Author: cityhikes

• Abundance is Not a Good Book

  

  One man’s journey into the land of unstated assumptions

  cityhikes

  July 26, 2026

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

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

• 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

• The Horror of Transportation Impact Fees in Washington

  

  How poorly defined terms in RCW 82.02.090 undermine transit

  cityhikes

  June 11, 2026

  economics, transit, urban planning

  bus, car culture, impact fees, metro, public finance, public transit, Seattle, transit, transportation, urbanism, washington

• How Do We Make Good Paying Jobs?

  

  And why experts never capture the full picture

  cityhikes

  June 5, 2026

  economics, Seattle, urban planning

  economic development, economics, economy, organizing, portland, Seattle, union

• A Visit to Graham Street

  

  Reevaluating Sound Transit’s options in light of a budget crisis

  cityhikes

  May 24, 2026

  Uncategorized

• The View From Route 271

  

  Rural bus routes and finding meaning in the mundane

  cityhikes

  April 26, 2026

  outdoors culture, pedestrian access, Seattle, sound transit, transit, urban planning

  car culture, community transit, king county metro, skykomish, sultan, sultan bakery, transit, transportation, travel, urbanism

• An Ode to My Transit Book

  

  A retrospective

  cityhikes

  April 23, 2026

  portland, Seattle, transit, trip report

  transit, transportation, urbanism, writing