UrbanistAF
*AF - thatโs my initials ๐ #urbanism #urbanist #sustainablecities #greencities #antisprawl #housing #upzon* #transitnerds #parkingreform #housingjustice #affordability #YIMBY #mobilityjustice
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@trufahey.bsky.social
@aforhj.org
๐ค ๐๏ธ Building & supporting infrastructure for a powerful, grassroots-led movement to win safe, affordable, equitable housing for all. ๐ https://linkin.bio/aforhj
@aarmlovi.bsky.social
Sr. Housing Analyst @niskanencenter๐๏ธ | Urban Econ ๐๐ฐ๐ | @worksinprogress contributor | @opennyforall member | @yimbytown alum | former @cbcny | Legalize housing. Tax land. End poverty with cash
@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
@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.
@lanrickbennett.bsky.social
Working within the active transportation, environmental protection, affordable housing and placemaking sphere. Always advocating #BikeTO #TransformTO #BLM #TweetsAreMineByDefault
@berkie1.bsky.social
Supporting a new generation of walkable neighborhoods with housing abundance, active public realms, & thriving small business ecosystems. Founder remainplaces.com
@jensvb.bsky.social
Data, analysis, visualization, #CensusMapper, transportation cyclist. ๐Vancouver, BC
@drtaragoddard.com
Planning/urban studies professor. Road safety, engineering, behavior, & culture; wildfire planning and response; inclusive disaster evacuation; ethics of tech in transportation; planning in the Petropyrocene. TX now, back to CA soon. She/her.
@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
@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
@arpitrage.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Finance, NYU Stern Newsletter: arpitrage.substack.com Website: arpitgupta.info
@mnolangray.bsky.social
the once and future city planner // legislative director for california yimby // AICP // proud kentuckian // #BBN // buy my book โค
@theurbanistagenda.com
The Urbanist Agenda Podcast, hosted by Not Just Bikes https://theurbanistagenda.com
@sarahmyhre.bsky.social
Director of Partnerships, @DemocracyForward.org | 5th Generation Washingtonian | Climate and environmental expert | Philanthropic strategy | Printmaker | Funny in person, earnest on the internet | Views are my own
@sarabronin.bsky.social
Mexican-American architect, attorney, Cornell professor, National Zoning Atlas founder, "Key to the City" author, preservationist, 7th-generation Texan, mother of 3. https://wwnorton.com/books/key-to-the-city
@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.
@cselmendorf.bsky.social
The law prof at UC Davis. Dad. Denizen of San Francisco. Patron of Amtrak. Tweets are my own, not statements of UC. (he/him)
@wklumpen.bsky.social
Transit research and data analytics consultant. Co-founder @moreneighboursyyc.bsky.social. The world would be a better place if we all rode the bus more often. www.klumpentown.com
@blackurbanist.bsky.social
Black, Queer, Dynamically Disabled, Southern USA, Spiritual, Working/Lower-Middle Class Feminist Urbanist freelance writer and editor and podcaster.
@right0fway.bsky.social
Urban planner and researcher focused on equity, energy democracy, and climate planning. My work examines how planning practices advance, or hinder, just and sustainable futures. http://streetopias.org ๐ Detroit
@carterrubin.com
Urban planner in Southern California working to transform transportation. Posting my way to a better world to walk, bike and roll. Talk to me about DOTs, MPOs, RTPs and SCSs. Day job at NRDC.
@audreyflavoie.bsky.social
Cities & Climate policy โข Amoureuse de Montrรฉal โข Strategic Political Advisor, Mayor's Local Office โข McGill @mcgill.ca & UCL @ucl.ac.uk Alumni ๐ Montrรฉal | Tiohtiร :ke, ex-Londoner https://linktr.ee/audreyfredlavoie
@mikechensf.com
San Francisco housing, transportation, good government ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐๐
@huyentkle.bsky.social
Urban transport/health researcher. Asst Prof @ Ohio State University. Interested in sustainable transportation, environmental exposure, environmental justice, well-being, & coconuts. Personal account. https://u.osu.edu/huyenle/
@jahorne.bsky.social
๐๏ธ๐ถ๐พโโ๏ธ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ช๐พ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ (He/Him) Queer Urbanist - Transit Professional - Transit Nerd - Community Connector Interests: Cities, Cycling, Walking, Architecture, Museums, Performing Arts, Trains, Buses, People All views are mine. https://www.instagram.com/jahorne
@dovkadin.bsky.social
Work at SACOG to plan for a more compact and sustainable Sacramento region. City of Sacramento Planning Commissioner. Posts are my own.
@danielkayhertz.bsky.social
Personal account. Housing Director at Impact for Equity, a law and policy center in Chicago. Former policy director, Chicago Department of Housing. Book "The Battle of Lincoln Park" on the origins of gentrification in Chicago. ๐& ๐
@sharethecities.bsky.social
Share The Cities. We are yes in my back yard for social housing & tenant led organizing. Public Broadband & Public Bathrooms. Femme-focused urbanism. #Seattle #CoastSalishLand https://linktr.ee/sharethecities
@nerd4cities.bsky.social
Plangineer (AICP) when Iโm at work, alter ego CityNerd when Iโm not. New videos on cities and transportation every Wednesday. http://linktr.ee/CityNerd ๐ @nerd4cities
@citiesoflions.bsky.social
I am #UrbanPlanner, hear me Roar ๐ฆ Welcome to the planning pride! https://beacons.ai/citiesoflions
@abundanthousingil.bsky.social
We advocate for housing abundance and sustainable, inclusive cities in Illinois. (Formerly Urban Environmentalists Illinois) ๐๏ธ http://abundanthousingillinois.org
@khelsilem.bsky.social
Posting live from Squamish Nation territory (Vancouver, BC). Posts are my opinion, which is subject to change based on new information.
@activetraveltt.bsky.social
As with most places, we've allowed cars to crush our tiny islands of Trinidad & Tobago. We don't expect everyone to ride a bicycle for transport, but we would like the population to have real choice when it comes to travelling around a tiny place. #TTMoves
@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
@bikegillian.bsky.social
Leader of Kidical Mass Arlington, Escuela Key Bicibรบs, Safe Streets Are For Everyone Thank You (SSAFETY.org). Advocate for safe & sustainable transportation, housing, and a better Arlington VA / DC region
@moreneighbors.org
Neighbors for More Neighbors stands up for secure, abundant homes for everyone in the Twin Cities. We advocate at the state and local level for rules changes to allow more homes in existing communities. Website: https://moreneighbors.org/
@lanefab.com
Vancouver, BC Co-owner & Lead Designer Lanefab Design/Build B.Eng M.Arch Build beautiful. Build for a livable climate. www.Lanefab.com #ThickWallsAreSexy / #SingleStair / #ElectrifyEverything / #Passivhaus / #NetPositive
@bikehfxlobby.bsky.social
She/her. Retired (first) Bicycle Mayor of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Disabled. Mobility justice. #KidicalMassHfx hfx.bike
@kateontransport.bsky.social
Mobility justice/transportation equity/urban planning and policy. Chicago!!! Proud union member (UIC United Faculty). Day job @ @uiccuppa.bsky.social
@zyudhishthu.bsky.social
Sidewalk enthusiast and former St. Paulite. I like to write about housing policy, especially in the Twin Cities. Nowadays Iโm an economics research assistant in Chicago https://pencillingout.substack.com/
@princeguma.bsky.social
Researcher | geographies, infrastructures, technologies, politics, lifeworlds
@foxyjewishmama.bsky.social
Sammy (she/her) Chicago-based architecture worker, cyclist, pedestrian, transit rider.
@alexsteffen.bsky.social
We're not yet ready for what's already happened. Award-winning writer and climate futurist. Foresight and strategies for life in a planetary crisis. Podcast and newsletter: https://alexsteffen.substack.com/
@shabazzstuart.bsky.social
Born, raised and reside in Brooklyn.๐ฝCEO of Oonee. Working to make our cities better places to live. ๐ฒ๐ด๐ท๐พUnapologetically Woke. ๐ฃโ๐พ๐ซถ๐พ
@cplusc.bsky.social
Climate and Community Project is a progressive climate policy think tank developing cutting-edge research at the climate-inequality nexus in the US and around the world. ๐ฑ http://www.climateandcommunity.org
@milesgrant.bsky.social
Progressive, climate hawk, urbanist, YIMBY, dad. Currently work in advocacy communications & serve on the Fairhaven, MA Planning Board. Past: TV news producer, CREW, NWF, TheGreenMiles.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
@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
@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
@ctemenos.bsky.social
Reader in Geography @ Manchester & UKRI Future Leader Fellow. Urban Crisis, Cities, Policy Mobilities, Health & Drugs, Climate & Social Justice. Views my own #urban #geography
@visionzerovancouver.ca
Every year in Metro Vancouver, car crashes kill 100 people. We can get to zero by demanding that governments design transportation systems to put safety first. http://linkin.bio/visionzeroyvr
@compatibilism.bsky.social
๐๐ฅ๐ง Data reporter @gristnews.bsky.social. Thinking about climate change, brain health, active inference THE WEIGHT OF NATURE is out now: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717097/the-weight-of-nature-by-clayton-page-aldern Signal: aldern.01
@danbertolet.bsky.social
I think it's good when cities are legal, and I work at Sightline Institute to make that happen. My takes on here, though, are no less than 100% mine.
@oneshoup.bsky.social
@ahouse4all.bsky.social
LA. Mutual aid, my dog, social housing, and organizing the working class. Married to my husband and revolution. I write sometimes. Views strong + my + my own.
@ahvancouver.bsky.social
We are a non-partisan group of advocates supporting more housing of all types for everyone in Metro Vancouver
@jrskis.bsky.social
Sitting on a dock by the bay. ๐ก๐ฅ๏ธYIMBY. MEHC @jcdjcd.bsky.social biggest fan.
@hawaiiyimby.com
'Not In My Backyard' has made Hawaiสปi the most expensive state in the nation. We say Yes In My Backyard to inclusive, sustainable, and affordable housing. https://hawaiiyimby.com
@princetonyimby.bsky.social
Yes In My Backyard. Urbanism. Place. Transit. Bikes. Jersey. I blog at: walkableprinceton.com
@cafedujord.bsky.social
Housing ๐ + transit ๐ + climate ๐ President: Peninsula Young Democrats Lead Member: Peninsula for Everyone Work: Greenbelt Alliance Good opinions mine, bad opinions someone else's. YIMBY.
@thebethocracy.bsky.social
Seattle urbanista, interested in education, safe streets, and housing. Grew up in Baltimore. GIS graduate student and bike mom. Former wetland biologist. I follow Seattle School Board meetings and yell at cars.
@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.
@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
@ignorantsapient.bsky.social
๐ก Advocate for housing reform | ๐จ๐พโ๐ป Tech Bro ๐คท๐พโโ๏ธ | ๐ธ Personal Finance Dude ๐ค |๐ถโโ๏ธ I walk a lot ๐๐พโโ๏ธ | โฅ๏ธ busses ๐, trains ๐๐ & Bikes ๐ด๐พโโ๏ธ | Oui, Je parle franรงais aussi ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ง Waterloo, ON, ๐จ๐ฆ
@tmccormick.org
Housing and knowledge activist, designer, researcher, writer, builder; Contributor writer at @Sightline.org; etc. Mostly in: Cascadia, Western US, LDN; nomadic. http://tmccormick.org; tmccormick.eth
@yimbydenver.bsky.social
Advocating for more people and fewer cars in Denver. Likes and reposts of candidates or elected officials are not endorsements. Become a member of YIMBY Denver at Yimbydenver.org
@dpherriges.bsky.social
Urbanist advocate. Policy Director at the Parking Reform Network. Writer at Strong Towns. Co-author "Escaping the Housing Trap." St. Paul, Minnesota.
@aura-atx.org
Austinites advocating for abundant homes, reliable public transit, walkability, & safe streets for all!
@joshfeit.bsky.social
Author of 2 indie-press poetry books (Shops Close Too Early & The Night of Electric Bikes) https://www.joshfeitpoetry.com/ City planning columnist at PubliCola https://publicola.com
@masonthompson.bsky.social
Mayor of Bothell. Because the world won't change itself. Curious about land use and transportation. Rides a bike to boring meetings.
@citizen-cate.bsky.social
Fighting against car dependency, one unused parking spot at a time. Senior researcher at @Sightline.
@pnwelcome.bsky.social
Housing is a human right. Fighting for four floors and corner stores across Portland for all ages, wages and stages of life. ๐๏ธ
@sightline.org
Think tank cooking up nonpartisan policy research on housing, democracy, energy, climate, and forests in Cascadia. ๐ง ๐ณ Likes/follows โ endorsements. Newsletters: sightline.org/signup
@jessepiedfort.bsky.social
I work on clean transportation for Sierra Club. Formerly director of Sierra Club WA. Love my e-bike, walkable cities, and getting my hopes up about the local baseball team. Pro-Housing. He/Him.
@meghancarnold.com
๐unapologetic advocate for public transit, pedestrian, & bike infrastructure | ๐ฃ๏ธabortion is healthcare | ๐จcreative community at adobe | ๐Santa Cruz (temporary) | left my โค๏ธ in SF | opinions mine
@ronpdavis.bsky.social
Husband, dad, progressive policy and politics guy who wants to fix our cities. Will never give into MAGA weirdos. Follow my newsletter at rondezvous.beehiiv.com
@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
@kimmaicutler.bsky.social
@alexbaca.bsky.social
Mad online about land use, but not paid to tweet (views are mine and you choose to read them, for free). I work for @ggwash.org and live in a duplex with a white picket fence. Ward 1 exceptionalist in Washington, D.C.
@jessekb.bsky.social
Saying yes to homes for all across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as Executive director of Abundant Housing MA! http://abundanthousingma.org
@chanface.bsky.social
I make transit construction timelines! ๐ง ๐ | Organizer @tritag.ca | Transit Politics & Planning | Housing | Cities | 23 | UW Planning | Toronto/Waterloo | ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ญ๐ฐ
@moreneighboursto.bsky.social
Toronto's pro-housing movement. More Neighbours in more neighbourhoods, with access to more jobs, more infrastructure, and more culture than ever before.
@spokanerising.com
Itโs our city. Letโs build it up. ๐น๐งฆ ๐๏ธ๐ฐ๐ ๐ anthonyegill.bsky.social ๐ linktr.ee/spokanerising
@autumngales.bsky.social
Climate, ะะขะ ะฅะะ, feminism, democracy, bikes, runs, music, +more. // Paul McCartney gave me an air hug. // WA policy at Climate Solutions // Jackson Foundation fellow // views mine!
@qagggy.bsky.social
๐Seattle/London. Board member at Seattle Neighborhood Greenways. Opinions amirite. Safe, sustainable, equitable, healthy cities. Dongho Chang superfan. (he/him)
@hanlon.bsky.social
I co-founded @cayimby.bsky.social to make California affordable and accessible for everyone. Support pro-housing candidates: http://cayimbyvictoryfund.org
@strongtowns.org
We're changing *everything* about the North American pattern of development. Become a member today! strongtowns.org/membership
@westnorth.com
Card-carrying urbanist since 1998; housing developer, author, museum docent, board member, single-issue #climate voter. Opine solely for myself. Ex-CHI, BOS, RDU ๐๐๐ดโโ๏ธ๐๐๏ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Words @ggwash.org @citybuilder.bsky.social
@amb.fyi
how can we stroppy strangers live together without doing each other too much violence? | homes not highways | born 350ppm | still got hope so i think weโll be fine in these disastrous times | he/they | www.amb.fyi ๐st johns, pdx
@enjohnston.bsky.social
Climate, writing, running, beasts. Valve turner. Host: https://sites.libsyn.com/459540/awabw poetry: https://www.hummingbirdpoetry.org/books/her-animals-by-emily-johnston-2nd-ed Making good trouble: troublemakerscommunity.org
@paulbarter.bsky.social
Training, consulting, writing, podcasting on parking and urban transport. An ๐ฆ๐บian in ๐ธ๐ฌ (since 2000) but a ๐ focus. Join Parking Reform Network! https://www.reinventingparking.org/