Tag: metro

• The Horror of Transportation Impact Fees in Washington

  

  How poorly defined terms in RCW 82.02.090 undermine transit

  cityhikes

  June 11, 2026

  economics, transit, urban planning

  urbanism, car culture, transit, transportation, metro, Seattle, washington, public transit, bus, impact fees, public finance

• What’s in a Station Area?

  

  Is a train really all you need to live a transit oriented life? (Hint: no)

  cityhikes

  March 24, 2026

  Seattle, society, train, transit, urban planning

  brt, bus, bus rapid transit, commuter rail, king county metro, land use, light rail, lrt, metro, psrc, railroad, sounder, tod, transit, transit oriented develop, transit oriented development, transportation, urbanism

• 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

• Walking the 2040 Metro Plan

  

  An outline of some future walks

  cityhikes

  October 14, 2022

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

  car culture, gateway, hawthorne, land use, main street, metro, oregon, portland, urban planning, urbanism