As follow-up to our little series here at BB on how much crossing Lomas at Yale is less than optimal, we need to mention a December 17th public meeting that will take a look at current awfulness and possible improvements a bit further east down the stroad that is Lomas Blvd. While the December 17th… Read More Upcoming Lomas Blvd. Public Meeting

Summing up the current reality presented in the first two installments of this blog series: Perhaps the photo below is a nice visual summation of the actual extent of the Lomas & Yale “remodel” Look close at the beg button. Yeah, they left the stickers on the beg button pole and just put a new… Read More $842M Yet Dangerous Slip Lane at Lomas and Yale Remains: Last Chapter

We started diving earlier this week into the active transportation importance and newly completed remodeling of the intersection of Lomas and Yale tied to the $842 million expansion of UNMH. As interlude, here’s a short pictorial meditation on “Sidewalk Closed.” Anybody with any walking/rolling experience in ABQ has faced the seemingly eternal question: Is this… Read More $842 Million and Slip Lane Remains at Lomas and Yale: Interlude, Sidewalk Closed

Part II of this Series Part III Finale Here’s a visual trivia contest question that pretty much every cyclist in town and many, many walkers would get right in a nanosecond while 99.8% of the “normal” (i.e., not walkers/rollers) population would be stumped. The Question: Where is this and why is it a hugely important… Read More $842 Million Yet the Same Dangerous Slip Lane at Lomas and Yale Remains: Part One

The H.A.W.K. (High-intensity Activated CrossWalK, yes, sometimes these acronyms stretch a bit to become recognizable words) signal installation appears complete now along the Hahn Arroyo (Paseo del Nordeste) trail at Carlisle. The signal was installed in City reaction to the killing of 19 year-old Kayla Vanlandingham back in July. In terms of what’s new, we’ve… Read More New HAWK Signal Installed at Carlisle and Hahn Arroyo

I am very much opposed to fascism and am thus part of a terrorist organization according to the currently fascist United States government. I vehemently oppose our military invasion into parts of the country the currently fascist government doesn’t like. I strenuously oppose any and all fascist government attempts to stifle dissent and outlaw any… Read More I Am Antifa