8 newsletters, ranked by editorial quality and how recently they published. Looking for something more specific? Search instead.
A personal newsletter covering transport and mobile technology, with detailed critiques of Melbourne's train network maps and first-hand observations such as festival mobile connectivity. Readers get opinionated design and wayfinding analysis alongside practical consumer-tech observations.
A journalist and author reports on passenger rail, transit, cycling and urbanism, with a current focus on riding every passenger train in Canada for a forthcoming book. Readers get first-person travel dispatches, commentary on rail policy such as Alto high-speed rail, and updates on the book project.
A Wellington climate newsletter exploring how street design, transport choices and public transit shape cities and emissions, with local reporting and commentary on Aotearoa projects. Readers get essays on shared streets, rail, and advocacy reports, with a clear advocacy-minded point of view.
Kristin Taylor writes practical essays for transit agency staff on rider communications, customer experience, and the data and technology systems behind service. Each issue draws on her consulting work, including MBTA projects, to explain how information and systems shape what riders experience during disruptions.
Tim Trautmann's personal blog of field notes and photo essays, mostly about Portland, Oregon: the retirement of the MAX Type 1 trains, the atproto developer community, and annual cherry blossom season on the waterfront. Each post pairs first-person observation with his photographs of people and places.
TJ's Blog is a personal blog of tech-adjacent writing, covering DIY hardware projects like an open-source transit arrivals display, practical guides such as getting started with urban cycling, and video editing workflows for 360 cameras. Readers get step-by-step, first-person accounts of how the author built or learned these things, with concrete details like settings, software and project history.
A personal blog mixing a developer's gambling and prediction-market reflections, fuel-price observations, and running-club and travel write-ups. Readers get candid first-person anecdotes rather than structured expertise or news analysis.
This campaign newsletter from the citizen committee backing Yampa Valley RTA Ballot Issue 7A covers election logistics, board meeting agendas, endorsements and community events. It mainly urges readers to vote yes and request yard signs, with limited independent reporting.
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