While riding quite a few miles up and down the Rio Grande Trail over Thanksgiving, I also did a bit of online research of goings-on in the Roaring Fork Valley between Glenwood Spring and Aspen, Colorado. One of many things prompting my research was observing quite a few yard signs around the area stating: “United… Read More Moving Burque’s “Active Transportation” Forward: Experiences Elsewhere

Above is a view of Mt. Sopris as I ride “Up Valley” on the Rio Grande Trail approaching Carbondale, Colorado. I add “Colorado” not only because of Carbondale, Illinois (no, I don’t believe there are mountains like Mr. Sopris in Southern Illinois), but also because of the Trail’s name. Rio Grande Trail?  I’m riding here… Read More Riding What Coloradans Call the “Rio Grande Trail”

More prose to come, but words, fancy or otherwise, can’t compare to just seeing the “Fresh Kermit” placed at Monroe/Central as part of the new Fair Heights Bike Boulevard: Photo: John Fleck Speaking of prose, about the most substantive online mention of Fair Heights Bike Boulevard was “penned” by yours truly for the old Duke… Read More Monroe @ Central Gets Kermitized for Fair Heights Bike Boulevard

At one point, a time not even that many years ago, this “bike lane” at Comanche/Griegos and I-25 wasn’t seen as so scandalous and embarrassing that it was immediately restriped. Then a few years went by… Photos: John Fleck Working with the “polycentric governance” of City and State involved, as outlined in John’s post here… Read More Comanche at I-25: Two Photos of the “Now”

Resolved: The multi-use path bridge at X is the bumpiest, most bike and body-rattling ******* bridge in town. The debate resolution above can lead verbally forensic Burque cyclists to many places around town, and countless bone-jarring memories, but perhaps no candidate for bumpiest bridge was stronger than the little, but deadly, one at the west… Read More From Bumpy to Butter: That Little Bridge next to Arroyo del Oso