Category: transit

• 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

• Why I’m Not A YIMBY

  

  It’s not just because they are annoying on Twitter

  cityhikes

  April 19, 2023

  segregation, transit, urban planning, urban renewal

  land use, nimbyism, oregon, portland, transit, urbanism, yimbyism

• 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

• Sauntering In Seattle

  

  Thoughts on being a pedestrian in the Emerald City

  cityhikes

  March 30, 2023

  car culture, stroad, transit, urban planning, walk

  car culture, city, city exploration, Seattle, transit, urban walk, urbanism, walking, washington

• 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

• A Streetcar Named St. Charles

  

  A Christmas spent in the Crescent City

  cityhikes

  January 1, 2023

  highway, place, segregation, transit, urban planning, walk

  city of new orleans, interstate highway, new orleans, rta, streetcar, transportation, urbanism, walking

• Philadelphia

  

  Reflections on a short trip to the city of brotherly love

  cityhikes

  November 21, 2022

  neighborhood, pedestrian access, place, transit

  pedstrian, pennsylvania, philadelphia, railroad, transit, urbanism, walking

• Car Dependency and Transit in Portland

  

  A short discussion on my thoughts on my local transit agency

  cityhikes

  October 25, 2022

  car culture, transit, trimet, urban planning

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