A guy leaves town for a month and so much has happened. When I headed out for a bicycle tour in mid-April, Albuquerque did not have a formal Vision Zero pledge from its Mayor and there was only talk of an updated Complete Street Ordinance. While crime and wind and Scalo being closed have remained… Read More A First Look at Proposed ABQ Complete Streets Renewal
It’s Wednesday afternoon, a good time to remember that while work can be hard, so is surfing. Enjoy. Scot in Espinho, Portugal
Happy Sunday, readers! If you’d rather NOT read about transportation issues in Albuquerque, here’s a diversion. While bike touring Portugal the next few weeks, I’ll do a bit of journal-writing (no, not boring journal-writing…there are tons of pictures!) at that go-to site for insane bike tourers “Crazy Guy on a Bike.” Drop by if you… Read More Where to Find BB Goes to Portugal
One of the greatest things about being a K-12 teacher is having Summers off. Don’t let any teacher tell you otherwise. Some teachers work during the Summer, and will tell you that it’s only to earn extra money because teachers are underpaid, but as a career teacher myself, I think it has more to do… Read More Taking Off to Portugal on Company Time
The Mid-Region Council of Governments (MRCOG) has processed recently finalized 2017 information from the NM Department of Transportation on fatalities for those trying to walk our roadways that year. Statistics and visuals related to this information are now available at the April edition of “Travel Times,” that little-known, yet info-packed online publication from MRCOG and Mid-Region… Read More Walking Deaths and Racial/Economic Equity
It wasn’t Kurosawa, at least in cinematographic composition and scope, but Albuquerque City Council performed something of a 20-minute videographed saga of its own this past Monday night, one which has stuck with this viewer as interesting on many levels and worthy of many interpretations, kinda like a Kurosawa film. Not “Rashomon” by any means, but… Read More City Council Rashomon: One Observer’s View of Late Night Council TV
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