Two posts in one day. Better Burque might need to slow down or hire new unpaid staffers… All this talk, study, and writing about the I-25 S-Curve might be prompting the same question raised by a reader earlier today: Why was an “s-curve” created in routing I-25 in the first place? Well, here’s why according… Read More Why is there an I-25 S-Curve in the first place?

I was going to attend Tuesday’s 5:00 PM NMDOT “I-25 S-Curve Study” public meeting at CNM’s Smith Brasher Hall, but hesitated to risk riding up Coal Ave. across I-25 during a darkening rush hour due to safety concerns. Going up that hill from Downtown at dusk with all those drivers desperate to get home isn’t… Read More I-25 S-Curve Study: It’s All About Coal & The Interstate

If you don’t have a reason or chance to visit UNM much these days, you might not have seen the recent changes to Campus Blvd., the road pretty much paralleling Lomas Blvd. south at the north edge of the Main Campus. About 99.9% of the University’s information regarding the project pertains to parking, car parking,… Read More UNM’s Campus Blvd.: You Say Parking, I Say Plastic Poles

Okay, I’ll freely admit that holidays dedicated to discounted consumerism creep me out almost as much as being the K-12 teacher chaperone at a “St. Valentine’s Day” school dance. In fact, even more so, and as a retired K-12 teacher that’s saying a lot. Because the only thing worse than a middle school “Valentine’s Day”… Read More BB’s Black Friday: John Margolies’ Photos Courtesy LOC