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Author: Scot Key

Those Removed Traffic Circles on Sunset SW

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

August 2, 2023August 2, 2023 Scot Key5 Comments

A Little Multi-Modal Win

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

July 31, 2023July 31, 2023 Scot KeyLeave a comment

The Death of Rosanna Breuninger

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

July 27, 2023July 27, 2023 Scot Key1 Comment

Meow Wolfing the Albuquerque Rail Trail

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

July 25, 2023 Scot Key4 Comments

“Safe” Cycling Alternative to the Bosque Path

Due to safety shortcomings in ABQ’s/BernCo’s cycling network, such as it is, many of us drive to the Bosque Path or other area multi-use path, take the bike out of the vehicle, and ride that path. Over and over and over and over. This is nothing wrong with this, other than the safety shortcomings in… Read More “Safe” Cycling Alternative to the Bosque Path

July 24, 2023July 24, 2023 Scot KeyLeave a comment

Routing Academy with a Low-Stress Mindset

When we last spoke, in that blog way where I “speak” and you tend to not say/write anything, I was going on and on about the lack of continued bike infrastructure on Academy Blvd. east of Ventura (the ABQ road, not the highway/freeway/neighborhood in Los Angeles). Let’s use this example as a springboard to expressing… Read More Routing Academy with a Low-Stress Mindset

July 19, 2023 Scot KeyLeave a comment

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