Tag: transit

• Ballard Doesn’t Need a Sounder Stop

  

  It needs better bus service (and Link actually being delivered wouldn’t hurt)

  cityhikes

  August 20, 2026

  urban planning, transit, Seattle

  ballard, bus, commuter rail, edmonds, everett, mukilteo, railroad, Seattle, sound transit, sounder, transit, transportation, urbanism, washington

• Mourning the TriMet Cuts

  

  Death by one thousand preventable cuts is somehow sadder than losing something all at once

  cityhikes

  August 14, 2026

  portland, transit, urban planning

  or leg, oregon, portland, public transit, transit, transportation, trimet, trimet cuts, urbanism

• Reflections on Greyhound

  

  How it feels to be on a bus going down I-70 between Columbus and Dayton

  cityhikes

  August 12, 2026

  economics, intercity bus, place, small town, transit, urban planning

  urbanism, transit, intercity bus, greyhound, wisconsin, milwaukee, flixbus, greyound, ohio

• On The Fundamental Flaws of Trailhead Direct

  

  How the “Park. Ride. Hike.” slogan lets us all down

  cityhikes

  July 6, 2026

  car culture, outdoors culture, transit, urban planning

  car culture, hiking, hikinh, king county, king county metro, land use, outdoors, Seattle, trailhead direct, transit, transit hiking, urbanism, washington

• 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

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

• The View From Route 271

  

  Rural bus routes and finding meaning in the mundane

  cityhikes

  April 26, 2026

  outdoors culture, pedestrian access, Seattle, sound transit, transit, urban planning

  car culture, community transit, king county metro, skykomish, sultan, sultan bakery, transit, transportation, travel, urbanism

• An Ode to My Transit Book

  

  A retrospective

  cityhikes

  April 23, 2026

  portland, Seattle, transit, trip report

  transit, transportation, urbanism, writing

• 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

• 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