Author: cityhikes

• Where Have All The Buses Gone?

  

  Oregon is losing two key bus routes – does anyone even care?

  cityhikes

  January 4, 2025

  intercity bus, odot, train, transit, urban planning

  boise, bus, car culture, flixbus, grants pass, greyhound, intercity bus, la grande, medford, ontario, oregon, portland, trains, transit, transportation, travel

• Metro Rapid Review

  

  Madison has a new BRT, but how much of a BRT is it?

  cityhikes

  December 26, 2024

  Uncategorized

  brt, public-transportation, transit, transportation, travel

• My Very Silly Morning

  

  How I lost my phone and still had a good ol time

  cityhikes

  November 25, 2024

  Uncategorized

  public transit, public-transportation, transit, transportation, travel

• Unpacking the Backpacking Pack

  

  Pondering nature, Indian removal, and what it all means in my life

  cityhikes

  October 22, 2024

  outdoors culture, place, society, train, transit, walk

  adventure, amtrak, backpacking, environmentalism, glacier national park, hiking, land use, national parks, national parks service, native american history, nature, nps, railroad, travel, walking

• Ampacking Glacier National Park

  

  Sure, you can take Amtrak to Glacier, but should you? (yes)

  cityhikes

  September 24, 2024

  car culture, outdoors culture, pedestrian access, small town, train, transit, urban planning

  amtrak, car culture, glacier, glacier national park, glacier np, hiking, land use, montana, national parks, railroad, transit, travel, urbanism, walking

• On the Need For Social Change

  

  It’s not enough to fund transit, we also need to change society

  cityhikes

  August 28, 2024

  car culture, highway, interurban, odot, place, portland, society, train, transit, trimet, urban planning

  car culture, land use, new york city, oregon, portland, public transit, transit, tube map, urbanism

• Is London Worth a Visit?

  

  Yes, even if you just see St. Pancras

  cityhikes

  August 3, 2024

  europe, place, train, transit, urban planning

  englad, land use, london, railroad, surrey, transit, travel, uk, urbanism, woking

• I-84 Graffiti Clean Up: Why?

  

  Can we please update the GTFS at least TriMet?

  cityhikes

  July 13, 2024

  car culture, portland, transit, trimet, urban planning, urban renewal

  car culture, cleanliness, oregon, portland, railroad, transit, transportation, travel, trimet, urbanism

• Dreaming of a New SW Corridor

  

  What if we combined it with a high speed rail initiative?

  cityhikes

  July 9, 2024

  high speed rail, interurban, odot, place, portland, train, transit, trimet, urban planning

  high speed rail, land use, light rail, max, oregon, portland, railroad, sw corridor, trains, transit, transportation, travel, urbanism

• The Essen Haus is Closing

  

  And part of me will never be the same

  cityhikes

  July 7, 2024

  housing, madison, place, urban planning, wisconsin

  affordable housing, affordable-housing, city, development, essen haus, german, housing, land use, madison, neighborhood, real-estate, urbanism