A French association's newsletter on urban transition, mixing short essays on housing cooperatives (drawing on Geneva's model), urban planning under uncertainty, and landscape as a lever for ecological change. Readers get a mix of reported travel writing and critical reflection on how cities are planned.
Website: https://www.transitions.city/
Torched is a Los Angeles newsletter by journalist Alissa Walker that covers the city's preparations for the 2028 Olympics, along with local politics, transportation and infrastructure. Readers get on-the-ground reporting and commentary on LA28 transparency, public hearings and civic projects.
Detailed coverage of Ottawa's transit system, including Transit Committee meeting recaps, Stage 2 LRT progress, and route-level service reliability snapshots built from OC Transpo data. It holds OC Transpo and city politicians accountable on reliability, funding and planning.
An archive of the 2024 Upzone Update, which analyzed Massachusetts towns' compliance with the MBTA Communities zoning law. It offers data-informed analysis, guest posts and comparisons with other states' housing policies, written by zoning expert Amy Dain and Boston Indicators staff.
Local news from Dublin covering city council decisions, planning and development, housing and public spending. Readers get original reporting with named sources and detailed context on how the city is governed and built.
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