To finish up our look at the 50-Mile Activity Loop, after having ridden it on New Year’s Day and having posted about it here and here, let’s toss around a few tentative ideas that address an overarching Loop question: Is this anything close to the best possible 50-mile Loop in/around Albuquerque? Our rules are pretty… Read More Re-Routing the 50-Mile Activity Loop

The story so far: John and I rode the City of Albuquerque’s (more on that in a bit) 50-Mile Activity Loop New Year’s Day. Yesterday, via a few observations and photos from John, we started to identify the good and still to be tweaked regarding the Loop. Before setting about to fix the Loop, let’s… Read More Fixing the 50-Mile Activity Loop

A few days back, BB posted a photo showing a lack of compliance regarding the new back-in angled parking along Monte Vista Blvd. between Dartmouth and Campus Blvd. Here’s the view late yesterday afternoon: See? Only a few days later, compliance is 100%. It just takes some time. Note also that my bicycle appears to… Read More A Welcome to 2018 Multi-Modal Greeting Card

As we zoom, apparently, toward self-driving vehicles, Sin City is working toward something closer to self-driving bicycles: To prevent crashes, the City of Las Vegas has partnered with an analytics company to develop a smart bike that warns drivers when they approach. The project is headed by a Boston-based company called Charles River Analytics and explores the possible… Read More Is the Cycling Safety Problem Due to Not Being “Smart” Enough?

The northern terminus of the South Diversion Channel Trail at Rio Bravo is currently a very unfriendly place. As the sign, and lack of previous pavement, indicates, there’s no longer a little spur to Broadway/NM-47 from the terminus. Meanwhile, vehicles are backed up day and night due to the Rio Bravo/I-25 Interchange construction project. Trash… Read More Better Burque’s 2018 Resolution: Extending South Diversion Channel Trail