Active Towns Channel & Podcast Starter Pack
Over the past few years, I have had the honor and privilege to profile and interview many professionals and advocates working hard to create more people-oriented places around the globe. Many of them are also active on this platform, and thus, you may enjoy following along with their work and posts.
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@activetowns.bsky.social
@jamesmcash.bsky.social
Southwark Labour Cllr and Cabinet Member for Clean Air, Streets and Waste Primary school teacher & Lambeth NEU. Personal capacity. Socialist. 🪿🟩
@nacto.bsky.social
100 North American cities & transit agencies exchanging transportation ideas, insights, and practices.
@ianwalker.bsky.social
Environmental psychologist: transport, energy, water, buildings @locastproject.bsky.social. Head of Psychology, Swansea University 🏴. Trustee, Wheels for Wellbeing. My views Guinness World Record for the fastest bicycle ride across Europe drianwalker.com
@chelsearsoronen.bsky.social
CEO and Principal Artist, Chalk Riot • grad student • USA delegate USJLP 24-25 • effective transit needs engaging art • California Zephyr and front stoop enthusiast • DC www.chalkriotart.com
@citythreadorg.bsky.social
Strengthening the connections in our communities is more important than ever. That’s why we’re here.
@reenamahajan.bsky.social
Founder, Studio Divercity | Helping replace car-centric urban sprawl with people-centred, water-sensitive & nature-positive cities
@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
@schlthss.bsky.social
Transportation Engineer. Hopeful for a better future where we take the climate crisis seriously, regulate wealth inequality, and create a truly equitable and democratic society.
@shifter.info
Creator: Shifter | Urban cycling and bike commuting Author: Frostbike: The Joy, Pain and Numbness of Winter Cycling More here: linktr.ee/shifter
@bikejess.bsky.social
On earth to reimagine the status quo. Founder of The Living World + Biki Gala. Co-Founder Montclair Bike Bus. Bike community organizer. Social impact advisor. Brand builder. https://www.thelivingworld.co/
@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
@thewaroncars.bsky.social
A podcast about the fight against car culture. Hosted by Sarah Goodyear & Doug Gordon. Pre-order our new book, "Life After Cars," coming Oct 2025 from Thesis / Penguin Random House. https://www.lifeaftercars.com/ https://www.patreon.com/thewaroncarspod
@mobycon.bsky.social
Mobycon is an independent consultancy and research firm specializing in mobility solutions. We take an integrated approach to sustainable mobility to make the world less dependent on cars. www.mobycon.com
@cargobikefest.bsky.social
/// 📅 13-14 Oct 2025 /// 💡 ICBF: the original annual cargo bike event /// 📖 Carrier Magazine /// ⚡️ Year-round inspiration and knowledge-sharing #DecadeoftheCargoBike /// 📡 On Instagram, LinkedIn, Threads, Facebook and YouTube as @cargobikefest
@safestreetsaustin.bsky.social
Safe Streets Austin works to transform Austin’s streets, bikeways, and trails into safe, vibrant, equitable places for people of all ages and abilities to walk, bike, roll, and gather. https://www.safestreetsaustin.org/
@rethink35.org
A movement to stop the proposed I-35 expansion through Austin and push for a transformational, community-based alternative! linktr.ee/rethink35
@adamgreenfield.bsky.social
Streets, transportation, and land use advocate & organizer, mobilizing for bold change. Based in Austin TX. @SafeStreetsAustin @Rethink35 #NoMoreFreeways
@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 🚲 🚶 🚌 🌆
@keawilson.bsky.social
Senior editor + advocacy journalist at Streetsblog USA covering the movement to end universal car dependency. Spare time novelist. Tips to: kea@streetsblog.org or kwilson.52 on signal. Opinions are my own.
@kevinshepherd.bsky.social
Plangineer, Founder/CEO of Verdunity and host of Go Cultivate! podcast. Planning, engineering, and civic education that prioritizes financial sustainability, placemaking, and inclusive prosperity.
@kaidindc.bsky.social
Environmental lawyer and longtime advocate of sustainable cities, towns, and rural areas. Author, People Habitat: 25 Ways to Think About Greener, Healthier Cities. Widely diverging interests, resident of Washington, DC. For more, see peoplehabitat.com.
@rightlegpegged.bsky.social
Senior Architect/Associate at Davis Partnership Architects | Certified Passive House Designer | Tactical Urbanist | Physicist | Cities for People, Bicycles for Transportation | #DemandMore
@mckelleykc.bsky.social
Husband | Father | Royals/Braves | Passionate about socks and multimodal transportation | He/Him
@modacitylife.com
Delft-based urban mobility advocates and authors of ‘Building the Cycling City: The Dutch Blueprint for Urban Vitality’ and ‘Curbing Traffic: The Human Case for Fewer Cars in our Lives’. www.modacitylife.com
@robinmazumder.bsky.social
Environmental neuroscientist with the Future Cities Institute exploring the complex interactions between who we are, where we live, and how we function as a society. Speaker. Writer. Mental health advocate. Human. linktr.ee/robinmazumder
@victordover.bsky.social
Town Planner, Urban Designer, Futurist. Past Chair, CNU. FAICP. CNU Fellow. Principal @DoverKohl. Ironman (5x). Past President, Parks Foundation of Miami-Dade
@bikeshopgirl.bsky.social
🔧 Bike Mechanic + Product Designer 🙌 bikeshopgirl.substack.com 📍Chapel Hill, NC
@ourstreetsmn.org
We work to make biking, walking, & rolling easy & comfortable for everyone.
@theurbanistagenda.com
The Urbanist Agenda Podcast, hosted by Not Just Bikes https://theurbanistagenda.com
@shabazzstuart.bsky.social
Born, raised and reside in Brooklyn.🗽CEO of Oonee. Working to make our cities better places to live. 🚲🛴👷🏾Unapologetically Woke. 📣✊🏾🫶🏾
@jfrheault.bsky.social
La vie est plus belle à vélo Je travaille chez Vélo Québec
@liorsteinberg.bsky.social
Planning cities that make people smile; Co-founder @ humankind Author of The Car That Wanted to be a Bike: http://humankind.city/car 📍 Rotterdam, The Netherlands
@pekkatahkola.bsky.social
Urban planner & well-being engineer, Oulu, 🇫🇮, the winter cycling capital of the world. Welcome to our MasterClasses at http://masterclass.city ☃️ YouTube: http://youtube.com/pekkatahkola
@lanrickbennett.bsky.social
Working within the active transportation, environmental protection, affordable housing and placemaking sphere. Always advocating #BikeTO #TransformTO #BLM #TweetsAreMineByDefault
@denverbicyclelobby.bsky.social
An all grassroots group advocating for safer streets and sustainable transportation options in the city of Denver, Colorado
@bicycledutch.bsky.social
All about cycling in the Netherlands Cycling ambassador with the Dutch Cycling Embassy | Mark Wagenbuur
@brooklynspoke.bsky.social
Co-host, The War on Cars. Writer, TV producer, advocate, runner, Disney parks fan. Born at 330.21 ppm. (he/him) Pre-order our new book, "Life After Cars," coming in October from Thesis, an imprint of Penguin Random House. https://linktr.ee/brooklynspoke
@emiliajaneagain.bsky.social
Environmental and human rights campaigner and programme manager. Sustrans Scotland's Head of Programme on the National Cycle Network. views my own
@paige-ellis.bsky.social
Representing Southwest Austin, Barton Springs, Zilker Park, the Wildflower Center, and surrounding communities. https://linktr.ee/paigeforaustin
@ethantufts.bsky.social
🎛️ I make music gear: olinthus.com 📹 I make videos about cars and transportation: helloroad.tv 🚙 Car enthusiast that hates car dependency 🎹 Musician that loves obsolete electronics
@coxyjindas.bsky.social
Frustrated urbanist and active transport advocate in Brisbane, Australia.
@penalosag.bsky.social
Founder 8 80 Cities and #Cities4Everyone. Equity & sustainability. Worked in over 350 cities. Ran for mayor of Toronto, 2022. Top 100 urbanists (13).
@jaymemoye.bsky.social
Adventure news columnist for Outside | Two-time North American Travel Journalist of the Year | Mountain sports and culture writer
@taylorgriggs.bsky.social
Portlander, journalist, bicyclist Writing about transportation/climate/city stuff @portlandmercury.com tgriggs @ portlandmercury dot com Find me on Signal: taylorgriggs.03
@zvi-leve.bsky.social
A passionate advocate for streets as public space and systems thinking in all that applies to mobility and urbanism.
@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
@pedalingpastor.bsky.social
pedaling the gospel of community, inclusion, social justice, dad jokes, yelling at 🚗, & a deep ❤️ for 🚲 👟 🚌. WV-expat. Pastor of Judson Memorial Baptist Church in S. MPLS author of Church on the Move: A Practical Guide for Ministry in the Community
@avistopper.bsky.social
@ternbicycles.com
We build bikes with an eye to changing the world. 🌎 Read more about us here: TernBicycles.com
@carterlavin.bsky.social
Training activists so they can win climate-friendly changes in their community. Bus lanes, bike lanes, car-free plazas + more! Learn more at http://carterlavin.com
@andrealearned.bsky.social
I Create #ClimateInfluence , host #podcasts, moderate, speak and develop creative collaborations | #cities #food #transportation #BIKES | My methods: live events + media (audio, Substack)| #LivingChange podcast | Music via KEXP is my joy
@jossluijsmans.bsky.social
International Cargo Bike Festival @cargobikefestival.bsky.social https://cargobikefestival.com/ Cycling advocacy, Fietsdiensten.nl
@goingdutchdenver.bsky.social
I’m a transportation cyclist, safe streets advocate, crossing guard and New Orleans native living in Denver.
@filmendefietser.bsky.social
Utrecht 🇳🇱 based cycling lover | All about Dutch cycling (movies) and bike advocacy | Fietsfluencer | Cycling guide | Fietsmaatjes Utrecht 🚲 📹 www.defilmendefietser.nl
@bromptonbicycle.bsky.social
Handmade in London for cities around the world. Do you want to be featured? Use #BroughtHereByBrompton to show us your G Line adventures Contact our CS Team Online http://bit.ly/BromptonCS DMs not monitored
@willnorman.co.uk
London’s Walking & Cycling Commissioner Working with the Mayor, TfL & boroughs to build a safer, greener & healthier city. Posts, errors & typos all mine.
@grantennis.bsky.social
Author of Dark PR: How corporate disinformation undermines our health and the Environment, 2023, Daraja Press. Read it here: http://tinyurl.com/bookdarkpr
@nataliabarbour.bsky.social
Transportation | Cycling | Cities | past TU Delft & MIT | 🇵🇱 www.nataliabarbour.com
@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. http://linktr.ee/CityNerd 🐘 @nerd4cities
@veronicaodavis.bsky.social
Author, Inclusive Transportation: A Manifesto for Repairing Divided Communities veronicao.com She/Her #TransportationNerd #InclusiveTransportation 🔺🐘
@allencowgill.bsky.social
Denver, CO. Dad, husband, loves bikes and sustainable transportation. AvGeek, Wx nerd. Volunteer for Moms Demand Action. Opinions my own.
@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
@bikeleague.bsky.social
The League of American Bicyclists is leading the movement to build a Bicycle Friendly America for everyone.
@americanfietser.com
"Fietser" (Dutch) 'feet-ser' Meaning: A Person Who Bikes For Transportation; Infrastructure, City Design, E-Cargo Bike Ambassador, Brasil 🇧🇷🔗, Train & Aviation Enjoyer
@lukebornheimer.com
Executive Director @StreetsForward.org. Sustainable transportation advocate and community organizer in San Francisco. #BlackLivesMatter
@urbanismspeakeasy.com
When I'm not engineering safe & healthy streets, I'm running my mouth about it. urbanismspeakeasy.com
@billyistep.bsky.social
Likes talking about bikes, cities, and water. Professor of Political Science Texas State University. Views my own. Author: Adaptation Urbanism & Resilient Communities
@cnunewurbanism.bsky.social
CNU envisions a world where cities, towns, and neighborhoods are intentionally designed and managed to foster community, preserve the natural environment, and improve the lives of all people. Learn more: cnu.org CNU 33 registration: https://bit.ly/41v76Br
@ohtheurbanity.bsky.social
More housing, bikes, and transit. https://youtube.com/@ohtheurbanity 📍 Montreal, Quebec
@urbancyclinginstitute.org
Our mission is to serve, teach, inspire and impact current and future urban professionals in our quest for actionable steps towards safe, inclusive, active mobility.
@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.
@lucymaloney.bsky.social
City Councillor with OneCity Vancouver. Road safety advocate, former environmental lawyer, cyclist, parent. Working for you.
@kelseyhuse.com
Studying City & Regional Planning at University of Memphis. I love my cat Buzz, playing Irish fiddle, and riding my e-bike.
@strongtowns.org
We're changing *everything* about the North American pattern of development. Become a member today! strongtowns.org/membership
@roysymons.bsky.social
Professional Engineer & Sustainable Transportation Specialist in Burnaby, BC. Documenting the design of streets and hopefully inspiring others at rollinginthecity.ca. Author of Bike Lanes, Except Bicycles, and Fietspad.
@bikabout.com
Safe Routes to School Manager 4 Hood River. Bike 🚲 travel writer & map 🗺 maker. Scheming on bike 🛏️ hostel in Columbia Gorge.
@megankimble.bsky.social
Texas political economy reporter @houstonchronicle.com, based in Austin. Author of CITY LIMITS: Infrastructure, Inequality, and the Future of America's Highways Professionally curious
@cathytuttle.bsky.social
Planner of cities for people & other living things. I post about life in Seattle, Portland, Utrecht + women who create cities + cargo bikes + climate. I'm on the Boards of @americawalks.bsky.social @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social & @sngreenways.bsky.social
@sofio.bsky.social
He/Him | Posts about No Turn on Red signs | NEU 2028 (civil engineering)! | *Posts/Likes/Etc. reflect my own views*
@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.
@rockymtninst.bsky.social
Transforming the global energy system to secure a clean, prosperous, zero-carbon future for all.
@pflax1.bsky.social
Into riding, writing and complex carbohydrates. Every opinion stated here is mine—and mine alone.
@mollyfortexas.bsky.social
Texas State Senator District 15, ER Nurse, MPH, Community Organizer, Democrat linktr.ee/mollyfortexas
@nondriver.bsky.social
Author, When Driving Isn't An Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency (Island Press, 2024). Disabled mom with #nystagmus. Launched #WeekWithoutDriving annazivarts.com
@mrc-slc.bsky.social
Executive Director of the http://UtahRPA.org, home of @LinkUtah.org. Member of @cnunewurbanism.bsky.social, @strongtowns.org, and @railpassengers.org.
@danpiatkowski.bsky.social
I teach, research, and write about sustainable transport and urban planning at OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University.
@usa.streetsblog.org
Covering the movement to end car dependency and make America better for walking, biking, transit and more.