Tag: walking

• 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

• Back to Work

  

  Re-entering the workforce, moving, and other things

  cityhikes

  August 18, 2025

  place, society, transit, urban planning

  bike, biking, commute, cycling, issaquah, Seattle, transit, transportation, travel, urbanism, walking

• 80s Greenway Review

  

  Spoiler: it’s not great, and it’s even worse in context

  cityhikes

  July 4, 2025

  bike, highway, pedestrian access, portland, stroad, transit, urban planning

  bike, biking, brt, greenway, portland, transit, transportation, urban planning, urbanism, walking

• What Makes a District Historic?

  

  The perils of wide-net historic preservation and the folly of Irvington

  cityhikes

  April 23, 2025

  place, portland, society, urban planning, walk

  broadway, historic-preservation, history, irvington, land use, neighborhoods, oregon, portland, real-estate, transportation, travel, urbanism, walking

• How’s That Metro 2040 Plan Going?

  

  Commentary on the state of land use and transportation in the Metro region in 2025

  cityhikes

  March 23, 2025

  car culture, housing, odot, pedestrian access, place, portland, train, transit, trimet, urban planning

  car culture, land use, oregon, portland, public-transportation, transit, transportation, travel, urbanism, walking

• Book Review: A Paradise of Small Houses

  

  Spoiler: I really didn’t like it

  cityhikes

  March 2, 2025

  chicago, housing, los angeles, place, portland, transit, urban planning

  book-reviews, books, boston, chicago, ireland, irish-american, land use, new york, portland, railroad, transit, transportation, urbanism, walking

• Unpacking the Backpacking Pack

  

  Pondering nature, Indian removal, and what it all means in my life

  cityhikes

  October 22, 2024

  outdoors culture, place, society, train, transit, walk

  adventure, amtrak, backpacking, environmentalism, glacier national park, hiking, land use, national parks, national parks service, native american history, nature, nps, railroad, travel, walking

• Ampacking Glacier National Park

  

  Sure, you can take Amtrak to Glacier, but should you? (yes)

  cityhikes

  September 24, 2024

  car culture, outdoors culture, pedestrian access, small town, train, transit, urban planning

  amtrak, car culture, glacier, glacier national park, glacier np, hiking, land use, montana, national parks, railroad, transit, travel, urbanism, walking

• Please Stop Making Pedestrians Beg

  

  Ranting about RRFBs and “Crosswalk Closed” signs

  cityhikes

  June 19, 2024

  pedestrian access, portland, urban planning, walk

  car culture, mutcd, news, oregon, pedestrian, pedestrian dignity, pedestrian-safety, portland, rrfb, safety, traffic, traffic-safety, urbanism, walkability, walking

• Thoughts On Groceries, Again

  

  Why doesn’t anyone think about walking to the grocery store?

  cityhikes

  June 5, 2024

  grocery stores, pedestrian access, portland, society

  grocery stores, land use, oregon, portland, transit, urbanism, walking