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

We at BB yesterday tried out the now operational HAWK signal at A.R.T.’s BioPark station. Importantly, we can report that the wait time at this HAWK is GREAT! Only four/five seconds of yellow before a solid red, unlike the City’s first HAWK signal at Alvarado & Lomas. In asking why the Alvarado/Lomas HAWK signal is… Read More ABQ Rapid Transit HAWK Signal Test: Success!

The more I look at this photo, the more it seems to evoke living in the South Valley. You might not believe it looking at the fast food marquees, but this photo was taken only two days ago. As they say, news travels slowly down here… The main reason I took the photo is to… Read More South Valley Photo…What’s the Opposite of “Reverie”?

You have probably already seen/read KRQE reporter Lysee Mitri’s terrific story on the case of Jay White, who was struck and killed crossing Avenida Cesar Chavez at a crosswalk in 2016. I first just want to make sure you see/read it, as it goes well beyond most such stories, print or otherwise, in extending not… Read More Beyond Victim Blaming and “Cost of Doing Business” w/r/t Walking Fatalities

I was once, for a very short while, a landlord. I hated it. The worst part of about it (and there are many bad parts to being a landlord, in my opinion) was wondering if the tenant would get around to writing me a rent check. More than once, in only the space of about… Read More A.R.T. Gets Its Federal Funding (and we’re a bit shocked, I think)

Got a note from the folks at the los muros de burque mural mapping website, as noted a few days back. They tell me/us to keep the mural sightings coming! Here’s an excerpt of my latest submission… Happy hunting!