After hearing from many, the City of Albuquerque has listened and its Department of Municipal Development (DMD) will, by all accounts, restripe the oft-discussed Girard Complete Street Project’s Lomas to Indian School segment in the dimensions outlined below: The reconfiguration above shaves a foot from each driving lane to widen the northbound bike lane to… Read More What’s Planned and What We’ve Learned Concerning Girard Boulevard

Usually we just post this at “our” Facebook page, then drone on and on about the issues included here at BB, but let’s skip a step, and some droning on and on, and simply plop the November agenda for the Greater Albuquerque Bicycling Advisory Committee (GABAC) here: If you’re interested in issues noted above, perhaps… Read More What Ya Doing Next Monday From 4:30 to 6:30 P.M.?

Election results around the country last night illustrate many things, including the possible unintended consequences of using “bogeymen” (the transgender community, immigrants, etc.) to the ultimate detriment of a campaign. Sometimes politicians, in their desperation to seek/keep office, go too far, and a majority of voters respond with the electoral version of what Army counsel… Read More Unintended Consequences Can Be Your Friend: The Rio Grande Blvd. “Road Diet”

I’ll be honest. My first reaction to news that the State of New Mexico is developing a statewide bicycle network plan is that Step One should be: Get New Governor. Then we’ll talk. Still, you have to start somewhere, and those among us who love to do long-distance tours will be particularly interested. So, let’s… Read More Visually Touring the New NM Statewide Bicycle Network Plan

Riding up to the NE Heights this past weekend (Sunset Canyon…fun!), we came across good ‘ol Burlison Rd., home to some of the first buffered bike lanes in Burque. Having not ridden out there in a while, I was slightly, and strangely, saddened that a new striping job has put the buffer between cars and… Read More Burlison Drive Reverts to Bike Lane Conformity

At first glance, it might appear that Girard Blvd. is having its skinny bike lane fixed, but that job is, at least for now, not the reason for the lane closure northbound. Girard Looking South, 11.5.17 While the infamous skinny lane is now covered in a thin layer of construction-related dirt, the work at present looks… Read More The Work on Girard Isn’t, Yet, What You Think it Is