An email just received: Dear Scot, The effects of COVID-19 on all our communities has been tragic. Sadly, the pandemic has also adversely impacted Zagster’s business, and we regret to inform you that we will be shutting down the Pace Albuquerque bikeshare effective immediately. It has been our sincere pleasure to have you as a… Read More Zagster Shuts Down Pace Bike Share in Burque
by Emily Esterson Scrolling around the other day, I came across a picture of chocolate sourdough bread. As you already know, social media is not a good place to express one’s political opinions; however, it is a good place to get a baking idea. At the moment, I can’t think of a single other thing,… Read More Breadder Burque Ch. XII: The 100th Loaf
Because you have things to do, even/especially during a pandemic, you probably haven’t spent 99.3% of the last few days observing, pondering, obsessing, and reporting on the somewhat temporary closure of the Embudo Trail at its Carlisle underpass between I-40 and Menaul. Knowing you’re busy, let’s quickly catch you up via photos, maps, arrows, and… Read More Quickly Catching You Up on the Embudo Trail Closure/Detour Saga
Our examination of 2019 crash reports involving pedestrian fatalities is not complete, owing to interruptions in public record requests due to COVID-19 and other factors, but a demographic look into the 32 reports researched so far shows the following relationship between race/ethnicity of those killed walking versus such percentages for the overall city population: Comfortable… Read More ABQ Walking Deaths and Race/Ethnicity
Update: Can report that as of this afternoon, 5/26/2020, Advantage Barricades has added a temporary protected bike lane down the left side of this bridge to separate bicyclists from oncoming cars. By John Fleck This is the heavily used and normally quite safe bike trail underpass beneath Carlisle NE, at the end of Cutler. On… Read More Day 13: detouring bikes the wrong way down a one way street
Catching up on our look at how traffic patterns have changed due to Albuquerque Rapid Transit (A.R.T.) construction and its, temporarily, aborted grand opening, we’ve looked at Central Avenue and Lead/Coal/Zuni. The general findings there are that driving is down significantly on Central and up only somewhat on Lead/Coal/Zuni (although if you read the comments… Read More A.R.T., Traffic Counts on Lomas, and Why we Need to Embrace “Big Data”
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