Tag: portland

• The Suburbanization of Swimming

  

  A ramble about swimming, the suburbs, and what it all means to me

  cityhikes

  February 29, 2024

  car culture, neighborhood, portland, swimming

  health, land use, planning, portland, racism, sports, suburbia, suburbs, swim, swimming, urbanism, wellness

• Oregon High Speed Rail – Branching Out

  

  Little projects go a long way when you’re connecting to a high speed trunk

  cityhikes

  February 12, 2024

  highway, odot, train, transit, urban planning

  corvallis, eugene, high speed rail, hillsboro, mcminnville, newberg, oregon, oregon high speed rail, portland, railroad, salem, transit, urbanism, willamette valley

• 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

• The Interstate Highway System Was A Mistake

  

  And Wendover Productions is extremely wrong about it

  cityhikes

  January 10, 2024

  Uncategorized

  critique, cultural values, interstate, oregon, portland, traffic engineering, trains, urbanism, us highway, wendover productions

• 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

• 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

• 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