Tag: Seattle

• Riding All Transit Modes in Seattle

  

  And doing it right! In “just” three hours!

  cityhikes

  June 20, 2026

  place, Seattle, society, sound transit, train, transit, urban planning

  bus, car culture, commuter rail, ferry, light rail, monorail, public transit, railroad, Seattle, streetcar, transit, transportation, travel, trolleybus, urbanism

• 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

• How Do We Make Good Paying Jobs?

  

  And why experts never capture the full picture

  cityhikes

  June 5, 2026

  economics, Seattle, urban planning

  portland, Seattle, economy, economics, union, organizing, economic development

• Columbia City and the Limits of Shoupian Parking Policy

  

  How a parking meter rate decrease sells transit short in Columbia City

  cityhikes

  March 26, 2026

  car culture, place, Seattle, transit, urban planning

  car culture, columbia city, land use, parking, Seattle, transit, transportation, urbanism

• Difficulties of Building on Bainbridge Aren’t That Complex

  

  A look into what may be the worst op-ed of all time (and that’s saying something)

  cityhikes

  February 13, 2026

  housing, place, renters, Seattle, segregation, small town, transit, urban planning

  affordable housing, bainbridge, bainbridge island, city planning, land use, planning, Seattle, transit, urban planning, urbanism, water

• On Knowing Where You Are

  

  Ditching the GPS and embracing potentially getting lost.

  cityhikes

  January 24, 2026

  ai, pedestrian access, place, society, transit, urban planning, walk

  car culture, directions, getting lost, lost, Seattle, space, tech, travel, urbanism, walking

• Tech Buses and the Death of the Public Sphere

  

  One man’s journey into the abyss to figure out how annoyed he should be (TLDR: pretty annoyed)

  cityhikes

  December 19, 2025

  car culture, Seattle, sound transit, transit, urban planning

  amazon, bus, car culture, land use, private transit, public transit, Seattle, transit, transportation, urbanism, washington

• Sound Transit and the South End

  

  Looking beyond station sites for reasons to be skeptical

  cityhikes

  December 4, 2025

  Seattle, society, sound transit, train, transit, urban planning

  car culture, chinatown, land use, railroad, Seattle, sound transit, transit, transportation, urbanism, washington

• A Saturday in Seattle

  

  A new home, and a good day

  cityhikes

  November 1, 2025

  Uncategorized

  hiking, nature, Seattle, travel, washington

• Super Commuting: A Conceptual Review

  

  TLDR: It’s not great

  cityhikes

  September 4, 2025

  Uncategorized

  census, commute, high speed rail, issaquah, portland, Seattle, supercommute, work