Author: cityhikes

• Man, Our Legal System Really Hates Renters

  

  Why on earth does a lease not count as proof of address to the state of Washington?!

  cityhikes

  November 27, 2025

  renters, urban planning

  bureaucracy, lease, renters, tenure, washington

• On the Perils of Measuring Walkablity with Supermarkets

  

  How planners get it wrong

  cityhikes

  November 14, 2025

  Uncategorized

• A Saturday in Seattle

  

  A new home, and a good day

  cityhikes

  November 1, 2025

  Uncategorized

  hiking, nature, Seattle, travel, washington

• Train Station Reunions

  

  Feeling sentimental after riding Amtrak one too many times

  cityhikes

  September 18, 2025

  society, train, transit

  amtrak, railroad, security theater, train station, transit, transportation, travel

• Super Commuting: A Conceptual Review

  

  TLDR: It’s not great

  cityhikes

  September 4, 2025

  Uncategorized

  census, commute, high speed rail, issaquah, portland, Seattle, supercommute, work

• Back to Work

  

  Re-entering the workforce, moving, and other things

  cityhikes

  August 18, 2025

  place, society, transit, urban planning

  bike, biking, commute, cycling, issaquah, Seattle, transit, transportation, travel, urbanism, walking

• On the DMV’s Ideas For Driving Alternatives

  

  Did I expect the DMV to revolutionize public transit? No, but I’m still disappointed

  cityhikes

  July 16, 2025

  car culture, highway, odot, pedestrian access, transit, trimet, urban planning, walk

  aging, car culture, dmv, elderly, land use, oregon, portland, retirement, transit, transportation, urbanism

• 80s Greenway Review

  

  Spoiler: it’s not great, and it’s even worse in context

  cityhikes

  July 4, 2025

  bike, highway, pedestrian access, portland, stroad, transit, urban planning

  bike, biking, brt, greenway, portland, transit, transportation, urban planning, urbanism, walking

• Back to the Future on a Trolleybus

  

  Or how TriMet’s 2018 Non Diesel Bus Plan falls short

  cityhikes

  July 1, 2025

  interurban, portland, transit, trimet, urban planning

  bus, bus electrification, oregon, transit, transit policy, transportation, trimet, trolleybus, urbanism

• A Case for Land Reform

  

  Why zoning reform isn’t enough to solve the housing crisis (even if we should do it anyways)

  cityhikes

  June 27, 2025

  Uncategorized

  affordable-housing, housing, housing-crisis, politics, real-estate