About ten years ago, an intense, rather belligerent guy headed this City board I got roped into doing, the Greater Albuquerque Bicycle Advisory Committee (GABAC). I got roped in because somebody told me I was smart, and I’m always a sucker for anyone who tells me that. If I ever win the lottery, all ya… Read More That Proposed Edith Blvd. Bike Boulevard
Looking through City of Albuquerque’s announcement and media coverage regarding upcoming multi-modal improvements on Louisiana Blvd. from Gibson Blvd. north to Central Avenue, I’m not finding any mention of Angelica Baca. Let’s correct that omission here. Back on March 23rd of 2019, Ms. Baca was trying to cross Louisiana Blvd. at Ross SE, roughly midway… Read More Angelica Baca and Announced Louisiana Blvd. Improvements
Putting together tomorrow’s longer post on Edith Blvd. as a proposed “bike boulevard” in the City’s draft 2024 Bike Plan (page 99). Edith is a “Plausible Near-Term” recommendation on its list of priority projects, and, as one who has cycled Edith roughly three times a week for twenty years or so, I couldn’t be happier… Read More Edith Blvd. Bike Boulevard: Executive Summary
In case you’re interested in the draft 2024 revision of the City’s Bike Plan, but not interested enough to consume 142 pages of Bike Plan, here’s the most important stuff excised from pages 99 and 100. Given 142 pages, even a bureaucratically-saturated document (and even one in which your humble blogger played a beyond miniscule… Read More First Look at New Bike Plan Proposed Projects
Don’t make it up there often, but whenever I do take the infamous bike/ped bridge over I-25 to get from, say, North Diversion Channel to Osuna, I am struck every time by just how horribly constructed it was and continues to be. At this point years into its laughable horribleness, I’m guessing those in charge… Read More Ongoing Death of I-25 Bike/Ped Bridge
I’ve had the rollicking fun to experience ten bicycle tours over the past twenty years or so. Bike tours are like backpacking on wheels, except in my case I hate camping, campfires, and all that. So I load up bike bags (panniers) with the same stuff many bring to that hotel in Far Away City… Read More NM Bicycle Touring: Pecos Edition
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