Category: transit

• Tech Buses and the Death of the Public Sphere

  

  One man’s journey into the abyss to figure out how annoyed he should be (TLDR: pretty annoyed)

  cityhikes

  December 19, 2025

  urban planning, transit, car culture, sound transit, Seattle

  amazon, bus, car culture, land use, private transit, public transit, Seattle, transit, transportation, urbanism, washington

• Sound Transit and the South End

  

  Looking beyond station sites for reasons to be skeptical

  cityhikes

  December 4, 2025

  Seattle, society, sound transit, train, transit, urban planning

  car culture, chinatown, land use, railroad, Seattle, sound transit, transit, transportation, urbanism, 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

• 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

• Railroads and Planning

  

  Does anyone understand what a railroad even is?

  cityhikes

  April 15, 2025

  place, portland, train, transit, urban planning

  forest park, freight rail, history, land use, oregon, pge, politics, portland, rail, rail policy, railroad, trains, transit, travel, urbanism

• 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

• Book Review: A Paradise of Small Houses

  

  Spoiler: I really didn’t like it

  cityhikes

  March 2, 2025

  chicago, housing, los angeles, place, portland, transit, urban planning

  book-reviews, books, boston, chicago, ireland, irish-american, land use, new york, portland, railroad, transit, transportation, urbanism, walking