Ongoing discussion and public meetings on a new downtown “Rail Trail” continue with an open house tonight from 5:00 to 7:00 PM: Your humble blogger doesn’t know too much about this project, yet, in part because he just got back from cycling a whole bunch of rail-to-trail paths through the Intermountain West. What I do… Read More Proposed Downtown Rail Trail Open House This Evening
Despite appearances, BB isn’t permanently becoming a blog dedicated to monitoring the many attempts at controlling drivers driving/parking through/at El Vado. Really. We absolutely plan to expand from this rather geographically limited “microblogging,” and get back to examining non-motorized traffic safety all over town and all that It’s just that there have been so many… Read More Son of Bride of El Vado: Going War Zone
When last we saw the Big Sandies valiantly trying to hold the line against what we believe to be a green Corolla, the advantage seemed to lie with the Corolla. But Big Sandies are not called Big Sandies for nothing. (Actually they are called Big Sandies, we think, because they are big and filled with… Read More Big Sandies calls in the reinforcements
You knew it was inevitable, didn’t you? In the ongoing life-size chess game between drivers at El Vado and attempts at stopping those drivers from navigating between it, Central Ave, and New York Avenue, BB recently showed you the latest attempt at blockage: “Big Sandy.” At 2,100 lbs. each, that’s over four tons of sand-filled… Read More El Vado Update #7,331: Big Sandy v. Mr. Toyota
Having made budgetary allocation to start free fares in October, Better Burque, KRQE and evidently every entity with polling technology has asked: Should ABQ Ride be free to all? And no, Better Burque isn’t mad that KRQE has paid incredible homage to this little blog by “stealing” its idea to post such a question. Besides,… Read More Should ABQ Ride be free for all users?
As you probably already know, City of Albuquerque released its first “Vision Zero Action Plan” a couple of weeks ago. I’m late to mentioning it here due to laziness, and, speaking of laziness, perhaps you’ve been hesitant to tackle something called a “Vision Zero Action Plan,” despite your personal interest in such things. That’s understandable.… Read More Most Important Bits of CABQ’s Vision Zero Action Plan
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