In continuing to research history of Albuquerque’s electric trolley/street car 1905-1928, perhaps the biggest “aha” aside from the obvious “cars killed it” angle is the very, very non-public ownership of the street car. Above is a fairly typical ad of the street car period from the ad/newspaper-prolific George Roslington and folks from “City Electric.” “City… Read More ABQ Street Car Advertisement, 1915

Rail Runner, the 2nd best transportation deal in town, is getting a bit better. While it’s hard to compete with totally free ABQ Ride bus fares in 2022, Rio Metro has already reduced train fares to the point where I paid 50 cents to ride from Downtown ABQ to Sandia Pueblo last Sunday and an… Read More Rail Runner Expands Service a Bit

Note: With Mayor Keller announcing imminent closure of Coronado Park, here’s a repost of our June 2020 look at the Park’s history, in particular how the ~1960 placement of I-40 directly next to it changed the park and the surrounding neighborhoods.  Carlos Moody was murdered Monday at Coronado Park by Jeremy Garcia (allegedly). Mr. Garcia… Read More I-40 and ABQ’s Ill-Fated Coronado Park

Recent thoughts about cycling/e-cycling up the hill from Downtown to I-25 and points east have me looking back through some research I’ve been doing on the Albuquerque Street Car/Trolley 1905-1928. My favorite newspaper find so far is a February 16, 1911 Albuquerque Morning Journal depiction of the very first run of the “Highlands” line. While… Read More ABQ’s Street Car and That Hill East From Downtown