Tag: urbanism

• On Eurocentrism In Urbanism

  

  Good cities are part of the fundamental human experience, not just the European one

  cityhikes

  January 16, 2024

  place, transit, urban planning

  beijing, cities, city, eurocentrism, hangzhou, land use, los angeles, mexico city, native american history, public transit, tenochtitlan, teotihuacan, urban life, urbanism

• Wisconsin High Speed Rail – Creating A System

  

  Or why nationalization is an opportunity for high speed rail

  cityhikes

  January 12, 2024

  Uncategorized

  amtrak, chicago, conrail, midwest, midwest high speed rail, milwaukee, railroad, transit, twin cities, urbanism, wisconsin, wisconsin high speed rail

• 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

• Wisconsin High Speed Rail – Giant Steps

  

  What will it take to bring fast trains back to my home?

  cityhikes

  January 7, 2024

  high speed rail, small town, train, transit, wisconsin

  amtrak, high speed rail, madison, milwaukee, railroad, scott walker, talgo, transit, urbanism, wisconsin, wisconsin high speed rail

• Wisconsin High Speed Rail – Starting Small

  

  Politely asking the state of Wisconsin to stop making little plans, since they don’t have the magic to stir men’s blood

  cityhikes

  January 4, 2024

  chicago, high speed rail, interurban, train, wisconsin

  chicago, chicago and northwestern, high speed rail, midwest, milwaukee, milwaukee road, north shore line, railroad, shinkansen, transit, urbanism, wisconsin

• Chicago, My Beloved

  

  The city of the broad shoulders never disapoints

  cityhikes

  December 28, 2023

  chicago, place, radical history, train, transit, urban planning, walk

  amtrak, car culture, chicago, cta, land use, midwest, pilsen, railroad, rapid transit, transit, urbanism

• Flagstaff Is Nice, You Might Like It

  

  A reflection on a few days in Northern Arizona

  cityhikes

  December 23, 2023

  highway, small town, stroad, train, urban planning, walk

  arizona, atsf, car culture, flagstaff, grand canyon, land use, railroad, route 66, santa fe railway, urbanism, walking

• Reflections on Los Angeles

  

  The end of the line for LA, what a great place to visit

  cityhikes

  December 15, 2023

  car culture, train, transit, urban planning, walk

  amtrak, downtown la, la metro, la union station, land use, los angeles, public-transport, sprawl, streetcar, subway, sunset boulevard, trains, trams, transit, transportation, travel, urbanism, walkability, walking la

• West Down Pico

  

  A long walk to the ocean is always a good idea

  cityhikes

  December 14, 2023

  car culture, stroad, transit, urban planning, walk

  california, car culture, expo line, land use, los angeles, pico, pico boulevard, santa monica, transit, travel, urbanism, walking

• In Search of Los Angeles

  

  A long day looking for history, but finding other things instead.

  cityhikes

  December 13, 2023

  place, transit, urban renewal, walk

  bunker hill, california, car culture, city hike, city walk, elliott smith, guy lombardo, hollywood, la history, los angeles, pacific electric, public-transportation, transit, travel, urbanism, walking