Tag: amtrak

• 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

• Unpacking the Backpacking Pack

  

  Pondering nature, Indian removal, and what it all means in my life

  cityhikes

  October 22, 2024

  outdoors culture, place, society, train, transit, walk

  adventure, amtrak, backpacking, environmentalism, glacier national park, hiking, land use, national parks, national parks service, native american history, nature, nps, railroad, travel, walking

• Ampacking Glacier National Park

  

  Sure, you can take Amtrak to Glacier, but should you? (yes)

  cityhikes

  September 24, 2024

  car culture, outdoors culture, pedestrian access, small town, train, transit, urban planning

  amtrak, car culture, glacier, glacier national park, glacier np, hiking, land use, montana, national parks, railroad, transit, travel, urbanism, walking

• 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

• Wisconsin High Speed Rail – Creating A System

  

  Or why nationalization is an opportunity for high speed rail

  cityhikes

  January 12, 2024

  Uncategorized

  amtrak, chicago, conrail, midwest, midwest high speed rail, milwaukee, railroad, transit, twin cities, urbanism, wisconsin, wisconsin high speed rail

• 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

• 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

• 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