Author: cityhikes

• Columbia City and the Limits of Shoupian Parking Policy

  

  How a parking meter rate decrease sells transit short in Columbia City

  cityhikes

  March 26, 2026

  car culture, place, Seattle, transit, urban planning

  car culture, columbia city, land use, parking, Seattle, transit, transportation, urbanism

• What’s in a Station Area?

  

  Is a train really all you need to live a transit oriented life? (Hint: no)

  cityhikes

  March 24, 2026

  Seattle, society, train, transit, urban planning

  brt, bus, bus rapid transit, commuter rail, king county metro, land use, light rail, lrt, metro, psrc, railroad, sounder, tod, transit, transit oriented develop, transit oriented development, transportation, urbanism

• A Short Guide to Seattle Parks by Bus

  

  A ramble about getting to nature on transit

  cityhikes

  March 15, 2026

  Uncategorized

• Transit Trip Report: Bellingham

  

  Or how to get 100 miles north for $6

  cityhikes

  February 23, 2026

  intercity bus, Seattle, sound transit, transit, trip report, urban planning

  bellingham, railroad, skagit transit, transit, transportation, travel, urbanism

• Difficulties of Building on Bainbridge Aren’t That Complex

  

  A look into what may be the worst op-ed of all time (and that’s saying something)

  cityhikes

  February 13, 2026

  housing, place, renters, Seattle, segregation, small town, transit, urban planning

  affordable housing, bainbridge, bainbridge island, city planning, land use, planning, Seattle, transit, urban planning, urbanism, water

• On Knowing Where You Are

  

  Ditching the GPS and embracing potentially getting lost.

  cityhikes

  January 24, 2026

  ai, pedestrian access, place, society, transit, urban planning, walk

  car culture, directions, getting lost, lost, Seattle, space, tech, travel, urbanism, walking

• Against Streaming

  

  Beyond the usual reasons and into the great beyond

  cityhikes

  January 6, 2026

  ai, society

  ai slop, music, spotify, sufjan stevens

• Into the New Year

  

  Every year needs a good old transit ridership look back

  cityhikes

  January 1, 2026

  Uncategorized

• Tech Buses and the Death of the Public Sphere

  

  One man’s journey into the abyss to figure out how annoyed he should be (TLDR: pretty annoyed)

  cityhikes

  December 19, 2025

  car culture, Seattle, sound transit, transit, urban planning

  amazon, bus, car culture, land use, private transit, public transit, Seattle, transit, transportation, urbanism, washington

• Sound Transit and the South End

  

  Looking beyond station sites for reasons to be skeptical

  cityhikes

  December 4, 2025

  Seattle, society, sound transit, train, transit, urban planning

  car culture, chinatown, land use, railroad, Seattle, sound transit, transit, transportation, urbanism, washington