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Hayden Clarkin
Personal blog · thetransitguy.substack.compoliticseconomicsculture
Hayden Clarkin writes The Transit Guy, a personal blog at thetransitguy.substack.com about politics, economics and culture. Since 2024, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-19, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Hayden Clarkin's Substack covers transit, including how Disney became one of the largest transit agencies in North America. One comment points to that essay as context for a Dollywood Express discussion.
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Let's talk transit and cities.
What Hacker News says?
The author both points that out, and links to his essay "How Disney Became One of the Largest Transit Agencies in North America' (What Does a Theme Park Operating the 10th Largest Transit Agency in the U.S. Say About Us?)" at https://thetransitguy.substack.com/p/how-disney-became-one-o...
Comment linking /p/how-disney-became-one-of-the-largest
on “Dolly Parton's Dollywood Express”Submitted Dolly Parton's Dollywood Express as a story · 176 points
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