Last night, really closer to late afternoon, we were sitting around at the Bicycle Committee meeting talking about this and that, including that thing we always eventually get around to talking about: Which of the eleventy zillion projects that could make cycling around Burque better/safer/easier should we advocate get done first, second, third… You know,… Read More Daydreams About Bike Things in the Middle of the Afternoon

It’s February 12th, and you might not have lost those ten pounds you “resolved” to lose by about now. I know I haven’t. Still haven’t done my taxes early or achieved my resolved goal to cleanse myself of judgment and become a radiantly calm being, mindful of all and vengeful to none. Or something like.… Read More Forgot Your New Year’s Resolution? Remembering South Diversion Channel Trail Extension

Hello Burque! Been busy this week doing the K-12 education thing, and when I last wrote the Dow was at 25,750 or so, and I wrote a piece praising the Albuquerque Journal. Anything happen since? Despite tumult around the world’s financial markets, our local paper of record, a football coach who would have been fired… Read More The Burque Week in Review: From Hell and Back to Hell

By Scot As mentioned earlier this week, I made a rare public excursion from the BB Cave and mingled with quite a few folks who were kind enough to show up for the Bike ABQ “Meet & Greet” this past Tuesday. While turnout wasn’t quite as high as the first such event some months back,… Read More What I Learned at the Bike ABQ “Meet & Greet”

Back in November BB wrote about the “dark” light signal at Coors Boulevard and Las Estancias in the far South Valley, a intersection signal that has been installed for years now, but was still not in operation. In the parlance, the light had not been officially shown to be “warranted” through traffic study, as actual/potential… Read More Now Will the Light Get Turned On at Coors & Las Estancias?