Category: transit

• Wisconsin High Speed Rail – Giant Steps

  

  What will it take to bring fast trains back to my home?

  cityhikes

  January 7, 2024

  high speed rail, small town, train, transit, wisconsin

  amtrak, high speed rail, madison, milwaukee, railroad, scott walker, talgo, transit, urbanism, wisconsin, wisconsin high speed rail

• Chicago, My Beloved

  

  The city of the broad shoulders never disapoints

  cityhikes

  December 28, 2023

  chicago, place, radical history, train, transit, urban planning, walk

  amtrak, car culture, chicago, cta, land use, midwest, pilsen, railroad, rapid transit, transit, urbanism

• Reflections on Los Angeles

  

  The end of the line for LA, what a great place to visit

  cityhikes

  December 15, 2023

  car culture, train, transit, urban planning, walk

  amtrak, downtown la, la metro, la union station, land use, los angeles, public-transport, sprawl, streetcar, subway, sunset boulevard, trains, trams, transit, transportation, travel, urbanism, walkability, walking la

• West Down Pico

  

  A long walk to the ocean is always a good idea

  cityhikes

  December 14, 2023

  car culture, stroad, transit, urban planning, walk

  california, car culture, expo line, land use, los angeles, pico, pico boulevard, santa monica, transit, travel, urbanism, walking

• In Search of Los Angeles

  

  A long day looking for history, but finding other things instead.

  cityhikes

  December 13, 2023

  place, transit, urban renewal, walk

  bunker hill, california, car culture, city hike, city walk, elliott smith, guy lombardo, hollywood, la history, los angeles, pacific electric, public-transportation, transit, travel, urbanism, walking

• 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

• Cinema Urbanism

  

  Want to find a nice place? Look for an independent cinema

  cityhikes

  August 2, 2023

  neighborhood, pedestrian access, place, transit, urban planning, walk

  city, city exploration, indie cinema, movie, portland, theater, 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