Category: train

• Musings From Salinas

  

  Thoughts from the old Southern Pacific Coast Subdivision

  cityhikes

  December 12, 2023

  radical history, train

  amtrak, california, land reform, land uae, land use, rural land, Salinas, salinas valley, steinbeck, trains, travel

• Winter Break Soon

  

  The term is ending, time to get back on the city hikes train

  cityhikes

  November 30, 2023

  car culture, place, train, transit, urban planning, walk

  charles mingus, chicago, coast starlight, flagstaff, land use, los angeles, pacific electric, railroad, santa fe, southern pacific, southwest chief, transit, urbanism

• On Small Towns and Railroad Mergers

  

  Or how austerity funding for Amtrak has killed the small town

  cityhikes

  July 19, 2023

  highway, small town, train, transit, urban planning

  american history, amtrak, history, railroad, railroad history, railroad merger, small town urbanism, small town usa, urbanism

• Reflections On Car Free May

  

  What it’s like to completely reject the automobile for a month

  cityhikes

  June 3, 2023

  car culture, outdoors culture, pedestrian access, place, train, transit, urban planning, walk

  car culture, car free, car free living, hiking, pedestrian, portland, san francisco, transit, urban planning, urban walk, urbanism, walking

• 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

• National Parks And Cars

  

  A brief history of paving paradise, and what the future may hold

  cityhikes

  April 3, 2023

  outdoors culture, train, transit, urban planning, walk

  amtrak, buses, car culture, greyhound, national parks, nps, outdoors, portland, railroad, transit, urbanism

• High Capacity Transit In Portland

  

  What does that even mean?

  cityhikes

  February 13, 2023

  car culture, train, transit, trimet, urban planning

  brt, brt creep, bus rapid transit, car culture, high capacity transit, land use, metro, oregon, portland, transit, urban planning, 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