Taras Grescoe's Straphanger Starter Pack /Volume 1
50 great voices on trains, transit, bike, citiesโmore to come
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@taras-grescoe.com
@interurbanera.bsky.social
I make chill scale modeling videos + Build custom model railroads for clients https://lnk.bio/InterurbanEra
@sandypsj.bsky.social
Transit geek. Planner. Cat dad. Cubs fan. Deputy Director of Regional Transit Planning at MBTA. Blogging much less than I'd like at www.itineranturbanist.wordpress.com. Opinions my own.
@lostsubways.com
Wrote and illustrated "The Lost Subways of North America". Lawyer. Californian living in New York. Avid cyclist. Order the book at: http://lostsubways.com
@2-wheeled-wolf.bsky.social
Leaving other site & moving in here. Same person with cool ebikes I like to create. Been a returnee to cycling despite disability for some years & now my ebikes are my mobility aids. Been complaints I ain't thankful for crap cycle infra, why should I?
@charlesincities.bsky.social
Author, Happy City. Founder, Happy Cities. But speaking only here for myself! Design + social trust. ๐ง ๐๏ธ๐๐๏ธ
@longbranchmike.bsky.social
Managing Editor of LondonReconnections.com. Open to colabs. Opinions are mine own. EN/FR (he/him/hine/il/lui) On the southbound Suarez platform.
@heliomass.com
๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ง Londoner in Montreal. Itโs an experience. Transit / retro gaming / politics / cats Runs mainly on Yorkshire Tea and root beer. Blog: https://heliomass.com Correspondent at @lonrec.bsky.social Creator of @mtltransitstatusen.bsky.social
@transitmap.net
A celebration of transit maps and diagrams from around the world. Visit the blog at transitmap.net. ๐ Reposts appreciated! Transit map prints sold at: transitmap.net/store Transit mappers starter pack: https://go.bsky.app/32jXV41
@transportaction.ca
Advocacy for better public transport across Canada. Bringing people together by bus, train, ferry, and bicycle.
@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 19 year old daily newsletter here: https://mailchi.mp/theoverheadwire/trial
@ianvisits.co.uk
@trainstramstracks.bsky.social
Everything about trains and trams (and subways) and tracks (rail and bicycle tracks) all across the world.
@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 ๐ ๐ Sigma Xi Scientific research honor society Fellow Since 1 July 2024 โX/Twitter Fr En Es It
@lutzfernandez.bsky.social
Ex-banker, marketer, & English teacher: pick your ad hominem. Co-author of nonfiction books Carjacked & Schooled. Cranky in the AM. Substack: https://annelutzfernandez.substack.com/
@oliver-moore.bsky.social
Deviant pedestrian. Iโm bullish on cities, opposed to fascism and write editorials for The Globe and Mail. Never 51. @moore_oliver at the other place, which I've mostly left. Will try to respond via omoore@globeandmail.ca. Header pic by Mervyn Sequeira
@chittimarco.bsky.social
Researcher on urban planning and public transportation. https://marcochitti.substack.com/
@alexbozikovic.bsky.social
Architecture critic @theglobeandmail.com. Also author, University of Toronto Daniels Faculty instructor, husband, father of two city kids. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/alex-bozikovic/
@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
@ianwalker.bsky.social
Environmental psychologist: transport, energy, water, buildings @locastproject.bsky.social. Head of Psychology, Swansea University ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ. Trustee, Wheels for Wellbeing. My views Guinness World Record for the fastest bicycle ride across Europe drianwalker.com
@davidharvey.org
Distinguished Professor, CUNY Graduate Center; Director of Research, Center for Place, Culture and Politics. Latest book: A Companion to Marx's Grundrisse. Posts from David Harvey personally are signed -DH
@naparstek.bsky.social
@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.
@tomflood.bsky.social
Strategy/Creative/Content/Branding @ rovรฉlo creative. Lectures & workshops on reframing the mainstream narrative around road safety/road violence and active transportation but mostly trying to catch up on vacuuming. Creativebyrovelo.com
@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.
@shawnmicallef.bsky.social
Local tosser Books author (New: Stroll!) Toronto Star column writer Spacing Magazine co-founder U of T instructor Trying to do it a bit different here than the last place. Links to books, etc: https://linktr.ee/shawnmicallef ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ค๐ผ
@segbydesign.bsky.social
Using data and remastered historic photography to document the destruction of communities of color by redlining, urban renewal, freeways, and disinvestment; also highlighting solutions https://www.segregationbydesign.com/
@seatsixtyone.bsky.social
Mark Smith, the Man in Seat 61, the chap who runs that train travel site http://seat61.com. YouTube: http://youtube.com/c/seat61.
@americanfietser.com
"Fietser" (Dutch) 'feet-ser' Meaning: A Person Who Bikes For Transportation; Infrastructure, City Design, E-Cargo Bike Ambassador, Brasil ๐ง๐ท๐, Train & Aviation Enjoyer
@modacitylife.com
Delft-based urban mobility advocates and authors of โBuilding the Cycling City: The Dutch Blueprint for Urban Vitalityโ and โCurbing Traffic: The Human Case for Fewer Cars in our Livesโ. www.modacitylife.com
@rmtransit.bsky.social
Toronto Enthusiast. Public Transit Obsessive - Programmer - Retired YouTuber. Passionate about making the world better. https://nexttoronto.substack.com/
@sgoodyear.bsky.social
Writer. New Yorker. Co-host, The War on Cars podcast. patreon.com/thewaroncarspod
@garethdennis.bsky.social
Railway engineer and writer. Hosts railnatter.bsky.social. Director of E2M. Lecturer for the PWI and elsewhere. Co-founder of the Campaign for Level Boarding. Chair of NEREF. He/him. Buy my book: https://bit.ly/HowTheRailways
@usa.streetsblog.org
Covering the movement to end car dependency and make America better for walking, biking, transit and more.
@jonworth.eu
EU politics and sustainable transport, especially railways. Brit who became German and lives in a village in France. When he's not escaping it on a train or a folding bicycle. Teaches at College of Europe, still writes a blog, photographs with a drone.
@mnolangray.bsky.social
the once and future city planner // legislative director for california yimby // AICP // proud kentuckian // #BBN // buy my book โค
@awalkerinla.bsky.social
I'm a writer and a walker in LA. Tracking the city's megaevent progress at Torched. Co-host LA Podcast, episodes weekly at thelapod.com. LAUSD mom. @awalkerinla everywhere else. Sign up for my newsletter at torched.la ๐ฅ
@alonlevy.bsky.social
Transit researcher in Berlin. Lived in Tel Aviv, Singapore, the Riviera, New York, Providence, Vancouver, Stockholm, Paris. https://pedestrianobservations.com/ http://patreon.com/alonlevy alon@pedestrianobservations.com @alon@mastodon.social
@humantransit.bsky.social
Public transit planning consultant and commentator. Author of the book โHuman Transitโ and the blog HumanTransit.org. The consulting firm is jarrettwalker.com. Also obsessed with literature and plants.
@yonahfreemark.com
Transport / Housing / Land Use / Politics / @urbaninstitute.bsky.social / Le progrรจs ne vaut que sโil est partagรฉ par tous / yonahfreemark.com / thetransportpolitic.com
@thetransitguy.com
I like trains and walkable neighborhoods. https://linktr.ee/thetransitguy
@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
@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
@worldbollardassoc.bsky.social
The official Bluesky account of the World Bollard Associationโข๏ธ. MERCH STORE - https://worldbollardassociation.team-togs.com/shop/storeorderform.php
@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
@parismarx.com
i criticize the tech industry ๐๏ธ @techwontsave.us & @systemcrash.info ๐ฌ https://disconnect.blog ๐ https://roadtonowherebook.com
@annaleen.bsky.social
bestselling author * Hugo winner * nerd latest books: Stories Are Weapons, The Terraformers bylines: New Scientist, Washington Post, etc. pod: www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com pronouns: they/them all the stuff: www.techsploitation.com
@taras-grescoe.com
Author of Straphanger | Words NY Times Nat Geo Smithsonian WSJ | Latest book Lost Supper | Talks: http://taras-grescoe.com/contact https://www.highspeed.blog (Transit, trains, bikes) https://linktr.ee/tarasgrescoe Agent: www.skagency.com