I’m travelling in northern Italy this month. (On assignment, mostly: the travel writing market is returning after the pandemic-induced hiatus, albeit haltingly.) I’m one of those travellers who takes a photo of every train he boards, and often pays more attention to trams and funiculars than to pediments and cupolas. But that’s why many of you are here, I think: you’re interested in transit, passenger rail, and bicycles—and ways of getting around the world without getting into a car.
(This is the first of my dispatches for paid subscribers; don’t worry, I’ll continue to send out free ones from time to time. But I hope you’ll consider upgrading; you see, I’m trying to get together enough money for my next tram ride…)
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