Residing in the far South Valley hinterlands beyond Rio Bravo Blvd, we locals go “to town” quite a bit, as the far South Valley doesn’t have much in the way of “town.” Myself a cycling local, the photo above shows an extremely important bit of active transportation routing that I take two or three, sometimes… Read More Importance of Underground Trails

Had the unbeatable fun and privilege yesterday to serve as “judge” for a mock trial round at my old teacher stomping grounds, Jefferson Middle School. Here’s the scene outside the school on a December morn: I counted about ten bikes and both the bikes and plentiful room for even more raised my spirits as I’m… Read More The Kids Are Alright

Was/am going to pass along a much longer post on this subject today, but don’t believe the hype: Retirement is busy! So many little things, mostly naps, to do every day. Anyway, as placeholder, I’ll just post the photo below today along with a few questions: Answer to the first and second questions surely coming… Read More Connector Trail to Paseo de la Mesa Trail: Teaser Post

As follow-up to our little series here at BB on how much crossing Lomas at Yale is less than optimal, we need to mention a December 17th public meeting that will take a look at current awfulness and possible improvements a bit further east down the stroad that is Lomas Blvd. While the December 17th… Read More Upcoming Lomas Blvd. Public Meeting

Summing up the current reality presented in the first two installments of this blog series: Perhaps the photo below is a nice visual summation of the actual extent of the Lomas & Yale “remodel” Look close at the beg button. Yeah, they left the stickers on the beg button pole and just put a new… Read More $842M Yet Dangerous Slip Lane at Lomas and Yale Remains: Last Chapter

We started diving earlier this week into the active transportation importance and newly completed remodeling of the intersection of Lomas and Yale tied to the $842 million expansion of UNMH. As interlude, here’s a short pictorial meditation on “Sidewalk Closed.” Anybody with any walking/rolling experience in ABQ has faced the seemingly eternal question: Is this… Read More $842 Million and Slip Lane Remains at Lomas and Yale: Interlude, Sidewalk Closed