Tag: railroad

• 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

• 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

• 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

• New York, New York

  

  It’s a hell of a town

  cityhikes

  December 4, 2022

  bridge, new york, place, urban planning, walk

  grand central terminal, jane jacobs, land use, new york subway, nyc, portland, railroad, subway, transit, urbanism

• 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

• The Milwaukie Road

  

  Local man does three walks as an excuse to complain about car culture

  cityhikes

  September 16, 2022

  highway, interurban, stroad, walk

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