An intrepid member of the Better Burque Tactical Urbanism Team (BBTUT) was cycling out yesterday and came across this sign and barricade at the eastern end of the Gail Ryba Bridge. As an experienced observer and interactive participant with Albuquerque area walking/cycling construction signage, our intrepid BBTUT operative knew to disregard the sign/barricade. Sure enough,… Read More “Trail Closed” at Gail Ryba Bridge

You might have seen recently via local TV news a story about removal of four “dangerous traffic circles” along Sunset Rd. S.W. between its southern terminus with Goff SW and Dolores Huerta/Bridge Blvd. after a study revealed it would be safer to remove them. As a South Valley resident who rides this stretch of Sunset… Read More Those Removed Traffic Circles on Sunset SW

It doesn’t happen that often, and when it infrequently does, it always takes far longer than you’d like. Yet, every once in a too-long while you argue, complain, and whine about something that needs doing. And it gets done. Back in 2020, your humble blogger starting looking into the hazards involved in just trying to… Read More A Little Multi-Modal Win

Some days are harder than others. On a few, only a few if you’re lucky, days it’s just really damn hard to even bother. Fucking humans. So Rosanna “Zan” Breuninger was killed last Friday night going into Saturday morning by, as best we can tell presently, a driver who hit Breuninger as they cycled at/near… Read More The Death of Rosanna Breuninger

Have you ever decided to do a minor remodel on your house, maybe fix up a bathroom or replace the 70s shag carpeting, and in the middle of that project somehow have 40, maybe $80 million dollars drop into your lap? In such cases, you’ve changed the project, haven’t you? Expanded the scope, maybe gone… Read More Meow Wolfing the Albuquerque Rail Trail