A transit-focused newsletter arguing for a proposed second Skytrain line linking Vancouver and Surrey, covering capacity limits on the Expo Line, regional funding politics and how rail could shape development. Each issue mixes data from TransLink modelling with a clear advocacy stance and explanations of how the network works.
Website: https://crosstownskytrain.ca/
A New York City newsletter covering local politics, transit and city life, with explainers on ballot measures, reported features on subway history and neighborhood organizing, and promotion of live events. Readers get local context and voting guidance written in a chatty, opinionated voice.
A photographer's dispatch newsletter that shares personal accounts of making street and transit photography in New York and Los Angeles, along with updates on his book projects and sequencing process. Readers get reflective behind-the-scenes context on the work, its influences and its editing decisions.
The Trellis is a Philadelphia cycling newsletter covering local bike infrastructure such as smart bike pods at regional rail stations, the femme, trans, women and non-binary cycling community, and profiles of local racers. Readers get reported features with interviews and practical local context for riding in the city.
A personal newsletter from a developer-researcher mixing reflective essays on memory and time with hands-on project write-ups, such as a gopher/gemini browser and a realtime MBTA subway map sign built on an ESP32. Readers get a mix of personal narrative and concrete maker documentation.
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