The latest in the “Road Work Ahead” sign saga has the City and its contractor making excellent lemonade out of, temporary, lemons. We pointed out the unfortunate placement of the sign above in an earlier post, and our 311/SeeClickFix experience in another. Now we see the sign adroitly deposited in a safe place. And with… Read More A.R.T., or Lack of it, Continues to Solve City Problems
It’s not clear why, but the photo above reflects the end result of a driver and her 8-year-old son hurtling through the intersection of Yale and Gibson Blvd. Tuesday night. There’s also been no update on the condition of the boy, at least I haven’t spotted one, who was listed in critical condition as of… Read More A Photo for us to Remember
Riding to last night’s Silver Bike Boulevard public meeting (it was fun and informative, you should have been there) at the UNM Special Collections Library (i.e., the old downtown public library) at Central and Edith gave BB a chance to document some more murals not currently found on the MurosABQ webmap. We’ve got a three-day… Read More Finding Murals in Barelas and “EDO”
This one might need Bike Valet. Having attended a few road project public meetings in recent years via bicycle, I’m usually about the only one riding a bike to get there. Locking up at the rack is a pleasant, yet solitary experience. Sometimes I walk the bike in, if the bike rack placement doesn’t meet… Read More Tonight! See and Be Seen at the Silver Bike Boulevard Public Meeting
Loyal BB readers will instantly know what BSAP stands for and of our efforts (those efforts include you, right?) to alert the City to any and all cases in which intersection red light inductive loops are currently not detecting bicycles/cyclists, leaving us on bikes to either hit the beg button or wait for a car… Read More Bike Sensor Adjustment Project (BSAP): It’s Working, People!
Editor’s Note: This following is a contribution by someone who has lived in Albuquerque since birth, decades ago, and whose family has lived here for generations. They remember not only the building of the Montano Bridge, but the Barelas Bridge. We all miss the good old days. Let’s face it, things used to be better… Read More Getting Nostalgic About A.R.T. Road Construction
