Posting live from Squamish Nation territory (Vancouver, BC). Posts are my opinion, which is subject to change based on new information.
Momentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social Promote, encourage and inspire smart living by bicycle at Momentummag.com.
Please support our work: https://patreon.com/momentummag?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink
Jonathan Berk π @berkie1.bsky.social Supporting a new generation of walkable neighborhoods with housing abundance, active public realms, & thriving small business ecosystems. Founder remainplaces.com
America Walks @americawalks.bsky.social Everyone should be able to move around their community with dignity and freedom. We are a national non-profit supporting change and changemakers at every level. Americawalks.org
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
Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social Plangineer (AICP) when Iβm at work, alter ego CityNerd when Iβm not. New videos on cities and transportation every Wednesday. Nerd4cities.com | http://linktr.ee/CityNerd
Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social More housing, bikes, and transit.
https://youtube.com/@ohtheurbanity
π Montreal, Quebec
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.
Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social the closer we are physically, the closer we are socially.
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.
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
Pedaling Professor @pedalingprof.bsky.social St. Paul Bicycle Coalition chair and biochemistry professor. Believer in the *radical* idea that we deserve safe, clean, healthy, equitable, & financially resilient places. Bikes, walking, & transit first.
Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social Environmental psychologist: transport, energy, water, buildings. "Woke scientist" (Daily Mail). Head of Psychology, Swansea University π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ. 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 β https://alexsteffen.substack.com/p/foresight-is-no-longer-a-luxury
Commute de Paris @commutedeparis.bsky.social Le vΓ©lo, ce qui me meut.
Spacing @spacing.bsky.social Spacing.ca / Toronto urbanism uncovered in award-winning mag/web/books/podcasts.
Spacing Radio podcasts: spacingradio.bsky.socialβ¨Spacing Vancouver: spacingvancouver.bsky.social
Spacing Store: spacingstore.bsky.social
Daniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social Interested in sustainable transport, urban planning and the state of the world. Working in international development cooperation.
Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social Architect, urbanist, public advocate. Principal @HillThalisAUP co author #PublicSydney Book & Puzzle. Architecture Prof. ex Sydney Ind Councillor. Aust Arch Goldπ₯2024
On Gadigal country
The Urbanist @theurbanist.org Advocacy journalism for better cities.π©βπ¦½π¨βπ¦―πΆπ΄ββοΈ π β΄οΈ π π ποΈ
Based in the Seattle metro area.
Read our coverage on theurbanist.org. π°
Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social I'm a writer and a walker in LA. Tracking the city's megaevent progress at Torched. LA Podcast co-host, new episodes drop every Monday. LAUSD mom. @awalkerinla everywhere else. Sign up for my newsletter at torched.la π₯
California YIMBY @cayimby.bsky.social California YIMBY is a statewide advocacy organization working to pass legislation to end California's housing shortage by empowering and growing the YIMBY movement. Learn more at https://cayimby.org.
Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social - Executive Director, Project Drawdown drawdown.org
- Climate scientist, working on solutions
- Passionate about science, communication, and hope
- Minnesota based, Maine born
- Personal account / My views
Segregation by Design @segbydesign.bsky.social Using data and historic photography to document the destruction of communities of color by redlining, urban renewal, freeways, and disinvestment; also highlighting solutions https://www.segregationbydesign.com/
Jens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social Data, analysis, visualization, #CensusMapper, transportation cyclist.
πVancouver, BC
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:
βοΈ mastodon.cloud/@respros
πΈ pixelfed.social/respros
π΄ beliapp.co/app/respros
Dave Amos - City Beautiful @citybeautiful.nebula.tv Assistant professor, City and Regional Planning, Cal Poly SLO
Producer of YT channel City Beautiful
Parking Reform Network @parkingreform.org An org with a mission to educate the public about the impact of parking policy on housing, climate, equity, and traffic.
https://linktr.ee/parkingreform
Matt Hutchins AIA @matthutchins.bsky.social Principal at CAST architecture, urbanist advocating for housing options, 15-minute cities and sustainable construction. Passivhaus proponent. Former AIA Seattle President and Seattle Planning Commission Co-Chair
De Filmende Fietser @filmendefietser.eurosky.social Utrecht π³π± based fietser | All about Dutch cycling and bike advocacy | Fietsfluencer | Cycling guide | Board member Fietsmaatjes Utrecht π² πΉ
www.defilmendefietser.nl
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 π¦πΊian in πΈπ¬ (since 2000) but a π focus.
Join Parking Reform Network!
https://www.reinventingparking.org/
East Nashville Urban Design @urbaneastnash.bsky.social Primarily; Discussion of the urban fabric of East Nashville.
Also; Housing, Safe streets, Urban Planning, Economics, Walking & Biking, History, & general observations of the built environment.
Proud 'Density Bro'
To support: https://www.patreon.com/DJS3
Streetsblog L.A. @streetsblogla.bsky.social The Los Angeles vanguard of the Streetsblog publishing empire https://la.streetsblog.org/
Indian Urbanism @indianurbanist.bsky.social Progressive Urbanism thoughts related to India || Slums || Transit || Cycling || Pedestrians || Housing Shortage || Rental Discrimination || Climate Change ||
Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social Hackney-based. Advocating for cycling thatβs as safe, convenient, and comfortable as it is in the Netherlands. I share my own media of Dutch street life, hoping to inspire more liveable communities everywhere.
Sightline Institute @sightline.org Think tank cooking up nonpartisan policy research on housing, energy, climate, and democracy in Cascadia. π§ π³ Likes/follows β endorsements.
Newsletters: sightline.org/signup
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
Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social Past Team Lead, Climate Emergency Unit; author of "A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency"; columnist w/ Canada's National Observer; former social justice think tank director
https://www.sethklein.ca
https://sethdklein.substack.com
Martyn Schmoll @martyn.bsky.social Toronto. Vancouver. Safe streets. Strong towns. Next-generation cities and mobility. Progressive politics. Craft beer. Co-founder of betternorthshore.ca. Work: martynschmoll.com
Dave Thompson π¨π¦ @davethompsonvic.bsky.social Community, housing, climate, urbanism. Also Victoria BC Councillor, CRD Director. Civil discourse, good governance. Pragmatic progressive. Please email for City business. My own views only. Seeking re-election in 2026! www.davethompsonvictoria.ca βοΈβ³#yyj π¨π¦
Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social climate adaptive social housing developer
architect for car-light climate forward cities w/ low carbon + passivhaus buildings, social housing
Author, 'Building for People' (Island Press, 12/2024: https://islandpress.org/books/building-people)
Alan Fisher @alanthefisher.bsky.social (he/him/dude)
Living in Philly, go birds
I also make the Armchair Urbanist series
https://linktr.ee/alanthefisher
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
YIMBYLAND @yimbyland.com Build Housing. Build Cities. Build the Future.
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Darren Buck @bikepedantic.bsky.social Former USDOT FHWA ped/bike research & policy lanyard-collector. Now fighting back full-time, however I can. Aspires to have health insurance again one day. Cambridge, MA.
Mark Hogan @markasaurus.bsky.social Architect in San Francisco. Principal at OpenScope Studio (openscopestudio.bsky.social). Working in SF + LA. Housing, #Architecture, London, Buffalo and #gardens.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/markasaurus
Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@Markasaurus
Stefan Novakovic @novakovicto.bsky.social Writer + Editor | Architecture + Cities | Toronto + Elsewhere
Vision Zero Vancouver @visionzerovancouver.ca Every year in Metro Vancouver, car crashes kill 100 people. We can get to zero by demanding governments design transportation systems to put safety first. http://linkin.bio/visionzeroyvr
Nick Norris @nicknslc.bsky.social Trying to make urbanism in SLC better. Outside as much as possible.
Bike commuter. Utes. Personal account
Charles Montgomery @charlesincities.bsky.social Author, Happy City.
Founder, Happy Cities.
I post on the connection between design + social trust.
Cities, algorithms, laws and invisible systems.
π§ ποΈπποΈ
Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders @movementyvr.bsky.social Fighting for better transit in Metro Vancouver! πππβ΄οΈ
https://movementyvr.ca
Climate and Transit @climateandtransit.bsky.social A focus on city planning,transit planning and sustainability!
βTrain good and car bad!β
Carter Rubin @carterrubin.com Urban planner in Southern California working to transform transportation. Posting my way to a better world to walk, bike and roll.
Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social πSeattle/London. Board member at Seattle Streets Alliance. Opinions amirite. Safe, sustainable, equitable, healthy cities. Dongho Chang superfan. (he/him)
Bob (Robert) Summers @rjsummers.bsky.social Professor and Director, School of Urban and Regional Planning. University of Alberta. Also Director of the Sustainability Council at U of A. @rjscity on Twitter. Fun fact - I have the most popular comment in the history of the New York Times.
Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social Policy & Planning Dir. @marinbike.org β’ UCLA Urban Planning β’ AICP Planner β’ Baltimore β‘οΈ LA β‘οΈ East Bay β’ π«πCar-free commuting since 2015 β’ Missing middle renter.
πBerkeley, CA
Mitchell Silver @mitchellsilver.bsky.social Urban planner, speaker, placemaker and professor of practice. Former NYC Parks Commissioner, Raleigh Chief Planning Officer and AICP & APA President. Passionate about people, planning, parks & public space.
Jean Beaudoin @jeanbeaudoin.bsky.social Designer urbain, architecte et ingΓ©nieur.
Je pratique, jβenseigne, jβΓ©tudie et je milite pour la transformation des rues principales quΓ©bΓ©coises.
Β«Changeons le monde, un quartier, une rue et un logement Γ la fois.Β»
www.nomade.archi
www.jeanbeaudoin.com
Druh Farrell @druhfarrell.bsky.social Just me trying to be a good ancestor. Former six-term councillor for the City of Calgary. I will never stop championing equity, climate action, and inspiring city-making. Treaty 7, She/her π¨π¦
TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. (TUW) @toderianuw.bsky.social TODERIAN UrbanWORKS Inc. (TUW) is a Vancouver-based national and international city planning/design, mobility and "advanced urbanism" consultancy led by @BrentToderian.bsky.social.
Gil Penalosa @penalosag.bsky.social Founder 8 80 Cities β’ Worked in over 350 cities β’ NEW keynotes & workshops on how CITIES can make HEALTHY & HAPPY LIVING the easy choice β’ Book Gil β’ Infra + Policy + Programs β’ Children β’ Olders β’ Top 100 urbanist (13).
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. 
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 | LΓ©o + Lucaβs dad | π Brooklyn, NY π² πΆ π π
Strong Towns @strongtowns.org We're changing *everything* about the North American pattern of development. Become a member today! strongtowns.org/membership
London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social π² Registered charity with 20,000+ members & supporters making cycling in London safe everywhere and fun for everyone.
Freddie OβConnell @freddieoconnell.bsky.social Mayor of a great city with dedicated funding for transportation and infrastructure thatβs also known for music. π¦
More about what weβre up to at @mayor.nashville.gov.
http://www.nashville.gov/mayor
http://www.readyforfreddie.com
Kristen Jeffers, MPA βπ½π (she/they) @blackurbanist.bsky.social Black, Queer, Dynamically Disabled, Southern USA, Spiritual, Working/Lower-Middle Class Feminist Urbanist freelance writer and editor and podcaster.
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
Steve Mouzon @stevemouzon.bsky.social Architect, Urbanist, Author, Photographer
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.
Anine Hartmann @aninehartmann.bsky.social Architect and urban planner working on mobility, road safety and street design. Walking, cycling and new mobility.πΆπ»ββοΈπ²π΄
Board member -> https://bsky.app/profile/pkinorge.bsky.social
Oslo, Norway - Trans π³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ - She/her
linkedin.com/in/aninehartmann
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/
Veronica O. Davis @veronicaodavis.bsky.social Author, Inclusive Transportation: A Manifesto for Repairing Divided Communities
veronicao.com
She/Her #TransportationNerd #InclusiveTransportation πΊπ
Rian Watt @rianwatt.bsky.social ED @eoionline.bsky.social βοΈβ’ formerly ending homelessness @communitysolutions π‘ β’ former ED, current board @theurbanist.org π β’ board @futurewise.bsky.social π β’ opinions mine, bad β’ curious β’ he/him
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
Shoshanna Saxe @shoshannasaxe.bsky.social Associate Professor of Civil and Mineral Engineering, @uoft, Canada Research Chair Sustainable Infrastructure. Research: How should we literally build the future? Industrial Ecology. Cities. Transport. Construction.
Share the Cities Collective @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
Josh White @jwhiteyvr.bsky.social π General Manager Planning, Urban Design & Sustainability and Director of Planning at City of Vancouver π
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
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
Alicia, Courtyard Urbanist @urbancourtyard.bsky.social Launching the CIMBY (Courtyard In My Backyard) movement in North America, starting in Chicago.