I’ve found myself riding to public places during The Pandemic I normally wouldn’t visit. Not one for crowds, the very bad thing that is COVID-19 has brought me the good chance to ride the bike through places like UNM and Old Town Plaza in general serenity. As you’ve probably discovered as well, those days of… Read More Let’s Lose the Confederate Cannons on Burque’s Old Town Plaza
Plain, straight, white sourdough. That’s all I wanted to make. Simple formula, levain, ferment, bulk and shape, proof, some nice bread. Nothing fancy. But it was a tough, shitty week. Clients cancelling, or considering doing so, forcing me to watch the potential end of a business I’ve spent years building; Phone calls with lawyers regarding… Read More Breadder Burque, Ch. XIII: The Looming Splodgy Disaster
A long-time Albuquerque complaint made by myself and other non-motorized roadway users is that each and every quadrant in town has at least one bike/ped bridge over the Interstate, except the stretch of I-25 south of the Big-I. But there was a time… For years, I’ve had a personal fascination with Burque’s Lincoln Junior High,… Read More Mystery of the “Catwalk” Over I-25 to Lincoln Junior High
During these days of rapid reflection and revision of thinking across all aspects of systemic racism, the Safe Routes to Schools Partnership Tuesday announced the following: For more than 15 years, Safe Routes to School programs have used the five E’s (Education, Encouragement, Enforcement, Evaluation, and Engineering) as their organizing framework. In recent years, we… Read More Safe Routes to Schools and the Enforcement “E”
Every bike ride/day/life has highs and lows. You’re riding high in April, flat tire in May. There are at least another 3.7 million trite expressions/song lyrics one could alter, but let’s just get to this morning’s photos of the best and worst from yesterday’s bike ride:
Albuquerque City Council last night unanimously passed Councilor Isaac Benton’s “Active Streets Initiative” making it possible, upon Mayor Keller’s signature (which is expected), to close some city streets temporarily to motorized traffic. As noted in yesterday’s BB post on the subject, the turn-around time from passage to possible implementation is remarkably rapid. Two weeks! Thus,… Read More Motor Traffic Street Closure Measure Passes: What Street Do You Want Fully Opened to Non-Motorized Use?
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