There is no such a thing as
artistic photography
In photography, like in all things,
there are people who can see
and others who cannot even look.
Nadar
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Archaeologist, Mekon, Drinker
Sawston via Devon and Dartford
Housing Manager. CIH member. Humanist. Tweets mostly about #ukhousing, environment and systems thinking. All views my own.
Thinktanking on housing + democracy + clean energy
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#Housing #affordability talking points galore
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yes, like the city | Editor TheArgumentMag.com | she/her
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
Cohost of @everybodygetspie, a podcast from the team that brought you YIMBYs for Harris
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Better cities and transit are possible π
#1 Congestion pricing stan
#1 RFK Jr. hater
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.
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Roosevelt Institute Fellow
Working on a book about cities for Island Press.
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A podcast about the fight against car culture. Hosted by Sarah Goodyear & Doug Gordon.
Our bestselling new book, "Life After Cars" is out now from Thesis / Penguin Random House.
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I run a newsletter/podcast called Volts about clean energy & politics. Subscribe & join the community at http://volts.wtf!
Transport / Housing / Land Use / Politics / @urbaninstitute.bsky.social / Le progrΓ¨s ne vaut que sβil est partagΓ© par tous / yonahfreemark.com / thetransportpolitic.com
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.
Berkeley Rent Board Commissioner (@alfredtwu.net), California Democratic Party AAPI Caucus & CA Dem Renters Council Board, East Bay architect & commercial artist. Reblue/follow/like does not equal endorsement.
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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°
Same interdisciplinary scientist as on the other sites with the same handle. Chemistry, math, physics, meteorology, GIS, data whisperer.
Natural resources director, League of Women Voters of Los Angeles Co. She/Her
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Build Housing. Build Cities. Build the Future.
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Public transit planning consultant and commentator. Author of the book βHuman Transitβ and the blog HumanTransit.org. The consulting firm is jarrettwalker.com. Also obsessed with literature and plants.
NYT Reporter, #SkateTwitter enthusiast and @candacej superfan.
Excuse me, do you have a moment to talk about zoning?
I like trains and walkable neighborhoods.
https://linktr.ee/thetransitguy
Certified urban planner posting for California YIMBY about housing, and for myself about skateboarding and cameras. Tradeoffs are real. he/him
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Digital Strategy for California YIMBY, Chair of Sierra Club Seattle. Personal account -- what you see here represents my own opinions, for better or worse.
Seattle-based reporter, cofounder (with @joshfeit.bsky.social) and editor of PubliCola.com, and author of Quitter: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery
She/her, Latina, Texan
A foundation working to secure a just and sustainable future with abundant transportation options. transitcenter.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.
A network of local organizations working to fix the US housing shortage. Our members win pro-housing policy change. We can help you do the same. welcomingneighbors.us.
Parking and local politics, mostly (and some dad-type jokes). President of the Parking Reform Network. Grist 50 Fixer.
Author, When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency
Creator, #WeekWithoutDriving
Organizer, Nondrivers Alliance, nondrivers.org
Disabled parent (#nystagmus), bus lover, bike rider.
Personal account. Acquired KVRU, an independent non-commercial community radio station in South Seattle.
Sportsaholic, geek, ASOIAF addict, relentlessly curious, award-winning political consultant. You know something I donβt.
@HacksAndWonks.bsky.social
Covering the movement to end car dependency and make America better for walking, biking, transit and more.
Covering housing in Los Angeles and California for POLITICO.
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/
Housing guy. Researcher at UCLA Lewis Center, host of UCLA Housing Voice Podcast, author of The Affordable City, resident of Los Angeles.
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)
Chicagoans working together to make our streets better for walking, rolling, bicycling and public transit.
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I plan cities for people & other living things. I post on life in SEA, PDX, Utrecht, women who create cities, bikes, climate. I'm on Boards @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social @sngreenways.bsky.social & volunteer @ BikeFlip + Fietsmeesters in Utrecht. She/her. PhD
Believer, skeptic, humanist, typist & dad. Trying to make places fairer as director of cities + towns for @Sightline.org, here in Portland OR. Views here: mine, all mine.
Pedestrian
Reporting at The Urbanist as Contributing Editor
Transportation advocate
Probably covering a random public meeting
(they-them)
πPuget Sound
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Housing policy wonk. Forever bullish on cities. VP of Housing at Arnold Ventures.
Principal at CAST architecture, urbanist and Planning Commission Co-Chair advocating for housing options, 15-minute cities and sustainable construction. Passivhaus designer. Former AIA Seattle President
Advocate for good neighbors and empowering communities. Working to make housing in California more affordable at the Bay Area Council, formerly with California YIMBY. he/him
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
the closer we are physically, the closer we are socially.
Hi! I'm John Simmerman, founder of Active Towns, a channel dedicated to profiling the people, places, and programs promoting a "Culture of Activity" for "All Ages & Abilities." Learn more π https://www.youtube.com/@activetowns
I share about walking, biking, great cities, & progressive politics.
I work for @streetsalliance.bsky.social (Seattle's walking, biking, and streets for people nonprofit), but these are my personal opinions.
Purveyor of New Localism, flower child, community builder, proud Howard alumna and Oakland resident. Here for the ππ΄, typos inevitable.
Yes, a parking-policy book club IS my idea of fun. You got a problem with that?
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Join Parking Reform Network!
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Climate, writing, running, beasts. Valve turner. Host: https://sites.libsyn.com/459540/awabw
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Making good trouble: troublemakerscommunity.org
We're in the business of fixing cities.
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 weβll be fine in these disastrous times | he/they | www.amb.fyi
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Card-carrying urbanist since 1998; housing developer, author, museum docent, board member, single-issue #climate voter. Opine solely for myself. Ex-CHI, BOS, RDU πππ΄ββοΈπποΈπ°π³οΈβπ
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We're changing *everything* about the North American pattern of development. Become a member today! strongtowns.org/membership
I co-founded @cayimby.bsky.social to make California affordable and accessible for everyone.
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πSeattle/London. Board member at Seattle Neighborhood Greenways. Opinions amirite. Safe, sustainable, equitable, healthy cities. Dongho Chang superfan. (he/him)
Climate, ΠΠ’Π Π₯ΠΠ, feminism, democracy, bikes, runs, music, +more. // Paul McCartney gave me an air hug. // WA policy at Climate Solutions // Jackson Foundation fellow // views mine!
Itβs our city. Letβs build it up. πΉπ§¦ ποΈπ°π
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Toronto's pro-housing movement.
More Neighbours in more neighbourhoods, with access to more jobs, more infrastructure, and more culture than ever before.
I make transit construction timelines! π§ π | Transit Politics & Planning | Housing | Cities | 24 | UW Planning | Toronto/Waterloo | π¨π¦π³οΈβπππ°
https://eastbayforeveryone.org
Saying yes to homes for all across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as Executive director of @abundanthousingma.org | http://linkedin.com/in/jesse-kb
Mad online about land use. D.C. policy boss @ggwash.org, Ward 1 Dems chair, Park View residentβin no order. Not paid to tweet, so DM me gossip. Itβs only life; there is no real decay. I wouldn't front the scene if you paid me. Views mine.
author of Paved Paradise, editor of The Future of Transportation, Loeb Fellow '24, formerly of Slate
Running to represent Northeast and North Seattle in the State Legislature and build an affordable future. Join us at VoteRonDavis.com. Letβs get to work!
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πunapologetic advocate for public transit, pedestrian, & bike infrastructure | π£οΈabortion is healthcare | π¨creative community at adobe | πSanta Cruz (temporary) | left my β€οΈ in SF | opinions mine
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.
Think tank cooking up nonpartisan policy research on housing, energy, climate, and democracy in Cascadia. π§ π³ Likes/follows β endorsements.
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Housing is a human right. Fighting for tenants rights along with four floors and corner stores across Portland for all ages, wages and stages of life. ποΈ
Fighting against car dependency, one unused parking spot at a time. Senior researcher at @Sightline.
Mayor of Bothell. Because the world won't change itself. Curious about land use and transportation. Rides a bike to boring meetings.
Author of 2 indie-press poetry books (Shops Close Too Early & The Night of Electric Bikes) https://www.joshfeitpoetry.com/. City planning columnist & cofounder (w/ @ericacbarnett.bsky.social) at https://publicola.com.
The Urbanist serves to examine and influence urban policies.
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Austinites advocating for abundant homes, reliable public transit, walkability, & safe streets for all!
Urbanist advocate. Policy Director at the Parking Reform Network. Writer at Strong Towns. Co-author "Escaping the Housing Trap." St. Paul, Minnesota.
π³οΈβπ trains, bikes, etc.
Co-lead FixTheL8.com
Seattle
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
Housing and media advocate, designer, researcher, writer, builder, projector. Contributor writer at @Sightline.org; etc. Mostly in: Cascadia, Western US, LDN; nomadic. http://tmccormick.org; tmccormick.eth
Publisher of The Urbanist. Seattleite. Walk, bike, ride transit, housing abundance for all. Views here my own. πΆββοΈπ΄ββοΈππ
π‘ Advocate for housing reform | π¨πΎβπ» Tech Bro π€·πΎββοΈ | πΈ Personal Finance Dude π€ |πΆββοΈ I walk a lot ππΎββοΈ | β₯οΈ busses π, trains ππ & Bikes π΄πΎββοΈ | Oui, Je parle franΓ§ais aussi π₯ π₯π§
Waterloo, ON, π¨π¦
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
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. https://linktr.ee/justupthepike
Housing scholar - California, Mexico, France, Hong Kong
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.
Housing π + transit π + climate π
President: Peninsula Young Democrats
Lead Member: Peninsula for Everyone
Work: Greenbelt Alliance
Good opinions mine, bad opinions someone else's. YIMBY.
Yes In My Backyard. Urbanism. Place. Transit. Bikes. Jersey.
I blog at: walkableprinceton.com
Sitting on a dock by the bay. π‘π₯οΈ MEHC is now Call Marin Home. YIMBY. @jcdjcd.bsky.social biggest fan.
Building the movement to house LA.
We are a non-partisan group of advocates supporting more housing of all types for everyone in Metro Vancouver
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.
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.
