Editor’s Note: The post below is by Lee Ann Ratzlaff, community organizer involved in the effort to adopt a Vision Zero traffic safety policy here via the Vision Zero Albuquerque Coalition. Last year, 379 people died on New Mexico roadways. Although many communities write off these fatalities as an unavoidable consequence of driving, cities which have adopted a… Read More This is Vision Zero Action Weekend in Albuquerque!

Following a 20 or so year career with Albuquerque Public Schools and a hastily convened “starter retirement,” I’ve been dabbling at K-12 education at a South Valley charter school for the past three semesters. The experience been the usual combination of fun, exhilaration, exasperation and plenty of 3:30 in the morning angst trying to figure… Read More Endless Summer: My Very Last Education Post

Editor’s Note: Today’s post was written by Charlie Otto, the co-founder and former owner of Grand Teton Brewing in Wilson, Wyoming, and Victor, Idaho. Charlie began bicycle touring in 1979. Since then, he says, “I have taken more than 25 trips of a month or longer across the United States, Canada, Europe, South America, Cuba, New Zealand,… Read More How to Find Safer, More Enjoyable Bike Routes Around Albuquerque