Category: pedestrian access

• 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

• How’s That Metro 2040 Plan Going?

  

  Commentary on the state of land use and transportation in the Metro region in 2025

  cityhikes

  March 23, 2025

  car culture, housing, odot, pedestrian access, place, portland, train, transit, trimet, urban planning

  car culture, land use, oregon, portland, public-transportation, transit, transportation, travel, urbanism, 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

• Please Stop Making Pedestrians Beg

  

  Ranting about RRFBs and “Crosswalk Closed” signs

  cityhikes

  June 19, 2024

  pedestrian access, portland, urban planning, walk

  car culture, mutcd, news, oregon, pedestrian, pedestrian dignity, pedestrian-safety, portland, rrfb, safety, traffic, traffic-safety, urbanism, walkability, walking

• Thoughts On Groceries, Again

  

  Why doesn’t anyone think about walking to the grocery store?

  cityhikes

  June 5, 2024

  grocery stores, pedestrian access, portland, society

  grocery stores, land use, oregon, portland, transit, urbanism, walking

• Sunday Parkways, Again

  

  Revisiting a beloved but underfunded open streets program to see if there’s more to be done

  cityhikes

  March 31, 2024

  bike, pedestrian access, place, portland, urban planning, walk

  bike-rides, ciclovia, cycling, infrastructure, open streets, pedestrian, portland, portland sunday parkways, streets, transportation, transportation policy, travel, urbanism, walking

• Staring Into The Void Of Zoning In Madison

  

  Does the West Area Plan go too far? Or not far enough?

  cityhikes

  March 27, 2024

  bike, neighborhood, pedestrian access, place, swimming, transit, urban planning, wisconsin

  affordable-housing, cities, city, city life, density, housing, land use, madison, transit, urban planning, urbanism, walking, wisconsin

• A Tale of One Bus Route

  

  The changes to the 17 are bad, but there’s time to stop them

  cityhikes

  January 27, 2024

  lower albina, pedestrian access, transit, trimet, urban planning

  bus, land use, lower albina, oregon, portland, transit, trimet, urbanism

• Why You Should Get Groceries On Foot

  

  How being a pedestrian can fill your basic needs in more way than one

  cityhikes

  September 26, 2023

  pedestrian access, place, urban planning, walk

  basic needs, co-op, food deserts, grocery stores, oregon, pedestrian, portland, urbanism, walking