Heck, I don’t know how “Boxing Day” got its name, either. And I’ve looked, even on Wikipedia. All I know is that it means a full day of English football and 81 days without precipitation in Albuquerque. Okay, it only necessarily means one of those things in a given year. The dry stretch at #abq… Read More Opening Our Boxing Day Multi-Modal Gifts

March 31, 2017: Mayor Berry proclaims/unveils (note sign is covered in black) first 50-Mile Activity Loop sign in appearance next to Winrock Mall. FYI: BB will be tackling the entire 50-mile loop this coming New Year’s Day. Wish us luck on Bridge Boulevard, as well as Eagle Ranch Road. More about how we might make… Read More 2017 Year in Review: Mayor Berry & the 50-Mile Activity Loop

So, the proposed, and long-fought, “Edith Transfer Station” appears dead, for very understandable reasons. About the only thing that kept the idea alive, despite neighborhood environmental justice and traffic impact concerns, shoddy public outreach, and the fact that we are talking about (as the Journal finally admits in today’s headline) a “trash station,” is that… Read More Reader Poll: So Where Should ABQ’s “Trash Station” Be Located?

Late June, 2017: Galician coast a few kilometers south of Vigo, Spain

A few weeks back, John wrote a BB piece entitled “Why Don’t They Just Do X?” discussing how seemingly irrational and incomplete public policy decisions result, in part, from the complexity of interwoven jurisdictions. In response to my piece a few days back on the dilemma of Campus Boulevard & Carlisle very near Central Avenue, an… Read More “Why Did They Do X?”