Category: urban planning

• Oregon High Speed Rail – The Valley

  

  Would you rather have a train to Eugene in less than an hour or one freeway expansion project?

  cityhikes

  February 6, 2024

  high speed rail, interurban, odot, train, transit, urban planning

  amtrak, cascades, high speed rail, oregon, oregon electric, portland, railroad, southern pacific, transit, urbanism

• 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

• On Eurocentrism In Urbanism

  

  Good cities are part of the fundamental human experience, not just the European one

  cityhikes

  January 16, 2024

  place, transit, urban planning

  beijing, cities, city, eurocentrism, hangzhou, land use, los angeles, mexico city, native american history, public transit, tenochtitlan, teotihuacan, urban life, urbanism

• 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

• Flagstaff Is Nice, You Might Like It

  

  A reflection on a few days in Northern Arizona

  cityhikes

  December 23, 2023

  highway, small town, stroad, train, urban planning, walk

  arizona, atsf, car culture, flagstaff, grand canyon, land use, railroad, route 66, santa fe railway, urbanism, walking

• 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

• 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

• 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

• A Tale Of Two Bike Rides

  

  Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the World Naked Bike Ride

  cityhikes

  August 24, 2023

  bike, bridge, car culture, highway, odot, pedestrian access, urban planning

  car culture, car dependency, cycling, cycling activism, human access, naked bike ride, portland, systematic change, urbanism, vulnerability, wnbr