Hi there folks, I know I’ve been quiet lately and even more so in the past few weeks. I’ll be back, but not sure when. bsky.app/profile/sher...

OTOH, I appreciate this as a warning. OTOH, it’s frustrating that the author doesn’t even consider that driving is not an option for a lot of folks.

Today!

Almost 40,000 feet of elevation gain!

On Sept. 17, this Transit Trekker webinar is bringing nondrivers to leaders & transpo/planning professionals in rural communities & small cities — locations where participating in the #WeekWithoutDriving comes w/ the highest barriers. Please join & share broadly w/ colleagues in these regions.

OK, so the Express do NOT do flag stops. But there is a shuttle in Mt. Hood Village and that immediate area that DOES do flag stops or route deviation (i.e. call at least 24 hours ahead time to get picked up w/i 3/4 mile of a stop). So many car-free recreation possibilities on this route.

"Seasonal service features include bike trailers and ski boxes for the convenience of riders to stow their equipment." We should be able to do bike trailers for #TrailheadDirect here in King County. The Mt. Si route stops blocks from the Snoqualmie Valley Trail. @cascade.org @kingcounty.gov

Oregon really has some good transit trekking going for it. The Mt. Hood Express runs 7 days a week year-round, except for a couple of holidays. From Sandy, outside of PDX, up to Timberline Lodge. And I spy bike racks on this vehicle! www.mthoodexpress.com/schedule-map

Transit Trekkin in NY! Right outside The City, pretty much.

and lastly, thank you to @seamlessbayareaca.bsky.social and @transbaycoalition.bsky.social for the help with this event, and for all the work you all put in on Transit Month!

Thank you especially to @rideact.bsky.social and park district board member Lynda Deschambault for tabling with us! Your passion for the outdoors and for equitable access is what made this event possible :)

Thank you to everyone who made it out to the redwoods with me this morning! It was great getting to meet so many other people excited about getting outdoors car free!

The #WeekWithoutDriving is coming up, and as a prelude Transit Trekker is hosting a webinar for rural leaders. Nondriver panelists from small cities and rural regions will talk about their mobility experience and the improvements they need. Register here & pls share! us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

You turn off autoplay by going into your Settings > Content & Media and then unchecking the Autoplay videos and GIFS box. You carefully consider Hot Takes by not posting them and instead seeking out actual news. And you provide links, and, if needed, content warnings.

Be very careful about what you post and share online right now. You don't actually need to weigh in.

Ooops. Forgot to LINK to the ferry. whales.com/cruises/crui...

Just discovered this private ferry service from B'Ham to the San Juans. Need to inquire about bringing bikes on board, but might be pretty nice to just hop on Cascades to Bham and then take a boat to the San Juans since the ferry terminal is a short distance from Fairhaven Station. Bicycle or not!

This BC-based resource disappeared for a while, but just found it again — Capitol Regional Trails & Parks accessible via public transit. Simple but thoughtful, lists transfers as well as distances from transit to trailhead www.crd.ca/media/file/c... #CarFree #Recreation

A new project launched on Comradery! comradery.co/makinaro

“We’re not scaling up … getting bigger isn’t always the best approach, because that can lead to lower quality, lower impact, a sort of diluted programming,” said LandPaths communications director Leilani Clark. THANK YOU @leilaniclark.bsky.social localnewsmatters.org/2025/09/07/w...

"As a part of their tradition, the two meet up to park in Emeryville, then board an AC Transit bus together to arrive at a Black Neighborhood hike." localnewsmatters.org/2025/09/07/w...

ICMYI (I did), @seattlebikeblog.com posted about this trip! www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/08/27/o...

For urbanist types who've heard me complain about detours! I often route a pedestrian detour to get the added distance and then calculate the time a detour is adding as well as the equivalent distance a person in a car could go. Now, I've made a web tool! fancybeans.com/random/non-d...

Strut like you forgot you have a huge hole in your pants.

Looks like a resourceful person might be able to use the White Pine County, NV bus service to enjoy Great Basin National Park. Haven't figured out how to get to White Pine County via transit just yet, though. www.whitepinecounty.net/655/Ely-Bus

Has anyone put their bike on the Nevada Northern Railway to MTB in the Ely region? This site says its common but the railway site isn't clear on details for doing this. elynevada.net/train-to-tra...

Don't miss recent updates to the Transit Trekker resource page. I just added this helpful PDF from the (fare-free!) Missoula Mountain Line - looks like there are ample bikin' n hikin' options reachable via transit! mountainline.com/wp-content/u...

Hey everyone, the folks at Public Rail Now are making a push to protect and expand Amtrak. One quick thing you can do is sign their Action Network letter. actionnetwork.org/petitions/ra...

Good morning! Amtrak journeys are trips unto themselves and they also make much car-free recreation possible. Take a minute - that is all - to sign this letter? And share widely once you do. Thanks!

Good morning, DC region! If you need a break from all the *gestures broadly* and have some time to take one, @sp-ainsworth.bsky.social offers all the details you need to enjoy some car-free recreation at @ggwash.org ggwash.org/view/100623/...

Good morning! Amtrak journeys are trips unto themselves and they also make much car-free recreation possible. Take a minute - that is all - to sign this letter? And share widely once you do. Thanks!

Urban hiking transit trek.

This has been a hole in my research and now that I've found it, I've reached out to the DMO to ask about the availability of taxi and shuttle service in the area, since I didn't find any on the DMO site.

Ummmm...you can get Flixbus to Ellensburg with your (not electric) bike and then connect to this 7 day-a-week service that serves Cle Elum. Hop on the Palouse to Cascades and ride back to Seattle. Hopesource has bike racks. www.hopesource.us/kcc

East and Southeast Asia have fairly extensive overnight ferry networks. My brother-in-law once showed us a YouTube video about an overnight ferry trip in Japan. Paul Theroux took a ship that connects various islands in the Marquesas, and now there's video of that! www.youtube.com/watch?v=L68I...

I googled around to see how far you can get in Asia on overnight ferries. It looks like: - from Petropavlovsk on Kamchatka to Shanghai - from Itbayat in the Philippines to Sandakan in Malaysia - from Sorong in West Papua to Belawan on Sumatra - from Thoothukudi to Nagapattinam in India

OK, that is the biggest ferry I have ever seen.

Doing nothing to dispel the Gorge impressions. Look at the syncline!

Federal Way Link will open on... December 6.

Kitten Update: cloudy morning snooze

I was at Union Station about two years ago and while some of the lower level waiting areas are dated, it is hardly what I would characterize as "in disrepair". Does this mean they are going to spruce it up?!

Oh, the return journey is always a tad bitter with the sweet.

BTW this will involve MOAR FERRIES.

Channeling @transittrekker.bsky.social today with a multi bus adventure to Lopez Island! @seattlebikeblog.com will document the journey. So thankful for bathrooms at Everett station and friendly bus drivers who have helpful advice!

Cirque de Iceland

With apologies, Multnomah Falls got nothing on this.

Moar plate tectonics

I think I just learned to spell geyser in Icelandic?

Ferry to Iceland, continued. Quite the transit trek.

And again, remarkably reminiscent of the Columbia River Gorge.