Continuing our series on proposed “Highest Priority” bicycle network improvements found in the new draft Bicycle Plan, let’s take another look at an oldie-but-goodie: Claremont from Richmond east all the way to Juan Tabo. Converting Claremont from its existing and evolving (e.g., traffic circles here and there) designated “bike route” to a bona fide “bike… Read More That “Now What?” Question: Claremont

Informed by numerous studies correlating physically-protected bike lanes with significantly heightened economic development, Bernalillo County has employed the concept in its Dolores Huerta/Cesar Chavez (formerly known as Bridge) Boulevard Project (aka: “Bridging Los Vecinos”) as shown here in a photo looking westbound at Isleta Blvd. taken yesterday. Combining a large stacked chunks of roadway and… Read More Those Exciting New Physically-Protected Bike Lanes

After having pondered weak government roadway “improvements” the last two days here, I don’t want to finish the week on such a downer note. So let’s turn that roadway engineering frown upsidedown by showing you a probably bad idea government ended up not screwing up doing. Yes, it’s a proposed loop (what they call a… Read More Happiness is Often What Doesn’t Happen

As threatened yesterday, my initial intention was to deeply dive (i.e., bore you to tears) into the as-close-to-final-before-they-start plans for the renovated Montgomery and Comanche interchanges of I-25. Consider threat retracted. Instead of a long post with intricate visually-supported evidence, I’m just pretty much gonna go with this: From a walking/rolling/cycling perspective, the plan for… Read More NMDOT Checks the Box and Leaves Us With Nothing

Planned to dive this morning into the upcoming I-25 renovation of the Montgomery/Montano & Comanche/Griegos interchanges, but life has got in the way in the form of a sick barn cat. So I’m on nurse duty and will instead just stare at this while I pet the cat all day: The above is a screenshot… Read More My Cat and the Upcoming I-25 Renovation

Ever found yourself on a walk, roll, or bicycle at a place in town that got you dreaming, “jeez, if there was only a bridge over this roadway infrastructural hellhole I am currently experiencing”? Just to pick one of many possible for instances, maybe you’ve been coming down Lead Avenue westbound approaching I-25 and thought,… Read More The Everly Brothers and ABQ Rail Trail