Some good, and quite rare, news arrived yesterday with this Tweet from the BernCo Sherriff’s Office: ***UPDATE*** We would like to thank the public for the tips that came in in response to this incident. The offending vehicle and driver have both been located. https://t.co/Bmv4l5DPDb — BCSO (Sheriff) NM (@BCSDSheriff) April 15, 2020 This case… Read More Today in Good News: Hit-and-Run Driver Caught
Good morning, class. So happy to “see” you! Today’s “Continuous Learning” assignment might be too easy for you, but since we’re just getting familiar with this “virtual” thing, it will make for a comfortable start to what I hope is a meaningful, exciting rest of this unprecedented semester. As you may have read, City of… Read More Today’s COVID-19 Classroom Assignment: Design a Bosque Path Detour Route
This Corona thing is made even more annoying by the fact that this week I was supposed to be back in San Francisco for “Artisan 2” at the Baking Institute, a separately taught second week to take lessons on sourdough and Viennoiserie (pain au chocolat, croissants, brioche). I had no idea when I went for… Read More Breadder Burque Ch. VI: What Does the Future Hold?
Your eyes aren’t deceiving you. The number of cyclists/walkers/rollers on the Bosque Path (aka: “Paseo del Bosque,” “Riverside Trail,” etc.) has jumped significantly during this time of general social isolation and concomitant cabin fever. Figures provided to BB (including those which can be found at this MRCOG webpage) illustrate the jump at, in this case,… Read More Folks are Thronging to Area Paths
Last minute reminder that today is the deadline for comments on the latest/last draft of the area’s 2040 Metropolitan Transportation Plan. BB has passed along a few thoughts on its earlier draft, and will here only send along one graph newly included as a performance “target” in Appendix I of the document. Any thoughts on… Read More Deadline Today for Comments on 2040 Metropolitan Transportation Plan
People are driving less locally and around the world these days, but you wouldn’t know it from looking at the number of those killed trying to walk New Mexico roadways last month. Here’s a category breakdown of such fatalities from the Traffic Research Unit: Having tracked these figures for quite some time, month of March… Read More March NM Walking Deaths Soar Despite Driving Dip
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