(See Note Below) I think that I shall never see bike infrastructure lovely as thee. I’ve seen the worst drivers of my generation careening madly, nakedly hysterical. One day *DMD finally knew what it had to do, and began, all motorists pausing, while a bike can cross all distance breathes to finally dream of safer… Read More Ode to the Bike Boulevard Diverter at Silver and Girard
(The Guild’s Keif and Chris auction off another poster that most definitely had me thinking later: “Why the Hell didn’t I bid on that?!?”) Like any good movie, last Saturday’s Guild Cinema Poster Auction featured every one of the seven deadly sins, covetousness and gluttony prime among them. Not to be left out, there was… Read More Faster, Pussycat! Bid! Bid!: A Sinful Afternoon at the Guild Cinema Poster Auction
Note: In case you missed it, here’s this week’s BB does Duke City Fix piece. Enjoy. By the way, I’m very much all ears regarding any reports of someone riding the “Google” route described below. I’m usually the “Tuesday Afternoon Drive DJ” on the radio station that is Duke City Fix, but am doing the “Morning… Read More Great Duke City Bicycle Trips: Turquoise Trail
I was in the middle of yet another 1,500 word riveting ramble on HAWK signals, median refuges, traffic fatalities and other in no way boring or depressing topics, when I found myself becoming more and more interested in researching my bike “tour” to Santa Fe tomorrow instead. While my little four-day City Different jaunt doesn’t start… Read More This Post on HAWK Signals Postponed on Account of Ahhhh…
For what I believe to be the first time ever in over a decade of blogging, I wrote about 1,000 words pertaining to the title above…and just lost it. Some accidental combination of keystrokes, I guess. While I’m crying, wailing and throwing my computer in the lake that is my front yard after last night’s… Read More AABLE Bike Lane Measurement Report, 10.10.16: North Valley Gets Double Secret Probation
In response to urban planner/designer Jeff Speck’s walkability analysis of downtown Albuquerque, the City has put up four-way stops along Silver and points nearby, soon to replace the existing signals. The work crudely reminds one of art installed by the environmental artist team of Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Below is a short photo essay documenting the current… Read More Downtown Burque’s Homage to Christo, Jeanne-Claude and Speck (Jeff, Not Richard)
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