Reading List for New Urbanists
Snapshot of the convos I’m following that you might want to as well, especially for my @cnunewurbanism.bsky.social friends and colleagues. I welcome suggestions to help improve this (and every) community!
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@mallorybaches.bsky.social
@driggs16dc.bsky.social
Urban planning & development in DC & Detroit; Loeb Fellow 2016; expertise in placemaking & affordable hsg; love of arts & culture, travel, soccer; Jersey girl
@jo-urbanist.bsky.social
Urbanist, Landscape Architect, Colorado Springs. JO_Urbanist on Twitter. Urbanlandscapes.design
@abdaigle.bsky.social
Urban Flâneur / People Lover. Naturalist / Tree Hugger. World Citizen / Culturalist. BioChef. Connoisseur of Beauty. Circular Economist. Defender of America’s great liberal experiment.
@civiccommonsus.bsky.social
An ambitious national initiative demonstrating that strategic investments in public spaces can connect people of all backgrounds, cultivate trust and create more resilient communities
@ndschoolofarch.bsky.social
Restoring reason, beauty, and trust in Architecture. https://architecture.nd.edu/
@gscottjr.bsky.social
Michigander turned Chicagoan. Co-Lead of CNUChicago. Co-Founder and Board Member, ENU. Board Member, CNU. Co-Lead, BigTentUrbanistCoalition. MassTransit40Under40 - 2022 Honoree. ChaddickScholar. Views expressed are my own.
@tcorcoran.bsky.social
Former legal tech CEO now advising law firm & law department leaders through the profitable disruption of outdated business models. Dad of daughters. Renee’s dude. Stepdad of sons. Basketballer. Woke. Ally. BringinTim.com
@johnyungphat.bsky.social
Cincinnati-based urbanist, planner, transit advocate, and former rabble-rouser. Co-Chair of CNU 32 in Cincinnati: May 2024.
@udfnyc.bsky.social
Urban Design Forum connects and inspires New Yorkers to design, build and care for a better city. https://urbandesignforum.org/
@journalurbanism.bsky.social
Journal of Urbanism: International research on placemaking & urban sustainability. Published four times a year by Routledge. Also @[email protected] on Mastodon And @JournalUrbanism on X-twitter
@marynewsom.bsky.social
Urbanist, journalist, occasional op-ed writer, fledgling novelist. Annoyingly eager to quote Jane Jacobs: Cities are for everyone.
@berniceradle.bsky.social
Urbanist. Small scale developer. Buffalo girl. 💜 Co-Founder: Neighborhood Evolution Executive Director: Preservation Buffalo Niagara Owner: Buffalove Development.
@sociallifeproject.bsky.social
Highlighting what makes #publicspaces thrive. Sister program of @PlacemakingX.bsky.social. By Fred Kent & Kathy Madden, founders & 40+ year leaders of @PPSPlacemaking.bsky.social. www.SocialLifeProject.org
@midwestplanner.bsky.social
Community Development Practitioner | Urban Sociologist and Embedded Urban Planner focused on building healthy, safe, and vibrant neighborhoods. Research focus on Sociology and Psychology of the American Rust Belt. Penn State | Arizona State
@mslynnross.bsky.social
Urbanist, Policy Nerd. Founder, Spirit for Change Consulting. Work on #housingjustice #justplaces #civicinfrastrcuture. Live in the South, but still a Midwesterner at heart. Also: K-drama enthusiast, dessert connoisseur, nap expert.
@timschwanen.bsky.social
Professor of Transport Geography | Director of @tsuoxford.bsky.social | University of Oxford | Mobilities, transport, cities, technology, climate, inequality | he/him 🏳️🌈 | 333 CO2 ppm
@danielparolek.bsky.social
Author #MissingMiddleHousing book. Passionate about #zoningreform #walkableurbanliving, and #equity. Strategic Advisor. Co-Founder @opticosdesign . Dad
@lohplaces.bsky.social
CRE, placemaking, transit, regionalism Boards: WMATA, GGWash, District Bridges Book: https://www.brookings.edu/books/hyperlocal/ Bio: https://www.brookings.edu/people/tracy-hadden-loh/
@ethankent.bsky.social
Supporting public space and placemaking learning, advocacy and action globally. Executive Director, @placemakingx.bsky.social https://www.placemakingx.org/people/ethan-kent Also with @sociallifeproject.bsky.social Formerly with @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social
@exlarson.bsky.social
Author, tennis addict, lover of Hendrick's martinis, interesting restaurants, and long walks in Central Park. Website: eriklarsonbooks.com
@jenniferkeesmaat.bsky.social
@justinmbibb.bsky.social
Elected 58th Mayor of Cleveland to fight for our city’s future. bibbforcle.com
@nacto.bsky.social
100 North American cities & transit agencies exchanging transportation ideas, insights, and practices.
@canurbanism.bsky.social
The Council for Canadian Urbanism #CanU is a national organization of leading multi-disciplinary urbanists championing better city-building coast-to-coast! linktr.ee/canurbanism Conseil pour l'Urbanisme Canadien
@henrygrabar.bsky.social
staff writer @slate, author of Paved Paradise, editor of The Future of Transportation, Loeb Fellow '24 henry at grabar at slate dot com
@danimmergluck.bsky.social
Professor Emeritus, Public Policy & Urban Studies, Georgia State Applied & Policy Research Advisement Affordable/Fair Housing/Finance, Cities, Community Devl't, Urban Pol Economy CHI->ATL->CHI Opinions my own More info: https://tinyurl.com/3n9py
@edwinheathcote.bsky.social
FT Architecture and Design critic. Author of ‘On the Street: In-Between Architecture’. Jeez. Another platform. @financialtimes.com
@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.
@kateraworth.bsky.social
Author of Doughnut Economics, Co-founder of Doughnut Economics Action Lab, Senior Teaching Fellow at Oxford Uni Environmental Change Institute. doughnuteconomics.org
@theurbanistagenda.com
The Urbanist Agenda Podcast, hosted by Not Just Bikes https://theurbanistagenda.com
@london.gov.uk
Husband, father and Mayor of the greatest city in the world. He/Him.
@thecity.nyc
We're an independent, nonprofit newsroom covering New York. Read our newsletter: https://www.thecity.nyc/the-scoop/
@volts.wtf
I run a newsletter/podcast called Volts about clean energy & politics. Subscribe & join the community at http://volts.wtf!
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
@propublica.org
Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts. Send us tips: propublica.org/tips
@cityobservatory.bsky.social
Original research and commentary on what matters for city success.
@streetfilms.bsky.social
Prolific Streets Documentarian since late 1990s. All good things: biking, walking, transit, trains, open streets, green infra, etc. Check out some of the latest films at: www.streetfilms.org or go to: https://www.youtube.com/@StreetfilmsCommunity
@justupthepike.bsky.social
maryland policy director @ggwash.org, your east silver spring civic association VP, pit bull parent, elder emo, just out here getting cuter. no growth has to mean less is less. they/them.
@chanface.bsky.social
I make transit construction timelines! 🚧 🚇 | Organizer @tritag.ca | Transit Politics & Planning | Housing | Cities | 23 | UW Planning | Toronto/Waterloo | 🇨🇦🏳️🌈🇭🇰
@wrirosscities.bsky.social
Helping cities make big ideas happen. A program of @worldresources.bsky.social. Producer of http://TheCityFix.org. Home of #PrizeForCities.
@joobilly.bsky.social
Professor @ Temple. Founding Strategic co-director @cplusc.bsky.social.; Founding (ex-) Director, McHarg Center. Books: Design With Nature Now (Lincoln) A Blueprint for Coastal Adaptation (Island Press) Building Postcarbon Futures (exp 2025)
@annehidalgo.bsky.social
Maire de Paris, ville hôte des Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques 2024
@usa.streetsblog.org
Covering the movement to end car dependency and make America better for walking, biking, transit and more.
@aldasky.bsky.social
Political economy of climate emergency. Assistant Professor of Sociology, UC Berkeley; Director, Socio-Spatial Climate Collaborative, or (SC)2; Founding Co-Director, Climate and Community Institute @cplusc.bsky.social. A Planet to Win (Verso). he/him
@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.
@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.
@bcappelbaum.bsky.social
I write about the economy for the opinion pages of The New York Times. Verification: https://go.bsky.app/8WhdCDa
@davidzipper.bsky.social
Senior Fellow @ MIT Mobility Initiative and Contributing Writer @ Vox, focused on transport, cities and tech. Words in The Atlantic, CityLab, WaPo, etc. https://linktr.ee/davidzipper Newsletter, speaking, writing and advisory work: http://davidzipper.com
@jerusalem.bsky.social
yes, like the city | building something new | contributing writer at The Atlantic | she/her
@katharinehayhoe.com
climate scientist posts 100% my own 🇨🇦 is my home distinguished professor & chair, Texas Tech chief scientist, The Nature Conservancy board member, Smithsonian NMNH alum, UToronto and UIUC author, Saving Us
@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.
@myurbangen.bsky.social
Mostly Urbanism. From the east coast. Planner at Kimley-Horn in Orlando. Views are my own. http://myurbangeneration.wordpress.com
@nealip.bsky.social
Architect and Neighborhood Maker, Principal at Torti Gallas + Partners. Cities should have the form and density to make them more convenient to walk in than to drive. You can’t address climate change without acting on that.
@kennedysmith.bsky.social
Lover of small businesses, circular economies, history, spreadsheets. Enemy of Amazon, dollar stores, and all the other monopolists and community homogeneizers. Senior researcher for the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. kennedy(at)ilsr.org.
@natestorring.bsky.social
City observer, movie lover, errant Canadian. ⛲️ Co-Executive Director, @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social 📖 Co-Editor, brookings.edu/books/hyperlocal 🎧 Co-Host, @simpsonsfilmpod.bsky.social 🏡 Resident, Lambertville, NJ
@walkplace.bsky.social
Shaping…Timeless • Walkable • Human Habitats #WalkableUrbanism #WalkingWorld #SDGs #20MinuteNeighbourhoods #IMPINV #SolviturAmbulando
@knightengale.bsky.social
People over cars. Sweet over savory. Dogs over everything.
@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
@billmckibben.bsky.social
Founder 350.org and Third Act, author The Crucial Years on substack https://billmckibben.substack.com/ Author of 21 books, beginning with The End of Nature
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Raised on Coast Miwok land, longtime resident on Ramaytush Ohlone land, writer, climate person, feminist, wanderer. Just started a newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com.
@drkatemarvel.bsky.social
Earth scientist. Working for an unnamed government space agency, which obviously endorses nothing I say here. Theoretical astrophysicist by training. My book, HUMAN NATURE, is coming out in June https://shorturl.at/aJRYb
@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.
@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 🚲 🚶 🚌 🌆
@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).
@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.
@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
@carlosmorenofr.bsky.social
Professor IAE-Paris1 Sorbonne French Academy of Technologies Happy Proximities pionneer 15-Minute City concept creator 15 books in 11 languages MultiAwarded 🏅🏆 Sigma Xi Scientific research honor society Fellow Since 1 July 2024 ❌X/Twitter Fr En Es It
@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
@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 October 21, 2025. lifeaftercars.com
@cghfranck.bsky.social
Architect • Educator • Author • Speaker on all things related to creating a better built environment.
@johnthebad.bsky.social
Polymath, small scale real estate developer, urban designer, recovering electrician.
@oscarthinks.bsky.social
Senior Economic Justice Correspondent, @nextcity.org. Author of The Banks We Deserve https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-banks-we-deserve-reclaiming-community-banking-for-a-just-economy-oscar-perry-abello/21374823 Based in NYC. #FilAm [email protected]
@jzimbabwe.bsky.social
Architect, planner, and Executive Director of Environmental Works Community Design Center in Seattle. Adjunct faculty at UW. Also: cheese, parrots, travel, music, housing, transit, maps, books, dogs, politics.
@geoffboeing.com
Associate Professor @USC • Nonresident Senior Fellow @Brookings • Urban Networks • Geospatial Data Science Web: https://geoffboeing.com/ LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/gboeing/
@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.
@daniellearigoni.bsky.social
Public servant and senior executive. Committed to advancing equity, resilience, and people-centered communities. Board Chair, Bike League. Author, Climate Resilience for an Aging Nation. http://resilienceforanagingnation.com Views are my own.
@mroddc.bsky.social
Director of Research @ Smart Growth America / @smartgrowthusa.bsky.social . Economist & urban planner. Passion for cities, data, real estate, & transpo 🚉. 🐶 are the best. DC region / NoVA.
@jgmoore.bsky.social
Program Director at the Mellon Foundation. I care about people, places, and the planet. Views are my own.
@joelvanderw.bsky.social
CNU33 Local Host Committee. An architect. Aggressively pedestrian. Trying to build a fourplex on the west side of Providence.
@lucasgrindley.bsky.social
Executive Director + podcast host for @nextcity.org Composer; music in links. he/him 🏳️🌈 https://linkin.bio/lucasgrindley https://lmgsoundworks.substack.com
@humanecosystem.bsky.social
Cities for choice in housing, neighborhood, transpo; abundant access, opportunity & upward mobility. Prof of Sustainable Development @SMU; Board of Directors Dallas Area Rapid Transit; Founder: THE.City & the American Dream
@charlesincities.bsky.social
Author, Happy City. Founder, Happy Cities. But speaking only here for myself! Design + social trust. 🧠🏙️🌈🏔️
@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
@chrismccahill.bsky.social
Managing Director at ssti.us | Transportation Commission & Plan Commission for #MadisonWI | he/him
@karrieurbanist.bsky.social
Writer. Mostly cities, architecture and design. Also the politics of public space, technology and trees. Faculty at SVA’s DCrit. South Brooklyn and the Western Catskills.
@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, the planet, planning, parks & public space.
@veronicaodavis.bsky.social
Author, Inclusive Transportation: A Manifesto for Repairing Divided Communities veronicao.com She/Her #TransportationNerd #InclusiveTransportation 🔺🐘