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We are an old school news clipping service re-imagined for the digital age. You probably don’t have six hours a day to go through and organize all the news that’s available on the topic of cities…so we’ll do it for you.

Every day we comb through over 1,500 articles and blog posts to bring you the most interesting news, blogs, and research about cities and urban policy.

The Overhead Wire Daily Premium includes our front page articles, Quote of the Day, Most Read from the day before, and recommended reads for those on a time crunch. You also get access to our tagged archive on the website with over 62,000 links to past posted stories.

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After the monthly trial ends, you can subscribe to any of the options below to continue receiving premium features, or be transferred to a limited daily email.

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Premium Daily Subscription

The Premium Daily Subscription is our most information packed offering, chock full of over 30 pieces of news every single day. Included are popular features such as the quote of the day and the most read article from the previous day. Also included is our weekly roundup for times when you are strapped for time but need to know what everyone else might be reading.

The Premium Daily Includes

  • Our front page articles each day – 30+ selected articles in our five categories from our daily search of over 1,500 news and blog pieces around the country
  • Weekly email roundup of the five most read articles and in depth analysis on one topic
  • Quote of the Day taken from news that day on important urban issues
  • The single most read item from the previous newsletter
  • Three recommended news pieces if you’re in a time crunch
  • Includes access to over 62,000 archived news links tagged by city and topic
  • Includes access to the RSS feed

Pricing for the Premium Daily Subscription

  • Annual     $150/Year. Signup
  • Monthly     $15/Month. Signup
  • Enterprise    Email Us for special bulk pricing details for companies and organizations

Premium Weekly Subscription

The Premium Weekly Subscription is for professionals constantly under a time crunch. We take the most read items from the week before and share them with subscribers.

The Premium Weekly Includes

  • One item each day in three topic areas: Transportation, Urbanism and Design, and Urban Issues
  • A weekly email roundup of the five most read articles

Pricing for the Premium Weekly Subscription

  • Annual     $35/Year. Signup

 

Praise for The Direct Transfer Daily

…the first thing I read every morning is the newsletter to see what’s been out there. It’s great to have an aggregator that pulls everything together so nicely.
Joe Cortright, City Observatory
Really is the best daily urban newsletter out there.
Eric Jaffe, Sidewalk Labs
I think that the email newsletter that you do every morning is the best one that I get, and I get a lot of them.
Mary Newsom, The UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

What other readers are saying…

“Provides links to lots of stories I wouldn’t see, which I then use in my own articles on transportation and urbanism.”

“It saves me time by compiling a list of relevant articles to help jumpstart my day. As a transportation professional in the public sector, I struggle to find time to read as much as I want. The digest helps target my reading to further my professional development and intellectual curiosity.”

“There are some interesting design, urban, city articles that do not come up on the other feeds.”

“As the main source of my daily transportation news, I think it is extremely valuable. It provides insight to the issues and advances other agencies are facing.”

“I am pretty busy and don’t have time to comb twitter or every blog for a fresh take on transportation. So, if I am going to take time away from work to relax and check up on what is going on in the transportation world outside my office, I’m going to Jeff’s list first. And not everybody else in the office is on it, so I feel comfortable sharing stuff with peers and superiors knowing that it’s not “old news” or “fluff.”

“It offers a really wide range of city/transportation issues, helping me connect the dots between different topics and seeing how they relate to my work in bike/ped research.”

“Definitely valuable. It brings insight as to what other places are doing and puts the idea on my radar.”

A Word About the Change to Subscriptions

First of all, I want to thank you all for reading and supporting The Overhead Wire Daily (and its various incarnations…) for over 14 years. I also want to give a big shout out to those of you that responded and donated to Patreon to help fund the service.

As you may or may not know, each day I go through over 1,500 news articles and blog posts related to cities so I can bring you the best 30 to 50 pieces the next morning. This process takes anywhere between four and six hours a day, as well as additional related costs.

I know that a lot of you really appreciate the service from reporters to advocates to professors to professionals. I myself also enjoy aggregating news and information to help keep folks updated on what is going on each day. That’s why I want to keep the service going.

But to make this possible, we changed The Overhead Wire Daily to a subscription service. This was a very difficult decision that I’ve been struggling with it for a while now but I hope that you all understand why.

If you wish to support the continuation of this service, please take some time to look through the subscription options above.

Thank you all again for reading and supporting The Overhead Wire Daily. It is a pleasure to be a part of an amazing group of colleagues and I hope I can continue to bring you the news and information that helps you make cities better for everyone.

If you have any questions or feedback, feel free to contact me.

Thank you so much.

Cheers

Jeff

*We typically take four weeks off a year in addition to traditional United States national holidays. Two weeks at the end of the year around the Christmas Holiday and two other weeks for vacation to keep us fresh for work.

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Testimonials

…the first thing I read every morning is the newsletter to see what’s been out there. It’s great to have an aggregator that pulls everything together so nicely.

Joe Cortright, City Observatory


I think that the email newsletter that you do every morning is the best one that I get, and I get a lot of them.

Mary Newsom, The UNC Charlotte Urban Institute


Really is the best daily urban newsletter out there.

Eric Jaffe, Editorial Director Sidewalk Labs

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The Premium Daily Subscription is our most information packed offering, chock full of over 30 pieces of news every single day. Included are popular features such as the quote of the day and the most read article from the previous day. Also included is our weekly roundup for times when you are strapped for time but need to know what’s going on.

Premium Weekly Subscription

The Premium Weekly Subscription is for professionals constantly under a time crunch. We take the most read items from the week before and share them with subscribers along with more in depth analysis of a single popular topic.

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