Category: interurban

• 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

• 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

• 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 Death and Life of Great American Interurbans

  

  How Cleveland, Ohio and Portland, Oregon represent the past and the future of mass transit in the US

  cityhikes

  June 17, 2024

  interurban, odot, place, portland, train, transit, trimet, urban planning

  city, cleveland, interurban, land use, portland, railroad, transit, transportation, travel, urbanism

• Oregon High Speed Rail – The Valley

  

  Would you rather have a train to Eugene in less than an hour or one freeway expansion project?

  cityhikes

  February 6, 2024

  high speed rail, interurban, odot, train, transit, urban planning

  amtrak, cascades, high speed rail, oregon, oregon electric, portland, railroad, southern pacific, transit, urbanism

• Wisconsin High Speed Rail – Starting Small

  

  Politely asking the state of Wisconsin to stop making little plans, since they don’t have the magic to stir men’s blood

  cityhikes

  January 4, 2024

  chicago, high speed rail, interurban, train, wisconsin

  chicago, chicago and northwestern, high speed rail, midwest, milwaukee, milwaukee road, north shore line, railroad, shinkansen, transit, urbanism, wisconsin

• Pining For the Bus on SE 13th

  

  The end of an era draws near

  cityhikes

  May 15, 2023

  car culture, interurban, neighborhood, pedestrian access, train, transit, trimet, urban planning, walk

  bus service, car culture, land use, oregon, portland, rose city, sellwood, streetcar, transit, trolleybus, urbanism

• Amtrak To The Bay

  

  Reflections on taking the train to the Suburban East Bay

  cityhikes

  January 23, 2023

  interurban, pedestrian access, place, train, transit, urban planning

  amtrak, coast starlight, passenger rail, railroad, southern pacific, train, transit, urbanism

• The Milwaukie Road

  

  Local man does three walks as an excuse to complain about car culture

  cityhikes

  September 16, 2022

  highway, interurban, stroad, walk

  car culture, land use, portland, railroad, transit, urbanism