Author: cityhikes

• A Long Expected Review

  

  Revisiting the Lord of the Rings films as an adult

  cityhikes

  September 19, 2026

  lord of the rings, tolkein

  fellowship of the ring, lord of the rings, lotr, media review, review, tolkein

• Trailhead Indirect: Discovery Park

  

  Getting to, enjoying, and learning about one of Seattle’s best parks (by bus!)

  cityhikes

  August 28, 2026

  Seattle, trailhead indirect, transit, trip report

  discovery park, king county, king county metro, magnolia, Seattle, trailhead direct, trailhead indirect, transit, transportation, urbanism

• Ballard Doesn’t Need a Sounder Stop

  

  It needs better bus service (and Link actually being delivered wouldn’t hurt)

  cityhikes

  August 20, 2026

  Seattle, transit, urban planning

  ballard, bus, commuter rail, edmonds, everett, mukilteo, railroad, Seattle, sound transit, sounder, transit, transportation, urbanism, washington

• Mourning the TriMet Cuts

  

  Death by one thousand preventable cuts is somehow sadder than losing something all at once

  cityhikes

  August 14, 2026

  portland, transit, urban planning

  or leg, oregon, portland, public transit, transit, transportation, trimet, trimet cuts, urbanism

• Reflections on Greyhound

  

  How it feels to be on a bus going down I-70 between Columbus and Dayton

  cityhikes

  August 12, 2026

  economics, intercity bus, place, small town, transit, urban planning

  flixbus, greyhound, greyound, intercity bus, milwaukee, ohio, transit, urbanism, wisconsin

• Abundance is Not a Good Book

  

  One man’s journey into the land of unstated assumptions

  cityhikes

  July 26, 2026

  ai, high speed rail, housing, renters, transit, urban planning

  abundance, book review, culture, housing, land use, urbanism, urbanist

• The Bus to Hell Goes Through Ballard

  

  Exploring unintended consequences of Amendment 10 to the Seattle Transit Measure

  cityhikes

  July 15, 2026

  Uncategorized

• Nuance Never Ends

  

  And how Clyde Hill’s looming crisis is about more than exclusionary housing

  cityhikes

  July 9, 2026

  economics, urban planning

  fiscal sustainability, goverment finance, infill housing, land use, local finance, property tax, tax policy, urbanism

• On The Fundamental Flaws of Trailhead Direct

  

  How the “Park. Ride. Hike.” slogan lets us all down

  cityhikes

  July 6, 2026

  car culture, outdoors culture, transit, urban planning

  car culture, hiking, hikinh, king county, king county metro, land use, outdoors, Seattle, trailhead direct, transit, transit hiking, urbanism, washington

• Riding All Transit Modes in Seattle

  

  And doing it right! In “just” three hours!

  cityhikes

  June 20, 2026

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

  bus, car culture, commuter rail, ferry, light rail, monorail, public transit, railroad, Seattle, streetcar, transit, transportation, travel, trolleybus, urbanism