We posted the following 1977 Albuquerque Journal story and photo last week after doing a bit of research into the early days of our Paseo del Bosque Trail (i.e., the Bosque Trail; i.e., Riverside Trail): An alert, knowledgeable reader noted the photo in the story above was taken by not just any Jim Nacthwey, but… Read More Burque’s Bosque Trail: The Waiting is the Most Important Part

As the Christmas tune doesn’t go, it’s beginning to look a lot like Session. As in New Mexico Legislative Session 2025. Whoo-hoo! Here’s that annual pre-MLK Day reminder to look at the bills filed pre-Session. So far there are 65 bills and resolutions (all House) showing up on the actually rather nice NMLegis website. Every… Read More “Harmful Materials” and other NM Legislative Pre-File Fun

Doing a bit of research into creation of that stretch of multi-modal wonder we Burqueños now take for granted, the Paseo del Bosque Trail. Our most popular stretch of walking/rolling, and only walking/rolling (well, almost) in town didn’t just come with the River as a nature-presented geologic/hydrologic package. It had to be created and it… Read More 1977: Drivers Bully Bicyclists

Maybe if that person chewing on their glasses were longingly gazing at a 1966 Schwinn Parmount Road Racer instead of an AMC Rambler Classic 770 wagon, the City would have sprung for the bike trail. That said, and despite my love for bikes of all eras, I must admit that is one sweet, sweet station… Read More Albuquerque Transportation 1966: Can you Spot Where it Really Continued to Go Wrong?

Because you got that new RAMalicious internet device for the holidays and mostly because the page reprinted below is so chock full of interesting stuff, we’re just shipping the full page 13 of the March 2, 1975 Albuquerque Journal at full resolution. It’s worth it and your new smokin’ device can handle it. So much… Read More Burque Cycling 1975: It’s a Woman’s World

Happy New Year and apologies for starting this year with yet another chorus of that perennial Burque tune: ♫We don’t deserve nice things♫. What if…you could walk from a show at Popejoy Hall at UNM to the Frontier Restaurant without having to deal with traffic on Central Avenue? Just you and your fellow show attendees… Read More That Pedestrian Overpass We Don’t Have at Cornell & Central