tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69553112944113285622024-03-07T11:00:52.074-07:00Los Alamos and Santa Fe BikesBlogging About Bicycling In Bombtown, Fanta Se, and Points Nearby, NMScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105951751896463667noreply@blogger.comBlogger970125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post-66196845967767776122023-10-26T13:23:00.004-06:002023-10-26T15:13:17.766-06:00Tentative Temporary Closure of Rail Trail near St. Michaels for Geotechnical Work Towards the Tunnel Project<p> <br />This is a heads-up for the Santa Fe Rail Trail closure at St. Michael’s Drive, 2nd Street and Siringo Rd TENTATIVELY scheduled from 10/30 through 11/10, 2023. This may change a bit as the city, consultant, and state are still working out some details.<br /> <br />The city consultants working on the St. Michael’s Drive-Rail Trail Underpass Project will be conducting geological auger boring for subsurface sampling, which is needed for designing the tunnel project. <br /><br />Although there will not be any construction or demolition for this work, the Rail Trail @ St. Mike’s, 2nd Street and Siringo Rd needs to be closed during drilling operations for safety reason (see map for location). A truck mounted drill rig, CME 55 (see photo), will be driven over the designated boring locations and drill down at desired depths, blocking parts of the trail.</p><p> The detour is pretty much what it was a couple months ago, using W. San Mateo, Calle Lorca, and Siringo to loop around the construction. </p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzy5_jKV4Cpo7ZKeJNUl0zy0tyoL9gpFsARGm9QFavZ7u2tmA3ZlgMI7BBDiq0Qn7-I9Zqjc6n1FtCxOiBmRVcBt2gs-fe3PcQrsMEAcN76Or3Lk26NGkRu1SYkso_jtV08r-ZvuBqblXKElUcIGnVsz_HNI1lEJvXARh8Rwkkl-Tyeeo_UpgpYlrS3t_m/s809/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%2015-11-59%20STREET%20CUT%20PERMIT%20FORM%202019-03-15.xlsx%20-%20Exhibit%20A%20TCP.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="699" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzy5_jKV4Cpo7ZKeJNUl0zy0tyoL9gpFsARGm9QFavZ7u2tmA3ZlgMI7BBDiq0Qn7-I9Zqjc6n1FtCxOiBmRVcBt2gs-fe3PcQrsMEAcN76Or3Lk26NGkRu1SYkso_jtV08r-ZvuBqblXKElUcIGnVsz_HNI1lEJvXARh8Rwkkl-Tyeeo_UpgpYlrS3t_m/s320/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%2015-11-59%20STREET%20CUT%20PERMIT%20FORM%202019-03-15.xlsx%20-%20Exhibit%20A%20TCP.png" width="276" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXnMYZlz5zxKfR5b2yUyCjYwaLJ1ujNxcIMCuSq7OV6_orRcsQGseSk_E2aLhDFC1q8U5Kty3yVEOM-DZ7eEi4RkA0dUsM-Cf2ykm-37447eWT2eb2jD4oD334VS3gyofuMxz0suEtCoSDt2ce8j-2cuZD4T_tyONzEO0Qy75CGm5tgS_Bg2u8GlibTPA-/s668/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%2012-51-34%20Exhibit%20B%20CME-55.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="545" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXnMYZlz5zxKfR5b2yUyCjYwaLJ1ujNxcIMCuSq7OV6_orRcsQGseSk_E2aLhDFC1q8U5Kty3yVEOM-DZ7eEi4RkA0dUsM-Cf2ykm-37447eWT2eb2jD4oD334VS3gyofuMxz0suEtCoSDt2ce8j-2cuZD4T_tyONzEO0Qy75CGm5tgS_Bg2u8GlibTPA-/s320/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%2012-51-34%20Exhibit%20B%20CME-55.png" width="261" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p> </p>Khalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post-63519228095961965812023-09-08T09:00:00.003-06:002023-09-08T09:00:24.464-06:00League of American Bicyclists Solicits Your Input on Santa Fe's Bicycle Friendly Community Renewal<p> Posted per Amelia Neptune of the LAB.</p><p> </p><p>Thank you again for applying to have Santa Fe recognized as a <a href="http://bikeleague.org/community" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Bicycle Friendly Community</a>!<br />
<br />
Now that the Fall 2023 application deadline has passed, the BFC review
process is officially underway. We look forward to working with you in
the coming months as we review your community's application materials.</p><p>To
help us gain a better understanding of local bicyclists' experiences in
your community, we would greatly appreciate your help distributing the
following public survey link so that bicyclists in your community can
provide their input as well.</p><p><strong>Public Survey Link: <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BFC_Fall23">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BFC_Fall23</a></strong></p><p>Please distribute this link as broadly as possible to residents and local area bicyclists. <a href="https://bikeleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Tips_for_promoting_your_BFC_Survey.pdf" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">See our tips and resources for promoting your survey.</a> We
will also be sharing the survey with our network of local bike
advocates, including those identified on your application, as well as to
<a href="https://bikeleague.org/join" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">League members</a> in your area.</p><p>The survey will remain open through <strong>Friday, October 20th.</strong></p><p>This survey is open to anyone familiar with bicycling in your community,<em> </em>including those involved in submitting your BFC application. <em>(Everyone receiving this email is encouraged to complete the survey and to share it broadly!)</em> While strongly encouraged, distributing this survey link is not required. </p><p>This
survey is meant to provide context for our review team's
decision-making process, as well as valuable feedback for you directly
from bicyclists in your community. Anonymous aggregate survey results
will be included in your feedback materials later this year. <a href="https://bikeleague.org/bfc-program-public-input-survey-goes-even-more-public/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">More information about the public survey can be found here.</a></p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Khalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post-72837480534609003422023-08-27T20:39:00.012-06:002023-08-29T12:45:03.356-06:00So what do we do about the Rail Trail closure?<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFvzLtHMQFEnzI9SJmUJsA2KDNJP3DTznUMVjhWJ8sMhD7tQRq8pHqMzzwLMdcXAaIUr0DbbnWoUYgBTYfi9ZPCe42hjCSAA1WJbPzFYqFjW-TTRZFebwGyUQqP0MizykdC-4ODY3DXvnxktj1RJsD0Hq9-KKLwI3WSBH4NJaiu9Ojg7biSnxemTJV9z4s/s2016/Rail%20Trail%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFvzLtHMQFEnzI9SJmUJsA2KDNJP3DTznUMVjhWJ8sMhD7tQRq8pHqMzzwLMdcXAaIUr0DbbnWoUYgBTYfi9ZPCe42hjCSAA1WJbPzFYqFjW-TTRZFebwGyUQqP0MizykdC-4ODY3DXvnxktj1RJsD0Hq9-KKLwI3WSBH4NJaiu9Ojg7biSnxemTJV9z4s/w400-h300/Rail%20Trail%202.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trail closure just south of St. Michael's Drive, looking south<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p>The Rail Trail in Santa Fe is what could quite correctly be called the most important "bicycle arterial" in the city of Santa Fe. It provides
connectivity to the Chamiso Trail as well as its own connections to the
south end of Santa Fe, including housing and commercial activities on Zia and beyond, and the cinder trail all the way from Rabbit Road to Lamy. I think
closing it without a plan socialized to the public is incredibly
thoughtless or possibly, shows an incredible stovepiping of government.</p><p> The issue is, a developer is doing serious digging just south of St Michael's Drive that likely has to do with the <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cerro del Norte subdivision</span></span>, and the Rail Trail is shut down for what looks like a month as the excavation and construction goes right through it. Seems odd, don't you think, that no one bothered to set out a well marked detour for bicyclists and pedestrians or consider the importance of the trail to users as part of a traffic control plan? After all, there are huge, practically glow in the dark signs directing motorists around the West Alameda Washout detour. Or are bicyclists and pedestrians irrelevant?<br /></p><p>True to form, since government dropped the ball, people have pounded out a dirt trail in the space between the construction zone and the Rail Runner tracks. It isn't pretty, but I rode down there as I saw one walker headed toward the closure (photo above) and he was followed by about four others, one on a bike and the others on foot.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx3KkI7_dk9ka9EHdQojhBSdybFSUduThq6FsqrGE397lt_aSi_UlgXb1oy1Ud2e92uvMRCGHmSnU9muZXGPHU06hsGlbrvoNZ91xpSM-_IJ3KTa0vJPFKTPpzsJ8vsVWz4Evu12oIbxVJVcQFXdFlpOJjBcE3zK2AtzjnfRswXsHSXIPrTMR6mgb5rWNg/s2016/Rail%20Trail%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx3KkI7_dk9ka9EHdQojhBSdybFSUduThq6FsqrGE397lt_aSi_UlgXb1oy1Ud2e92uvMRCGHmSnU9muZXGPHU06hsGlbrvoNZ91xpSM-_IJ3KTa0vJPFKTPpzsJ8vsVWz4Evu12oIbxVJVcQFXdFlpOJjBcE3zK2AtzjnfRswXsHSXIPrTMR6mgb5rWNg/w400-h300/Rail%20Trail%201.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The newly pounded down dirt path around the construction zone, running along the rail tracks, photo looking north.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Well, here is one suggestion, courtesy of Tim Rogers. For southbound cyclists, ride the Rail Trail southbound to the Second Street crossing. Turn left onto W San Mateo (the street name changes at the Railrunner tracks). Make the first right, barely a tenth of a mile if that, onto Calle Llorca. Take Llorca past St. Michaels Drive to Siringo, turn right, jog about a tenth of a mile back to the Rail Trail/Chamisa Trail crossing and keep going. For northbound cyclists, do the reverse. </p><p> Just don't ride too close to parked cars on Llorca. I tried the route today. Works fine. Holler if you discover problems, such as the buried loop detectors on Llorca not seeing a bicyclist. I think that road should be posted with signage showing that suddenly, a lot of cyclists will be there.<br /></p><p> Now, if the city would get with the program and have its various departments communicate with each other, we might not have such surprises.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvOklzNZCTJWYobfkd_9e3VM-mkN2qUjpasReyxmF1zU8ejOwdb6uMqdLcWdyI_cqENAe98OJCMyiCZTqffcpqSDMfiAgyYBLMDFg9jtX3uCCEy5KBKO_UTNP-Rk7Aw3W49ZGf-WMM6p7iFI_0Iyna5NywgR6RZJ4XYLcTZXIs9SbqgEw14UAi-mvtOdKA/s681/Screenshot%202023-08-27%20at%2009-00-26%20St%20Michaels%20Dr%20%C2%B7%20Santa%20Fe%20NM%2087505.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="259" height="543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvOklzNZCTJWYobfkd_9e3VM-mkN2qUjpasReyxmF1zU8ejOwdb6uMqdLcWdyI_cqENAe98OJCMyiCZTqffcpqSDMfiAgyYBLMDFg9jtX3uCCEy5KBKO_UTNP-Rk7Aw3W49ZGf-WMM6p7iFI_0Iyna5NywgR6RZJ4XYLcTZXIs9SbqgEw14UAi-mvtOdKA/w178-h543/Screenshot%202023-08-27%20at%2009-00-26%20St%20Michaels%20Dr%20%C2%B7%20Santa%20Fe%20NM%2087505.jpg" width="178" /></a></div>Green line is the Rail Trail. I've penned in the detour in red. Chamisa trail split is just south of Siringo.<br />Khalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post-65892445593983382752023-08-15T12:26:00.002-06:002023-08-15T12:26:26.895-06:00Fatal Hit & Run Go Fund Me<p> </p><div class="entry-content">
<p>Perhaps you heard about the cyclist, Nathan Gray, killed by a hit and run driver on Old Pecos Trail on August 1st. Editorial<a href="https://www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/editorials/community-must-help-track-hit-and-run-driver/article_6ac1203a-3ad6-11ee-9116-f363173de3c7.html" target="_blank"> here</a>.<br /><br />Apparently his family is suffering financial hardships on top of everything else. Someone has set up a Go Fund Me page for them.</p>
<p><a data-wpel-link="external" href="https://gofund.me/cd656e69" rel="external noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://gofund.me/cd656e69</a></p>
</div><p> </p>Khalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post-53064685310856422662023-06-26T11:22:00.009-06:002023-06-28T15:23:50.849-06:00Beware of Large Grey Vehicles on a Neutral Background<p> I was headed home from the Plaza Pride celebration on Saturday. Got to the stop sign at the end of West San Francisco where it meets Paseo de Peralta, looked both ways while slowly moving forward, preparing to make the left and continue onto Camino de las Crucitas. That left turn from W. San Francisco can be a PIA in busy traffic. So, not seeing a vehicle, I jumped and started into the intersection while again looking both ways a second time. </p><p>Whoops! Somehow, a large grey SUV on my left escaped my first notice. The motorist quickly slowed as I also hit both brakes, fortunately being Avid BB-7 disks. I brought the bicycle to a stop with the rear wheel a couple feet off the pavement, stabilized with my right foot on the ground, slightly to the right of the SUV's line of travel.</p><p>Needless to say we were both startled. I waved him by and apologized for my oversight. No harsh words or fickle fingers of hate were expended.</p><p> Whew. Check twice, proceed once. Going through the same intersection today, I noticed a large bush on my left that screens some of Peralta, given it is a curve. I think that explains my goof. I looked to my left before I cleared a line of sight past the shrubbery! Remember, when it comes to staying alive in traffic, all the details matter!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNr1rjMds5mtVMXTMQ9RI_SHqSq3AGysRr7R_d7Y8fGRu3lsS8eOHJ1sDKV_KfgMqCEPwqPGKA6Fyk9wJz9ecxWaxVepS3NNLDOn2sDoFWTd7EztH3P5bXXxhh7af3wgR9wpyqpj0d6Xo1fVX3Pq9APq2aiqZlI1EPw4RXcRWJtjp1kKfS1Zv9Db_BMbx/s2016/Left%20from%20w%20san%20francisco.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNr1rjMds5mtVMXTMQ9RI_SHqSq3AGysRr7R_d7Y8fGRu3lsS8eOHJ1sDKV_KfgMqCEPwqPGKA6Fyk9wJz9ecxWaxVepS3NNLDOn2sDoFWTd7EztH3P5bXXxhh7af3wgR9wpyqpj0d6Xo1fVX3Pq9APq2aiqZlI1EPw4RXcRWJtjp1kKfS1Zv9Db_BMbx/s320/Left%20from%20w%20san%20francisco.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Note the car about to disappear from my camera's line of sight as it enters the part of the right lane screened by the foliage.</b><br /></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKLewh-9UCg8CTQe2u4GnOKT4_6r0RHEiJu2dbo3pWks4TJ3oU7Vz8R3thqhvybutrj5GgT_--yRSKR71oR9dir98pK23hM5tqRtWf2QvfsSgTkURCUp2JSYwOyUVPu_ZyZeZXOk3l5LUEnsFRperfMg6tI3sAHAgqzRQHh6L3ZV7VIu_HwpPhsGtiFTm/s1544/Fza0f0paQAI9bN1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="1160" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKLewh-9UCg8CTQe2u4GnOKT4_6r0RHEiJu2dbo3pWks4TJ3oU7Vz8R3thqhvybutrj5GgT_--yRSKR71oR9dir98pK23hM5tqRtWf2QvfsSgTkURCUp2JSYwOyUVPu_ZyZeZXOk3l5LUEnsFRperfMg6tI3sAHAgqzRQHh6L3ZV7VIu_HwpPhsGtiFTm/s320/Fza0f0paQAI9bN1.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Don't ever let a flag hit the ground. I almost made that mistake.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>And dear NMDoT. I'll pass on more shrubbery.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> </b><br /></div><div><p><br /></p></div>Khalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post-9888256317173591352023-01-11T13:38:00.008-07:002023-01-11T14:08:23.541-07:00Charles Pelkey Needs a Little Help <p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigqMrpJ7gXf73gQYIaFCQDaHeajfoJy1EowrnAqReXtCOBKwz8BM6DFt4F2RerysZd61nMx2vL2sWeoKtD24WmCSyBqSxCRXTzVnpWtw_Uo_fexsKICW4VX5K0lx2V5mgLYjsYYdGzo6n_gObFzvtfILZfUibCXXE-P6zWHqbc04RKC4FOlEg6KYuTqA/s792/Screenshot%202023-01-11%20at%2013-28-55%20Charles%20Pelkey%20needs%20a%20little%20help%20organized%20by%20David%20Stanley.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="441" data-original-width="792" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigqMrpJ7gXf73gQYIaFCQDaHeajfoJy1EowrnAqReXtCOBKwz8BM6DFt4F2RerysZd61nMx2vL2sWeoKtD24WmCSyBqSxCRXTzVnpWtw_Uo_fexsKICW4VX5K0lx2V5mgLYjsYYdGzo6n_gObFzvtfILZfUibCXXE-P6zWHqbc04RKC4FOlEg6KYuTqA/s320/Screenshot%202023-01-11%20at%2013-28-55%20Charles%20Pelkey%20needs%20a%20little%20help%20organized%20by%20David%20Stanley.png" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /> Copying the text below from the<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/charles-pelkey-needs-a-little-help?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_content=undefined&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer&utm_term=undefined" target="_blank"> Go Fund Me </a>page. Might be time to help out a little. I did. </p><p>In addition to his contributions to Le Tour coverage with Maddogmedia's Patrick O'Grady (those "Live Update Guy" funsies), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Pelkey">Charles Pelkey</a>, has been among other things, an editor at Velo News, a bike racer, often on NPR discussing the legalities (or lack thereof) of doping in pro bike racing, a legislator in Wyoming, and is a practicing attorney. </p><p></p><p>So here is the elevator pitch, with a hat tip to David Stanley.<br /></p><h3 class="mb0 p-campaign-title" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/charles-pelkey-needs-a-little-help?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_content=undefined&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer&utm_term=undefined" target="_blank">Charles Pelkey needs a little help</a></h3><p></p><div class="o-campaign-description"><div class="o-campaign-story mt3x o-campaign-story--is-open">
<div>"I’m David Stanley and our good friend Charles Pelkey needs a little
help. The Live Update Guy, the courageous cycling journalist, our
compassionate friend – he is in the fight of his life. </div><div> </div>
<div>As many know, Charles is a breast cancer survivor. However, over
the last 6 months, Charles has been struggling with massive circulatory
issues. CP has not been able to work for the last 6 months. In addition,
he has gone through 4 major arterial and vascular surgeries which total
nearly 25 hours in the OR. </div><div> </div>
<div>While Charles has medical insurance, it’s all the other expenses
that have been staggering. As a result, the family home is in jeopardy.
That’s why, with CP’s permission, I ask each of you who has been touched
by Charles as a friend or cyclist or colleague or reader of his work to
make a contribution. Whether you can give $5 or $500, please think
seriously and help out our friend in a most dire time."</div></div></div>Khalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post-66791175127149774942023-01-02T15:11:00.001-07:002023-01-02T15:11:33.195-07:00Bike Santa Fe Mechanics Classes start 1/3, at Rob and Charlie's Bike Shop<p> </p><p>Reposting here. If you think you need to learn more about how to maintain your two wheeler, please read on! You don't have to be able to fix bikes on the fly from a car during the Tour de France, but being able to do quick fixes in the garage or on the road is a valuable skill.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh9-MJsf905h3XvVgvXgdxVcEXgorkjVc97p71pV409Chnk2Ej6kuCvh1bA67YqXRnR2fBJ6lR1rJ_QH90RWOeYHgXf-27jUyJ8dmfxoXe_zEEe1JLwsJDpF-tsHtNmg2mXkoGEY99Fb4mUyXhDl6EdvFL6mGBpp_XQDtG7Yjvoz_tfmzvnERDeiuMVQ/s750/TCIF-19-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="430" data-original-width="750" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh9-MJsf905h3XvVgvXgdxVcEXgorkjVc97p71pV409Chnk2Ej6kuCvh1bA67YqXRnR2fBJ6lR1rJ_QH90RWOeYHgXf-27jUyJ8dmfxoXe_zEEe1JLwsJDpF-tsHtNmg2mXkoGEY99Fb4mUyXhDl6EdvFL6mGBpp_XQDtG7Yjvoz_tfmzvnERDeiuMVQ/w440-h252/TCIF-19-1.jpg" width="440" /></a></div> <p></p><p><strong>Bike Santa Fe mechanics classes </strong>will start Tuesday January 3rd, 6:30 pm at Rob and Charlie's bike shop, 1632 St. Michael's Drive. The schedule is:
</p><p style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%; margin: 10px 0; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0; text-align: left;">Tuesday January 3rd<br />
First class: Flat prevention and repair. Learn how to prevent flats and fix one. We will cover patching and replacing tubes.</p>
<p style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%; margin: 10px 0; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0; text-align: left;">Tuesday January 10th<br />
Second class: Shifters and derailleurs. How to adjust shifters and
derailleurs, setting limit screws and adjusting cable tension.</p>
<p style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%; margin: 10px 0; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0; text-align: left;">Tuesday January 17th<br />
Third class: Brakes, how to adjust road caliper, V-brakes and cantilever
brakes. We cover compatibility with brake levers, and briefly discuss
disc brakes.</p>
<p style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%; margin: 10px 0; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0; text-align: left;">Tuesday January 24th<br />
Forth class: Drivetrains and bearings. We cover chain wear, replacing
cassettes and chainrings, and adjusting bearings. You will get to use a
chain tool in this class.</p>
<p style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%; margin: 10px 0; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0; text-align: left;">Sign up by E-mailing <a href="mailto:BikeSantaFe@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #007c89; font-weight: normal; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-decoration: underline;">BikeSantaFe@gmail.com</a></p>
<p style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%; margin: 10px 0; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0; text-align: left;">Bring your bike to these classes. Hopefully we will have a wide array of bikes to work on.</p><p>
cost is $10 per class, $30 for all four. <br />
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<strong>Proud recipients of a 2019 Kiwanis Foundation Zozobra grant</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong><br /> </strong></p><p> </p>Khalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post-24755215608137482842022-10-20T10:52:00.009-06:002022-10-20T10:57:46.850-06:00The Frank Ortiz Dog Park Is No Place for Trail Riding<p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEK5YiggbexCInQ4hI1s90c1k8tw58XB6s4H5xqQ_6YMK8HcgQ2Zh78rabTnEt3bEdT3Ae21viOpYnjj-WhbCxIfG9H4tzX8AnBFqxr_-ztrweuDjwyfG8EZbks6EtFioYCM9vWg4ELAZNGXuqSbc8-rXFHSxGkxTr14CFx5m3SIqN7bhx8t8bmtFkEg/s2016/annie.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEK5YiggbexCInQ4hI1s90c1k8tw58XB6s4H5xqQ_6YMK8HcgQ2Zh78rabTnEt3bEdT3Ae21viOpYnjj-WhbCxIfG9H4tzX8AnBFqxr_-ztrweuDjwyfG8EZbks6EtFioYCM9vWg4ELAZNGXuqSbc8-rXFHSxGkxTr14CFx5m3SIqN7bhx8t8bmtFkEg/s320/annie.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Annie endorses this message<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> A week or so ago, I noted two signs in the Frank Ortiz Dog Park, both located in the main parking area, indicating no bicycling allowed on the dog park land. I contacted the city Parks and Recreation Dept, which authorized the signage. P&R put me in contact with the Dog Park Project.<p></p><p>Turns out there have been some recent and unpleasant interactions between bicyclists, dogs, and dog people. In one, mentioned to me by a pair of dog walkers, a bicyclist dressed down a dog person because the person's dog was off leash; the cyclist apparently not aware that this is a leash-optional park. In another case mentioned by the Dog Park Project, a bicyclist kicked a dog that ran up to and possibly interfered with the bicyclist.</p><p>I've been in contact with the Dog Park Project on this and endorse the restrictions. Bicycling among numerous off leash dogs belonging to other people can lead to unintended and potentially harmful consequences to both dogs and riders. There is no reason to risk this as there is a vast bike park, La Tierra Trails, just a stone's throw away and in fact trail access to La Tierra Trails is available just to the north, across Camino de las Crucitas, from the smaller dog park parking lot.</p><p>So the signage and restrictions are not to guard anyone's turf, but a prudent safety precaution. Please observe these controls. There are many, many great places for off road riding in and around Santa Fe. The Dog Park is not one of them. Thanks.<br /></p>Khalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post-31726029163683081942022-09-27T11:20:00.011-06:002022-10-03T11:03:05.146-06:00Narrow single lane roads leading to and from Las Campanas: bicycle vs. eighteen wheeler<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgel0vC6izZpNxsHL_3I5T36QhQx97dDFNMbbhEwjiadHUtgGf4bESuvuaFno3mEhJ14bSwVpiS4UMLFamnCtpsZtICALmUIuDSU9bA0sNZCOemPMO9Snj14Cfetd4zrpaxP_qQT9CMXXVbWmSzLsAIUpAy0U_IDOpgZ7uqqjrnVUMAvPyu0ecbz3ZVWA/s1000/12-17-restitution-sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="1000" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgel0vC6izZpNxsHL_3I5T36QhQx97dDFNMbbhEwjiadHUtgGf4bESuvuaFno3mEhJ14bSwVpiS4UMLFamnCtpsZtICALmUIuDSU9bA0sNZCOemPMO9Snj14Cfetd4zrpaxP_qQT9CMXXVbWmSzLsAIUpAy0U_IDOpgZ7uqqjrnVUMAvPyu0ecbz3ZVWA/s320/12-17-restitution-sm.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">Tip of the brain bucket to <a href="https://maddogmedia.com/" target="_blank">Patrick O'Grady</a> in return for once again pilfering his comic.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">Monday, 26 Sept., 2022 <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">To: Anna Hansen, Dist. 2 Commissioner (I think this is your district!)</span><br /></p><p>
<span style="white-space: nowrap;"> Erick Aune, SFMPO</span><br />
<span style="white-space: nowrap;"> Ken Love, LCOA Board President</span><br />
<span style="white-space: nowrap;"> Tom Van Berkem, LCOA Board Vice President</span><br />
<br />
<span style="white-space: nowrap;">RE: narrow, single lane roadways leading in and out of Las Campanas</span><br /><br />
Dear Commissioner Hansen, LCOA Board leadership Love and Van Berkem, and MPO Officer Aune<br />
<br />
<span style="white-space: nowrap;">Greetings and good day.</span><br />
<br />
I've often been a little curious as to why the main roads leading in and
out of Las Campanas (Camino La Tierra and Las Campanas Drive) often
revert to a narrow single lane divided roadway with no shoulders and
abrupt dropoffs. While this may seem like an interesting and somewhat
aggressive form of traffic calming, it makes life interesting for
bicyclists and motorists trying to safely negotiate around each other.<br />
<br />
This loop is somewhat popular with bicyclists, given the number I see
out there. As I live right near the north side of Santa Fe, it is one of
my recreational bike loops. When riding out your way, I normally try
to shade as far right as I can when being overtaken to assist those who
wish to pass but even then, with the lack of shoulder and often a sharp
dropoff into a ditch, it is a little bit of a dance for the bicyclist
and motorist but we make do.<br />
<br />
Today, I briefly thought I was going to be hit and killed, hence this
letter. Riding back from Las Campanas on one of those single lane,
divided sections of Camino La Tierra after the Las Campanas Drive merge (<i>location corrected from original email to the above folks</i>) around 11:30, give or take ten
minutes or so, I heard the toot of a horn behind me. I started to wave
back but before I knew it, I quickly grabbed the handlebars with both
hands as I was, without further warning, being passed by a full size 18
wheeler flatbed tractor trailer with very little room to spare and no
way for me to look back to see how wide the flatbed might be. The truck
driver apparently was not willing to wait till I could move over or for
that matter find a wider section of road. This is not pleasant.<br />
<br />
I was on the Transportation Board in Los Alamos for about 14 years,
chair or vice chair for much of that time, working with county council
and our public works department. I cannot imagine ever approving such a
design as a "complete street". I am really curious as to how this design
was approved, and whether when inevitably, someone gets killed out
there, if anyone will ask the right questions.<br />
<br />
<span style="white-space: nowrap;">Sincerely, and thank you for reading,</span><br />
<br />
<span style="white-space: nowrap;">Khalil J. Spencer</span><br />
<br />
<span style="white-space: nowrap;">Santa Fe, NM 87501</span><br />
<br />
<span style="white-space: nowrap;">League of American Bicyclists Bicycling Instructor #1173</span><br />
<span style="white-space: nowrap;">Los Alamos County Transportation Board, 2003-2017</span><br />
Currently vice-Chair, Santa Fe Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee but speaking for myself, not with my committee hat on.</p><p> <b>Note added 10/2/2022. </b>Someone left a comment that these roads are actually private roads. I suppose if they are, it is fair game to the Campanas community on how they are constructed. I'd be interested if someone could leave a comment as to where this information, i.e., that these are private roads, is documented, and pardon my ignorance if that is the case. I was surprised to read this as at least Camino la Tierra provides access to Old Buckman Rd. and BLM land.</p><p><b>Note added 10/3. </b>The Santa Fe Metropolitan Planning Organization has confirmed these are county roads, not private roads. <br /></p><p> --KJS </p><p>A typical section, but visualize this with a full size tractor trailer passing you. Photo courtesy of <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@35.7153595,-106.0216989,3a,75y,144.15h,78.26t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s2STyx-6l3tdjMeEloNXBMw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192" target="_blank">Google Maps</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC5JfmB29Mzboe1r1E75HOLcD3Nsgcu7SJLNHKb9YR0Rmux16aPv4TT_1QcESIQvN9lyl7-MTkfFJ3UWHXvYrgUKmABCEuiHeR7FFfuSDj4TZq0O2LicQWz_KS-KgMTYeCwPVJ6pK5NPbZs66N94gfjOvXrbG0luZISeowcavNEJNqr23YhjAr-fsUJA/s923/Screenshot%202022-09-27%20at%2021-54-16%20Camino%20La%20Tierra%20%C2%B7%20New%20Mexico.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="923" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC5JfmB29Mzboe1r1E75HOLcD3Nsgcu7SJLNHKb9YR0Rmux16aPv4TT_1QcESIQvN9lyl7-MTkfFJ3UWHXvYrgUKmABCEuiHeR7FFfuSDj4TZq0O2LicQWz_KS-KgMTYeCwPVJ6pK5NPbZs66N94gfjOvXrbG0luZISeowcavNEJNqr23YhjAr-fsUJA/w517-h280/Screenshot%202022-09-27%20at%2021-54-16%20Camino%20La%20Tierra%20%C2%B7%20New%20Mexico.png" width="517" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /> <br /></p>Khalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post-4597101080264666712022-08-15T14:17:00.003-06:002022-08-25T14:30:12.275-06:00Virtual Meeting To Discuss the St. Michael's Crossing Tunnel for the Rail Trail, 30 August<p> Hi folks. If you have any interest in improving the functionality of the Santa Fe Rail Trail and eliminating that heart-in-your-throat crossing during heavy traffic, please attend this meeting. Its virtual, so not like you even have to go anywhere. </p><p>Here is the direct registration link</p><p><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BbzQfb3kSPG14Bik2LTFbQ">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BbzQfb3kSPG14Bik2LTFbQ</a></p><p>also, </p><p><a href="https://project.bhinc.com/rail-trail">https://project.bhinc.com/rail-trail</a></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzZjDWOwjn-no_mcVPuK0JegJatgxqIuTpYYCz0oVDeqKbSpSncIjrQWDVVfDBgbW1aO0qaDJ6iKKZn3VfDlICGtJr4_Z1EzwDZxhUZw8cb6wlGwUW11ICajN4_9J-vwewbFwTlxzUyYDeSSve1MFkRxCQwoE2PYap6JqOHdLmVaTHdQNADXORCFGjZg/s795/Screenshot%202022-08-15%20at%2014-07-43%20eNewMexican%20tunnel%20meeting.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="795" height="489" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzZjDWOwjn-no_mcVPuK0JegJatgxqIuTpYYCz0oVDeqKbSpSncIjrQWDVVfDBgbW1aO0qaDJ6iKKZn3VfDlICGtJr4_Z1EzwDZxhUZw8cb6wlGwUW11ICajN4_9J-vwewbFwTlxzUyYDeSSve1MFkRxCQwoE2PYap6JqOHdLmVaTHdQNADXORCFGjZg/w571-h489/Screenshot%202022-08-15%20at%2014-07-43%20eNewMexican%20tunnel%20meeting.png" width="571" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Khalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post-5309276213715047682022-06-21T07:37:00.004-06:002022-06-21T07:42:19.663-06:00Bicyclist Hit On NM-4 Between Bandelier Entrance and Back Gate<p> </p><p>This from yesterday's <a href="https://losalamosreporter.com/2022/06/20/serious-accident-closes-state-route-4-between-bandelier-campground-and-lanl-back-gate-road-to-jemez-open/" target="_blank">Los Alamos Reporter</a>. Scant details so far. If you are on the Pajarito Riders list, that's another good place to check for updates if anyone saw anything. Or the <a href="https://ladailypost.com/" target="_blank">Daily Post</a>.<br /></p><p>Be careful out there.</p><p> </p><p>BY MAIRE O’NEILL<br />maire@losalamosreporter.com </p>
<p>UPDATE: State Road 4 has reopened</p>
<p>New Mexico State Police, Los Alamos Police Department and Los Alamos
Fire Department have responded to a traffic accident involving a vehicle
and a bicyclist on State Route 4 between the Bandelier Campground and
the LANL back gate. </p>
<p>That section of the road is expected to be closed for about two hours
while the NMSP Crash Team conducts their investigation, however, State
Route 4 to the Jemez remains open. </p>
<p>The cyclist has been transported by helicopter and no other information is available at this time.</p>
<p>LANL officials alerted employees to an LAPD request that they avoid the area. </p><p> </p>Khalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post-82880542464406860672022-06-18T07:50:00.006-06:002022-06-18T10:53:09.239-06:00Bishop's Lodge Rd meeting notification, June 22nd, 5:30 p.m.<p>Sent to me from the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee</p><p>Come one, come all, to the Bishop’s Lodge Rd. Reconstruction
Project’s Open House on June 22nd, 5:30-7:30 pm, Coronado Rm, Santa Fe
Convention Center. This is one of BPAC’s priority projects. Please see
attached flyer, which I have done a screenshot of below. The project starts at Paseo de Peralta and stops just north of Brownell-Howland Road, which might be easier to see on a <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@35.719784,-105.9136792,499m/data=!3m1!1e3" target="_blank">Google Map</a>.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9tzuWM-RJG82O-5614M0hq7ryB3KLB77A8-6fYVSMKV39N52tcrF2nbZwn-eMN0p7FBTYfcIZAp62QkeoUWOak4kvfFKpkB9O-gbMaGoBD2jXr2L_Si0eySbRs7qDE4j1Q-0JmASegV-tGyz1fyZHyzkENASFHdPQ6B0PY_xpmM-ido0h1Yyk629miw/s807/Screenshot%202022-06-18%20at%2007-46-55%20Webmail%20Bishops_Lodge_Public_Meeting_Notice_June22_BST_06092022.pdf.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="807" data-original-width="634" height="710" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9tzuWM-RJG82O-5614M0hq7ryB3KLB77A8-6fYVSMKV39N52tcrF2nbZwn-eMN0p7FBTYfcIZAp62QkeoUWOak4kvfFKpkB9O-gbMaGoBD2jXr2L_Si0eySbRs7qDE4j1Q-0JmASegV-tGyz1fyZHyzkENASFHdPQ6B0PY_xpmM-ido0h1Yyk629miw/w557-h710/Screenshot%202022-06-18%20at%2007-46-55%20Webmail%20Bishops_Lodge_Public_Meeting_Notice_June22_BST_06092022.pdf.png" width="557" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Khalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post-11793522338980994492022-06-17T14:15:00.005-06:002022-06-18T07:45:44.326-06:00City Opens Trails, At Long As It Rains...<p> </p><p>This just in my Inbox. <span class="Typography__text--11-3-6 Typography__t4--11-3-6 Typography__l6--11-3-6 RichEditor__src-RichEditor-Editor--editor" data-is-ios="false" data-placeholder="Be the first to comment..." id="spotim-say-config">Excellent.
What I wish I had seen in the email I got from the city was a short
paragraph imploring trail users to act as community watchpeople, looking
for any signs of people doing dumb things (smoking, etc) or lightning
strikes, etc, and reporting these promptly. More eyes on the trails is a
good concept, as long as they are good people's eyes.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgupNSAHHUtMgDr1wCHS2D8zsTcXHKyY_ovTU7MQwqVtHgtC6iKD7xghSy0Y6-DoUj-kmEb-lNCw0X1MZqrqsiZ6aqIVGLnGP49Kjq0vOrsBJtMjsgDQxRG412cyg1FrS4dPg9ay_wLsgyYCCokzGAESWKV_dwo1twXt6hroj8d6PUTm1vOeDS7SgW6IA/s772/Screenshot%202022-06-17%20at%2014-13-03%20Trails%20Reopened%20Due%20to%20Rain%20Weekend%20Forecast.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="772" data-original-width="627" height="644" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgupNSAHHUtMgDr1wCHS2D8zsTcXHKyY_ovTU7MQwqVtHgtC6iKD7xghSy0Y6-DoUj-kmEb-lNCw0X1MZqrqsiZ6aqIVGLnGP49Kjq0vOrsBJtMjsgDQxRG412cyg1FrS4dPg9ay_wLsgyYCCokzGAESWKV_dwo1twXt6hroj8d6PUTm1vOeDS7SgW6IA/w473-h644/Screenshot%202022-06-17%20at%2014-13-03%20Trails%20Reopened%20Due%20to%20Rain%20Weekend%20Forecast.png" width="473" /></a></div><br /> <br /><p></p>Khalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post-2201226446701043512022-05-26T17:15:00.003-06:002022-05-27T16:35:43.375-06:00City to Close Many Hike-Bike Trails Due To Fire Danger<p> Sigh. Just got this.</p><p> </p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold;">City to Close Select Trails Due to </span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold;">Extreme Fire Conditions</span></p>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--padding-vertical" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"> <tbody><tr> <td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #7b6e65; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: left; word-wrap: break-word;" valign="top"><h2 align="center" style="color: #606d78; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #555556; font-size: 18px; font-style: italic;">Emergency Proclamation Effective May 28, 2022</span></h2></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--article text--padding-vertical" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"> <tbody><tr> <td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: left; word-wrap: break-word;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;">SANTA
FE, May 26, 2022 — Mayor Alan Webber will issue Emergency Orders
proclaiming extreme fire conditions and closing select City trails due
to fire danger effective Saturday, May 28, 2022. Pursuant to the
proclamation, the Orders complement federal and County actions and
restrictions; the Santa Fe National Forest is closed and the County has
closed trails that lead to the Forest. City trailheads will be marked as
closed with signs and, where appropriate, with ropes. </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;">The
Santa Fe Fire Department reports that hot, dry, windy conditions
forecast for the weekend indicate the necessity of taking precautionary
measures to protect life and property in Santa Fe from the extreme fire
danger that the United States Forest Service has declared for the
region. The danger of range fires, grass fires, forest fires, and
structure fires are very high or extremely high in and around the city
of Santa Fe.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;">Mayor Alan </span><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 15px;">Webber sa</span><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;">ys:</span><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;">“We’re
facing unprecedented fire dangers and for that reason I’m asking
everyone to take extra precautions. We can all still enjoy the Memorial
Day weekend and the summer season as long as we all put fire safety
first.”</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 15px;">Santa
Fe Fire Chief Brian Moya says: “I’ve never seen such extreme fire
conditions so early—the winds came in big, the fuel loads are heavy, and
the drought conditions are extraordinary. Parts of these closed trails
are remote and difficult to access, which can increase the amount of
time it would take to respond to an emergency. All of those factors went
into this decision. I’m also reminding the public to observe the fire
restrictions that are in place—no open burning and no fireworks!”</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold;">The following trails and trails systems will be closed:</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
<ul><li style="font-size: 15px;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;">The
Dale Ball Trails (which are accessed off of Hyde Park Road, Cerro Gordo
Road, Upper Canyon Road, and Camino Cruz Blanca, including the Atalaya
and Dorothy Stewart trails); </span></li><li style="font-size: 15px;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;">The Sun Mountain Trail;</span></li><li style="font-size: 15px;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;">La Tierra Trails;</span></li><li style="font-size: 15px;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;">MX/BMX trails at La Tierra and the Metropolitan Recreation Complex (MRC)</span></li></ul>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;">While
the existing fires do not put the city of Santa Fe at immediate risk,
new fires can be easily started in the city’s vegetated open spaces
through irresponsible human use, such as discarded cigarettes, sparks
from vehicles and machinery, and behavior or actions that could cause a
fire incident to break out. </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;">To
prevent fires, the City is also under Fire Restrictions that were
implemented in March. The following are prohibited within city limits
while the restrictions are in place:</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
<ul><li style="font-size: 15px;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;">Smoking in public parks, recreation areas, or on any public trail; </span></li><li style="font-size: 15px;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;">Using charcoal barbecue grills in public parks and recreation areas;</span></li><li style="font-size: 15px;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;">The sale or use of some fireworks within the city of Santa Fe </span></li><li style="font-size: 15px;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;">Open burning, including campfires, bonfires, pit barbecues;</span></li><li style="font-size: 15px;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;">Burning of weeds, trash, or other vegetation;</span></li><li style="font-size: 15px;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;">Using any motorized all-terrain vehicle or motorcycles on city owned open space, parks, trails, or other recreational areas</span></li></ul>
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<table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--float-right scale image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" style="mso-table-lspace: 5.75pt;"> <tbody><tr> <td align="center" class="image_spacer hide" height="1" style="height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding: 0px;" valign="top" width="15"> <img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif" vspace="0" width="15" /> </td> <td align="right" class="image_container scale stack" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" valign=""> <a data-trackable="true" href="https://santafempo.org/resources/bikeways-map/" style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><img alt="sfbikewaysandtrails.jpg" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/502cb2ce701/d355ca99-08b3-4e4f-8e5a-f5ef2e64b658.jpg?rdr=true" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="300" /></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="image_spacer hide" height="5" style="height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding: 0px;" valign="top" width="5"> <img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif" vspace="0" width="5" /> </td> <td align="center" class="image_spacer_bottom hide" height="5" style="height: 5px; line-height: 1px; padding: 0px;" valign="top"> <img alt="" border="0" height="5" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif" vspace="0" width="1" /> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #403f42; font-size: 16px;">While
the trails and open spaces listed above are closed, the Mayor’s
Proclamation encourages residents and visitors to utilize the City’s
robust network of inner-city trails, open spaces, parks, and recreation
centers.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #403f42; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><a href="https://santafempo.org/resources/bikeways-map/" style="color: #403f42; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Click here for a map of trails that remain accessible and suitable for biking, hiking, and dog-walking.</a></p><p style="margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_NVW6CfVBu5HK2oTHtzez6DX5KhvW4c9GJ2Kmvu7ytLta-xo1CznuGmw_AwJLgFW7cM0oB_730CPaHzbv1XLNBnopEWhaxAD7LdI4NMWm26UvDFIa328QOBVnw_h3JAU_wbgJwORaREO4unYR-6sKBGhFzRZl-K6KxMLbePVDHB8b4ikV6F0Xuk5Sg/s4032/IMG_1628.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_NVW6CfVBu5HK2oTHtzez6DX5KhvW4c9GJ2Kmvu7ytLta-xo1CznuGmw_AwJLgFW7cM0oB_730CPaHzbv1XLNBnopEWhaxAD7LdI4NMWm26UvDFIa328QOBVnw_h3JAU_wbgJwORaREO4unYR-6sKBGhFzRZl-K6KxMLbePVDHB8b4ikV6F0Xuk5Sg/w467-h350/IMG_1628.JPG" width="467" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Of course, the fires are seeming to follow me around. Pic taken
yesterday at the south end of the improved Rail Trail at Spur Ranch
Road.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEick4raL6SUi4CVwxn8Miqi7e0Pdk0OuCdSOyzh0plqA3oKJPj_CAt08kKuKkihVkA0QkKCaSMsf4TfKJC7msxpG0ZCqRV1-5jvpAnP9vGN698CMreQjwLpfHwuk1RlOCwN5m96hkgG2C_jlYJC1kYs0g3RJ7Tzg_F9jG4oE7QqdA66a21vu0YyrdryNQ/s4032/IMG_1630.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEick4raL6SUi4CVwxn8Miqi7e0Pdk0OuCdSOyzh0plqA3oKJPj_CAt08kKuKkihVkA0QkKCaSMsf4TfKJC7msxpG0ZCqRV1-5jvpAnP9vGN698CMreQjwLpfHwuk1RlOCwN5m96hkgG2C_jlYJC1kYs0g3RJ7Tzg_F9jG4oE7QqdA66a21vu0YyrdryNQ/w439-h329/IMG_1630.JPG" width="439" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So what else can a mountainbike do? I threw on these Mavic Speed City hoops to find out.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p> </p>Khalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post-38841548894648061942022-05-18T09:25:00.007-06:002022-05-26T20:45:17.466-06:00This Post Is Not About Bicycles<p> <br />Why the title? Because I barely owned a bicycle while we lived in Buffalo. I got my first one just about the time my parents packed the house and moved out to a rural area where my stepdad grew up. I did shed the training wheels while we still lived in the Johnson Neighborhood, though. But most of us kids rode around on those little fruit box/roller skate scooters. That was cool.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1WtLDpRn4d19H21HDIGiDhaymYy1MVT77BWkPyT9BkxSoZf1yY2in6thsMY5gsc-HDnjf4034QQ1PKKLbQfeZ_VUX3M5cvDkaYKOqj7ZFfm5F0sGLGMArbD77i6uWcJ4Lzw2P4_SCGFgNvLcLWKstgy_gVJdjyOgM1o0XWt4ukM8XcemdMlqXbU-ueQ/s600/fruitbox%20scooter.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="453" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1WtLDpRn4d19H21HDIGiDhaymYy1MVT77BWkPyT9BkxSoZf1yY2in6thsMY5gsc-HDnjf4034QQ1PKKLbQfeZ_VUX3M5cvDkaYKOqj7ZFfm5F0sGLGMArbD77i6uWcJ4Lzw2P4_SCGFgNvLcLWKstgy_gVJdjyOgM1o0XWt4ukM8XcemdMlqXbU-ueQ/s320/fruitbox%20scooter.jpg" width="242" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was not me. Web photo<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /><br />I love it how the general White public just now notices the pain of being a Black Buffalo resident now that their sensitivities are offended by a racist mass murderer. I’ve seen some of his 180 page Replacement Theory based rant–yep, this was all about race. <br /><br />I was a kid in that neighborhood. We lived over on Johnson Street, where my step-grandparents owned a home and worked at the old Rich’s Ice Cream factory. Nice blue collar jobs. I went to School #39 on High Street. Jefferson Ave, the big arterial where that now infamous <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/05/16/1099244572/tops-is-more-than-a-buffalo-supermarket" target="_blank">Topps Market</a> now sits up to the north, was about four blocks away. It was a bit of a rough neighborhood back then but solidly working class. My best friend, Michael, lived across the street. His dad was a city cop. <br /><br />Buffalo has been on a downward, violent spiral since the sixties and not due to lunatic fringe racists but to good old fashioned mainstream values of neglect and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/14/nyregion/east-side-buffalo-shooting.html" target="_blank">segregation</a>. I was back in Buffalo about five years ago to make a major donation to the Buffalo Museum of Science, the Bistany Telescope. As my wife said, the east side where I was a kid looked like a scene out of an apartheid city in old apartheid South Africa. The house I lived in was missing. It was arsoned decades ago. Empty lots are as common as homes. <br /><br /><span class="Typography__text--11-2-14 Typography__t4--11-2-14 Typography__l6--11-2-14 RichEditor__src-RichEditor-Editor--editor" data-is-ios="false" data-placeholder="What do you think?" id="spotim-say-config">Politics,
economics, and policy control civil peace vs. violence although it's
easy to focus on racists and guns. A century or more of racism and
economic apartheid in Buffalo is why people disproportionately die young
of violent lead poisoning in Buffalo, most of which is local on local
crime.</span> Then an occasional racist shoots up the place and everyone notices. But sixty years of homes being torched, work moving overseas, white flight (including my parents) the legacy of racist urban planning such as how the Kensington Expressway was rammed through the old Black neighborhoods (it cut off my walk to school as well as the community’s access to Buffalo’s beautiful parks), and money moving to the rich…well, that’s business as usual. A slow moving economic pandemic goes unnoticed. East Buffalo is full of empty lots. The West Side (where I also lived for a little while) is full of multimillion dollar mansions being renovated and flipped. That’s the “Buffalo Renaissance”. <br /><br />Strong Towns founder Charles Marohn, a PE and urban planner, <a href="https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2020/9/18/the-local-case-for-reparations" target="_blank">made a very powerful case</a> for reparations, looking at what redlining did to Kansas City. I suspect if one looked at the history of wealth distribution in Buffalo, one could ask whether past racism and its legacy effects have similarly made a case for redistribution in Buffalo. Most inner city violence is internal, this mass shooting being an exception. As a retired ER doctor I know, Dr. Jim Webster, <a href="https://mikethegunguy.social/2022/04/22/do-we-need-any-more-stinkin-gun-laws/" target="_blank">recently opined</a>, the only thing that stops a bullet is a good job. I might add good schools and social equity. <br /><br />So while it is easy to focus on white supremacists, AR-15’s (the gunman’s was bought as NYS-legal and illegally modified) and terrorists being the root of all evil, it’s everyday American values of apartheid and neglect that have led to so many dying in Buffalo, not to mention other places. I actually think Critical Race Theory has a good point. To fix what is broken, we have to not just change out a few spark plugs on the economic and societal engine, but overhaul the whole concept of the society and the engine. Taking away the guns, as some politicians are once again demanding, will not take away the pain.</p><br /><p> </p>Khalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post-11661777332559484142022-05-08T10:06:00.003-06:002022-05-08T10:06:24.201-06:00Santa Fe Bike Swap, May 15th. Save the Date!<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The bike swap is back! Sunday May 15th, 9am to 12:30 pm <br />Bike Santa Fe is working with the Free Bikes 4 Kids program as a part of Bike Month.<br />It will be at the Solana Center, 905 West Alameda, Near Better Day Coffee.<br />See the attached flyer, below, for more details.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ZFu_VHx0ouQ78rocDjyMlhX8NoeF-xlz5rpxsgLmwN8xy243Pxh0_UVzJRO96HOjfhkmSsKtSRUOD3IvnuNXGXqzYZt4QviWhvgDWI02MwSIRmLVn2uK8tFrVDexIg5NYE_W2EH9EdczaOWWzDVoRoVF6C97m4AqfJvxFhoBvy_zKf7jSBx5gVHyqg/s640/bike-swap-attempt3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="448" height="580" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ZFu_VHx0ouQ78rocDjyMlhX8NoeF-xlz5rpxsgLmwN8xy243Pxh0_UVzJRO96HOjfhkmSsKtSRUOD3IvnuNXGXqzYZt4QviWhvgDWI02MwSIRmLVn2uK8tFrVDexIg5NYE_W2EH9EdczaOWWzDVoRoVF6C97m4AqfJvxFhoBvy_zKf7jSBx5gVHyqg/w406-h580/bike-swap-attempt3.jpeg" width="406" /></a></div><br /> </div><p style="text-align: left;"></p>Khalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post-29105771005939905862022-03-25T13:37:00.005-06:002022-03-27T17:10:51.667-06:00Response to "Cities can help extend bike riding enthusiasm" in the New Mexican<p> I sent this in a week and a half ago. Posting it here, too although <a href="https://www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/my_view/its-time-to-think-bikes-on-the-streets-of-santa-fe/article_d6b9367a-a567-11ec-9e00-a38249583eb6.html" target="_blank">it was published</a> Sunday, March 27th, along with <a href="https://www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/my_view/protected-bike-trails-can-make-santa-fe-an-active-city/article_ff5cef98-ab09-11ec-9b52-0707ef7e4ce0.html" target="_blank">Judith Gabriele's bike piece</a>.</p><p>
</p><p>I thank the Editorial Board for <a href="https://www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/editorials/cities-can-help-extend-bike-riding-enthusiasm/article_57690330-a0f5-11ec-8d17-e7e3dcb9a54b.html" target="_blank">its editorial </a>support of making Santa Fe a more
bicycle-friendly community. This is a complicated process requiring synergy in
transportation design, land use planning and zoning, and tax policy.</p>
<p>Case in point. Some years back, the Bicycling Coalition of New Mexico
strenuously objected to the rebuild of St. Francis Drive to three narrow lanes
in each direction rather than installing bike lanes. This rebuild was done to
increase motor vehicle level of service regardless of what effect that would
have on transportation alternatives along this critical arterial. Another case
in point. You can add "protected bike lanes" to a road like
Cerrillos, but numerous turning and crossing points serve side streets and
businesses while high speeds are posted; a bicyclist is only protected until,
as a friend once quipped, the moment of impact. Thus two critical business
corridors are bicycle-hostile. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSBh8zYTt_yOAWNyZqWRQoGEJd2HAAdM1XEllYUsPEyhnAeorF2WYPT2NvAO02ocwWsqURxjZ9A7YDBCanVjPJPGiT_GwPE5Vg82ltXGV5SwLIJzLTXCSQVJoZstSLUoVZFM_rH1hjdHRVvU9DXie8v4CsrN2o0yj46dL_1QPHDDRJYFQ4MSYpy5MoUw/s1000/santa%20fe%20bicycle%20crash%20map.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSBh8zYTt_yOAWNyZqWRQoGEJd2HAAdM1XEllYUsPEyhnAeorF2WYPT2NvAO02ocwWsqURxjZ9A7YDBCanVjPJPGiT_GwPE5Vg82ltXGV5SwLIJzLTXCSQVJoZstSLUoVZFM_rH1hjdHRVvU9DXie8v4CsrN2o0yj46dL_1QPHDDRJYFQ4MSYpy5MoUw/s320/santa%20fe%20bicycle%20crash%20map.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Santa Fe Bicycle Crash Map. Source, <a href="https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/santa-fe-police-study-bike-crashes/article_92643eda-d32c-5c73-a1e6-64555ae4ad52.html" target="_blank">SFPD study published in the Santa Fe New Mexican</a><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />
<p>Urban sprawl is our enemy. Many European cities can more easily adopt mass
transit and the bicycle as they have stayed compact. American cities have
meanwhile sprawled because Americans like low density development and recent
“arterial and cul-de-sac” designs for privacy. These designs rapidly create
safety and distance hardships to the point where the bicycle is not viable for
transportation. While e-bikes may change the distance factor, it is still a
hard sell.</p>
<p>Creating an environmentally-sustainable, bicycle friendly city takes an
enormous amount of work, and means synergistically looking at road design, land
use planning, tax policy, and enforcing safe behavior. Our bike trails need to
be well maintained and connect people to where they need to go. Distances must
be managed by intelligent land use planning. Road speeds must not be so
excessive as to create instant death to someone hit by a car. Do we really need
40-45 mph arterials in a city? Finally, citizens must be made aware, through
tax policy, that low density development means each of us has a bigger bill to
pay for the city services we take for granted.</p>
<p>One thing the city could do right now to show the way is declare that Canyon
Road is a Woonerf, i.e., a European design where motorists, pedestrians, and
bicyclists have equal rights to share space without a hierarchy. Considering
the foot traffic and narrowness of the road, it should be a no-brainer. Such a
move would demonstrate a change in paradigm in how we treat mobility in our
city. One has to start somewhere, and that's my suggestion.</p><p> </p><p>More here: <a href="https://labikes.blogspot.com/2020/08/to-tunnel-or-not-to-tunnel-that-is.html" target="_blank">To Tunnel, or Not to Tunnel, That is the Question</a> <br /></p>
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<![endif]--></p>Khalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post-21359564096138889942022-03-21T13:34:00.002-06:002022-04-07T15:27:23.650-06:00First Day of Spring Ride<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoKy-xo_qOOd09q0lbL1p5cZ99399ZkiSKP7A1E3bq2AGA_8N8yU8y8ZO1Zk3RYQ5wOLTXKj33iiGOgGNkqWMxHl-nVjPUIfKsj4EbRsq-zF72zouSWTTnZQm6CyJkNUjrlHqNR-417QTlzRCZak4Op8OBTKv271pKSTS7ig8p4jjZJnLcEk9QC_LaDQ=s960" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoKy-xo_qOOd09q0lbL1p5cZ99399ZkiSKP7A1E3bq2AGA_8N8yU8y8ZO1Zk3RYQ5wOLTXKj33iiGOgGNkqWMxHl-nVjPUIfKsj4EbRsq-zF72zouSWTTnZQm6CyJkNUjrlHqNR-417QTlzRCZak4Op8OBTKv271pKSTS7ig8p4jjZJnLcEk9QC_LaDQ=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The road descending into <span>Cañada de los Alamos</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Being the first day of spring, I decided to get off my hind end yesterday, wind and all, since the weather was forecast to go back to snow, sleet, hail, and rain today, which it did. Not that I mind, as we need every drop of moisture we can get.<br /><br />I rode through town and out Old Santa Fe Trail to where it bifurcates into two dead ends. One looked intriguing, going down a steep hill into a little hamlet called Cañada de los Alamos (no relation to BombTowne). So I figured that since my knees, which have been a little creakly lately, seemed to be holding up pretty well, one more steep climb back out was acceptable. <br /><br />It was a lovely little jaunt down a fast set of switchbacks and then through the little hamlet until...suddenly the pavement ended, going to a dirt road, so I turned around. Riding back out, I had a sudden flashback to riding on the Windward side of Oahu near <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Olomana/@21.3717365,-157.7694674,15.5z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x7c0014a93c5482bd:0x19e7303191311c20!8m2!3d21.3641666!4d-157.7536111!5m1!1e4" target="_blank">Olomana</a>, as it seemed eerily familiar--on the windward side of a range from the beeg city, in a little hollow of a hamlet, and a vista off to the east which in this case was not an ocean but the flats of Eldorado.<br /><br />A nice first day of spring ride it was, about 24 miles.</p><br /><p><br /></p>Khalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post-81241129602965377982022-03-10T13:52:00.013-07:002022-03-17T09:21:54.786-06:00Gasoline vs Mac and Cheese vs. PB&J Sandwich?<p> The S<a href="https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/14-year-high-gas-price-record-falls-in-new-mexico/article_1befd0c8-9fe1-11ec-8053-3fb798bad903.html" target="_blank">anta Fe New Mexican</a> is telling us that gas is at an all time high price. Well, not quite, actually. If <a href="https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/" target="_blank">corrected for inflation</a>, we have a few cents to go to top the 2008 shock. But still, if one is on a limited budget, $4.09 a gallon translates into trading several pictures of Andrew Jackson to fill a tank. Not good if you are on a limited budget.</p><p>But if you live in town, there is an alternative to consider as a cost/benefit. Ride a bike. At 20 mpg city driving, a ten mile trip will cost about half a gallon of gas, or a little over two bucks right now. At <a href="https://www.livestrong.com/article/135430-calories-burned-biking-one-mile/" target="_blank">fifty calories per mile</a> for an average American on a bicycle, one can ask how expensive food is to cover that same distance.</p><p> It all depends on what you eat, but right now, <a href="https://freezermealfrenzy.com/2018/01/trader-joes-hatch-chile-mac-cheese-review/" target="_blank">Trader Joe's Hatch Chile Mac and Cheese</a> sells for about three bucks and has about 520 calories per box. So about three bucks for that ten mile trip. That calorie intake is also about <a href="https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=how+many+calories+in+a+peanut+butter+sandwich" target="_blank">one and a half peanut butter sandwiches</a>, so one can go far more frugal. See below.<br /></p><p>Of course, there is a lot more than energy content that goes into the discussion. My car needs insurance, a place to park, a lot of up front money to purchase, and more expensive maintenance. But at some point, the fuel in the tummy vs. the fuel in the tank break even and cross over and frankly, we are there. And then there is the fun factor. Which is why bicycle infrastructure that gets you where you need to go rather than built as a purely park resource matters.</p><p>Getting back to that peanut butter sandwich, the 500 calorie goal can be hit for under a dollar, or half the price of gas. Mind you, these are 2014 numbers so increase them by 20% to <a href="https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/" target="_blank">correct for inflation</a>.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXPMId6Pq-F-rdlHqnnPM_6XNzyjzQ9NvCs1WciWbBz1JHQk25IyFUX0du5z0lvV1SAgPL3wrnvE7aq_-5hXcRl9I4vfIG_A6BWB8vX4SuGvaazScg0vSwv6gBt25iJYBqoeGzT8AsxH2b-O3RDrmlXZ9CkWf8-29IOyEcVi7z-_rmY926sNvlpLz_Wg=s760" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="279" data-original-width="760" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXPMId6Pq-F-rdlHqnnPM_6XNzyjzQ9NvCs1WciWbBz1JHQk25IyFUX0du5z0lvV1SAgPL3wrnvE7aq_-5hXcRl9I4vfIG_A6BWB8vX4SuGvaazScg0vSwv6gBt25iJYBqoeGzT8AsxH2b-O3RDrmlXZ9CkWf8-29IOyEcVi7z-_rmY926sNvlpLz_Wg=w485-h177" width="485" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Source, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/peanut-butter-and-jelly-is-officially-the-cheapest-sandwich-you-can-make-2014-8" target="_blank">Business Insider</a><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>So fasten on the fenders and panniers and go get 'em, tiger. The groceries, that is.<br /></p><p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0WYV4BsRlMRqyYO6H8fks3oG3X_Ui1zjsAClryiHIs79d-oek8S_Di8TH27ZUiKn8B6Dyc3qXr1FGtsRLSeo5OxEhWsIa_RWd1X9KeuBWF_nkSRZa0TtydBp310GdkVmY3HVGujXKsiUJO35NzU777tG65ZbYm9jnubeBTUAaT3ri2vT7Wucgt7dGyg=s4032" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0WYV4BsRlMRqyYO6H8fks3oG3X_Ui1zjsAClryiHIs79d-oek8S_Di8TH27ZUiKn8B6Dyc3qXr1FGtsRLSeo5OxEhWsIa_RWd1X9KeuBWF_nkSRZa0TtydBp310GdkVmY3HVGujXKsiUJO35NzU777tG65ZbYm9jnubeBTUAaT3ri2vT7Wucgt7dGyg=w422-h317" width="422" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Surly Long Haul Trucker in urban utility dress<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /> With a tip of the hat to Patrick O'Grady at <a href="https://maddogmedia.com/2022/03/08/pumped/">Maddogmedia.com</a> for getting me thinking about this. And speaking of <a href="https://www.drivingline.com/articles/shes-real-fine-my-409-chevrolets-pioneering-big-block-was-more-than-just-a-beach-boys-lyric/" target="_blank">409</a>....with a tip of the hat to my old man, who worked for a while in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonawanda_Engine" target="_blank">Tonawanda Chevrolet Engine Plant</a>, where they made those bad boys, before transferring to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Assembly" target="_blank">Gear and Axle plant</a>, where he had more seniority.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zs2lL625Yy8" width="320" youtube-src-id="zs2lL625Yy8"></iframe></div><br /><p>Somewhat related, over at Strong Towns:</p><h1 class="BlogItem-title" data-content-field="title"><a href="https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2022/3/17/high-gas-prices-are-just-one-symptom-of-a-much-greater-problem" target="_blank">High Gas Prices Are Just One Symptom of a Much Greater Problem</a></h1><p> </p><p><br /></p><p></p><p><br /></p>Khalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post-28002100594554014392022-03-03T02:41:00.003-07:002022-03-03T02:41:56.127-07:00NM Dept of Transportation Seeks Input on Ski Hill Road (NM 475) Repaving<p> This just in. Sorry for the short notice. With a hat tip to the Seniors on Bikes<br /></p><p><br /></p><h2 class="v1mc-toc-title" style="color: #404040 !important; display: block; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -.75px; line-height: 125%; margin: 0; padding: 0; text-align: left;"><a href="https://santafesobs.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a80e9b71a775f498a493a521a&id=ced3d1ad6c&e=1ad2ea1bd3" rel="noreferrer" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #6dc6dd; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Ski Hill NMDOT seeking input on repaving</a></h2>
<em>By bobb on Mar 02, 2022 09:32 am</em><br />
<div>This is an opportunity for cyclists to give their input to a cycling route that begs for improvement.</div>
<div><a href="https://santafesobs.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a80e9b71a775f498a493a521a&id=ad1f1f71ee&e=1ad2ea1bd3" rel="noreferrer" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #6dc6dd; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/6fad5b60253145b3ab4d106c89655b8b</a></div>
<div>Also on March 3, today when you read this, at 6pm an online public
meeting hosted by the NMDOT to discuss a reconstruction project on NM
475 from Bishops Lodge to the SF Ski Basin. Meeting is intended to
inform public of plans and to solicit input. This is great opportunity
for NM cyclists to provide input on what they consider a safe riding
environment. Meeting is free but participants must pre-register. Go to
NMDOT website at www.dot.nm.gov and click on link for events/public
meetings.</div>Khalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post-90487884453980060012022-02-28T13:36:00.003-07:002022-03-03T02:52:14.336-07:00Hopefully Not The Last Night of the World<p> With all the nuclear sabre rattling going on by Russia's Vladimir Putin, I'm getting these strange feelings I used to get during the depths of the Cold War. So to take my mind off this international disaster in progress, I took a bike ride. It had to be an easy one as I managed to strain my knee going down a steep trail in the dog park. Easy works better on one of the commuter bikes as they don't encourage me to go fast or ride hard.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjeNgCUzF0RH4CfRp3oJtIS2QjpP9kmXBSjQ3KcI3cSJWvmpnxpW5FMeeRbgbMOy1ky-jSey__3YWQEpuPgB0sxBUtAh1kPEv9OJrf0UlxNpgCuXvseHQKA5yZT8QGXDP0AcBindEpeQZVtrca1tZCW9oE1CKQPXw5ctmLvYFCxIEa27JpcJjjCMPrMaQ=s4032" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjeNgCUzF0RH4CfRp3oJtIS2QjpP9kmXBSjQ3KcI3cSJWvmpnxpW5FMeeRbgbMOy1ky-jSey__3YWQEpuPgB0sxBUtAh1kPEv9OJrf0UlxNpgCuXvseHQKA5yZT8QGXDP0AcBindEpeQZVtrca1tZCW9oE1CKQPXw5ctmLvYFCxIEa27JpcJjjCMPrMaQ=w414-h311" width="414" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A nice day, Sunday was, for an easy ride on my strained knee<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>On the way back, I stopped to take a couple pictures of the gigantic longitudinal gap in the sidewalk sections where you descend from St. Francis Drive at Cerrillos to the Acequia Trail underpass. I sent these pictures, below, to the city <a href="https://www.santafenm.gov/report_a_problem">Report A Problem </a>site. Beware of these catching a tire. I could drop a 25 x 1.5 inch tire into the gap.</p><p>Infrastructure is just one of the things the Santa Fe Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee works on. I'm one of the reps from District 1 but each of us tries to worry about all four districts. That means, ideally, we need people from all four Council districts on the committee. Please volunteer. Right now we are about to work on the Strategic Plan, have been writing an E-bike ordinance, among other things. But stuff doesn't do itself. </p><p>NOTE: I got an email from the city that a work order has been initiated to fix this:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Thank you for submitting a work order to the City of Santa Fe. This
email serves as a notice that your work order request has been received
by the City of Santa Fe. We will send you an additional email once your
work order has been resolved. </i><i>Assigned Work Order Number: 9359</i><i><br />
Your Work Order Description: "At the sidewalk ramp that goes from the
street level at St. Francis/Cerrillos intersection down to the bike-ped
underpass, there is a deep longitudinal gap in the sidewalk that can
cause a cyclist to crash. It looks like it was
originally filled with some sort of seam filler but that has shrunken
or just fallen out."</i><i><br />
For interim status updates on work orders, please visit the Public Work Order Dashboard. </i><i><br />
For questions, comments, or concerns, please call Constituent Services at 505-955-6949.</i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfeay6HIFaOxvy7JqhXyXUZF0isLCeftwU-UJ4wREIETzosxuyCHqX2uBwF49vFP6an2m0oGjTOgeuL-ksXt0aSTyRaZf_KhDuaSSDI7ujgDpY9o3uEOiAvxxTYF-1WcLz0nG2aPwtIb9gKcyjr0j4QGOlrT8O0WLh3KHjVXZMoZnS1_ZPRWJnUpsYzw=s4032" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfeay6HIFaOxvy7JqhXyXUZF0isLCeftwU-UJ4wREIETzosxuyCHqX2uBwF49vFP6an2m0oGjTOgeuL-ksXt0aSTyRaZf_KhDuaSSDI7ujgDpY9o3uEOiAvxxTYF-1WcLz0nG2aPwtIb9gKcyjr0j4QGOlrT8O0WLh3KHjVXZMoZnS1_ZPRWJnUpsYzw=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Longitudinal Gap in sidewalk on ramp down to tunnel and trail<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhS_vEOD23Tpdn_wIyC6Ry7EDtOckW9hmw9KX6-RH8IaKlh7_JXfHNll5ahTQAMpjijlzjg1teOP-ThbwjjwtrYoqs5hOxS9dWiOKsP9ZPt1tjCh5cdr3QZxne7pmP0VmyD9ArXhJlLrJW3D29wCL25eZ_Bt0MQ-5dEepk8dQJ85iYvE4a1aaxkgPe-zg=s4032" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhS_vEOD23Tpdn_wIyC6Ry7EDtOckW9hmw9KX6-RH8IaKlh7_JXfHNll5ahTQAMpjijlzjg1teOP-ThbwjjwtrYoqs5hOxS9dWiOKsP9ZPt1tjCh5cdr3QZxne7pmP0VmyD9ArXhJlLrJW3D29wCL25eZ_Bt0MQ-5dEepk8dQJ85iYvE4a1aaxkgPe-zg=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That's a 26 x 1.5 inch tire.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>And hopefully, Russia and the U.S. can keep their bombs and rockets stored. We don't want this to be Armageddon, or as Bruce Cockburn once said, "The Last Night of the World"</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="399" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TjXttZzZP8I" width="481" youtube-src-id="TjXttZzZP8I"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p>Khalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post-92185399119081459392021-11-19T09:37:00.000-07:002021-11-19T09:37:21.207-07:00When Riding the Rail Trail South of the Rabbit Road Trailhead, Start Watching for the Train<p> </p><p> In today's New Mexican:</p><h1 class="headline" itemprop="headline"><span><a href="https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/sky-railway-excursion-train-to-launch-with-holiday-rides/article_d121a7dc-473a-11ec-b4f4-df1c9b891443.html" target="_blank">Sky Railway excursion train to launch with holiday rides</a> </span></h1><div class="headline" itemprop="headline" style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">"</span></span>Here’s what you can expect when the new Sky Railway trains begin running the tracks between Lamy and downtown Santa Fe...A
group of local entrepreneurs who jointly purchased the old Santa Fe
Southern Railway in 2020, with plans to revive its 18-mile excursions,
have plotted a series of activities to engage passengers."<span></span><div class="subscriber-preview"><p> Read the article for the whole story but meanwhile, start paying attention to those "Railroad Crossing" signs, as there might actually be a train coming! <br /></p></div><span> </span></div>Khalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post-8189549725583373672021-05-24T22:00:00.002-06:002021-05-28T21:10:15.391-06:00Rail Trail Section Around South Capitol Station Completed<p> If you missed Tim Roger's email, the S. Capitol section of the Rail Trail between Cordova and Alta Vista is complete. It was not my first choice as to where to spend bike facility money, but it does finish up a location that was a little confusing to newbies.</p><p>In addition, I ran into a lieutenant of a private security organization patrolling the Acequia Trail just southwest of the St. Francis underpass. Apparently in addition to the Plaza, the city has contracted private security to patrol the Rail Trail and Railyard including parts of the Acequia Trail at least as far as the underpass.<br /></p><p>Looking south at Cordova Rd.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ97iymBmsbI1DGYu19a8JwsxhRu1uMgrR959UZ5jsPLmmB4SDQybLv6i2ANEdC_5cPKE64OWt23BGKzoTd955aUq14E6wjJts57Ycdm-a82jjnQdz6Z5OQsJWCIY1_4qH_s6pvlJjoyDv/s2048/IMG_1449.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ97iymBmsbI1DGYu19a8JwsxhRu1uMgrR959UZ5jsPLmmB4SDQybLv6i2ANEdC_5cPKE64OWt23BGKzoTd955aUq14E6wjJts57Ycdm-a82jjnQdz6Z5OQsJWCIY1_4qH_s6pvlJjoyDv/s320/IMG_1449.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Looking north at Cordova Rd.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQHOeaotI1MpVBjXjJoObvSfDbcE_gPcHp-zuEordqeq6Ic2bhZ0Q9SDLm0skTSlpxUPwQyGQsWpiTtd7bufOmlR6Wvu73FnOA8dII-pWfnbOYRiskkB-x9XCe5boUbdbhLhJknXZYTxDJ/s2048/IMG_1450.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQHOeaotI1MpVBjXjJoObvSfDbcE_gPcHp-zuEordqeq6Ic2bhZ0Q9SDLm0skTSlpxUPwQyGQsWpiTtd7bufOmlR6Wvu73FnOA8dII-pWfnbOYRiskkB-x9XCe5boUbdbhLhJknXZYTxDJ/s320/IMG_1450.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Looking north at Alta Vista<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIEyrOL1Iv3qlAQZT0tRDGbQfMfhYSG4jBI54jTuqEbUxB0miO0ziL5ZzLsFvdZtpHf4C0kUlaBN9PReEzPXt3RUXhe6zg5FfW_bzLgBgJRJUVszEtbgCZLSZ8EXnSQiDLcncGFivgSjT2/s2048/IMG_1451.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIEyrOL1Iv3qlAQZT0tRDGbQfMfhYSG4jBI54jTuqEbUxB0miO0ziL5ZzLsFvdZtpHf4C0kUlaBN9PReEzPXt3RUXhe6zg5FfW_bzLgBgJRJUVszEtbgCZLSZ8EXnSQiDLcncGFivgSjT2/s320/IMG_1451.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Looking south at Alta Vista. Looks like you are about to ride into a crummy little sidewalk but the trail jogs to your right after you cross the road and over the tracks and then continues south towards 2nd Street.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjODOAaXUBOYfBHv3pxM-LVD7b4NmI6a_NeC-4ikGDZbaC7v_ILy4or_hZmEKBP4u4Xu_-9y1tG5DUw8NqO88gz4OsZNy20fEmmgFOpFsHmt4pw6Kv1sW588st1seK9aEU6jB0UUcDWIpxS/s2048/IMG_1453.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjODOAaXUBOYfBHv3pxM-LVD7b4NmI6a_NeC-4ikGDZbaC7v_ILy4or_hZmEKBP4u4Xu_-9y1tG5DUw8NqO88gz4OsZNy20fEmmgFOpFsHmt4pw6Kv1sW588st1seK9aEU6jB0UUcDWIpxS/s320/IMG_1453.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Closer look to the west at the jog across the tracks at Alta Vista. Complete with railroad crossing gates. The pavement needs work.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3lXrj5fwGEx1t2uP3LBUpNI1qcwx48_o3LJt7QgOX0fmonhG1RQmFAQFv6sxqhh0UUw6KvDI6zxkos7jVpwJpbEjJSVswjWuBq_I7Anmhcd88-pCgOgnsPc44d8keDllXXmiz94EJnSrZ/s2048/IMG_1452.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3lXrj5fwGEx1t2uP3LBUpNI1qcwx48_o3LJt7QgOX0fmonhG1RQmFAQFv6sxqhh0UUw6KvDI6zxkos7jVpwJpbEjJSVswjWuBq_I7Anmhcd88-pCgOgnsPc44d8keDllXXmiz94EJnSrZ/s320/IMG_1452.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />Khalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post-3456758355254993272021-04-20T20:20:00.019-06:002021-05-04T09:11:46.760-06:00Support for cycling can keep the wheels turning, but you have to know where to point them<p> </p><p>This was published <a href="https://www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/my_view/make-sure-the-wheels-are-pointed-in-the-right-direction/article_8ce65dcc-a953-11eb-b035-3badf047ddd9.html" target="_blank">in the 5/2/2021 Opinion section </a>of the Santa Fe New Mexican.</p><p> The New Mexican <a href="https://www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/editorials/support-for-cycling-can-keep-the-wheels-turning/article_0ec84bbe-9fbf-11eb-9a47-0f009b3488e1.html" target="_blank">posted a pretty good article</a> on the surge of bicycling during the pandemic in the hope that the surge would have staying power. That said, we must identify specific issues in Santa Fe needing improvement to keep those wheels turning. In anticipation of National Bike Month, here is my list.<br /></p><p>Our trail system, while wonderful in some respects, often doesn't go where you need to go as a transportation resource. Much of retail Santa Fe is built up
along major corridors such as Cerrillos Road and St. Francis Drive. But there is not dedicated bicycle accommodation along these corridors. This seriously impedes using a bicycle for local commerce.<br /></p><p>Trails don't work by themselves. The Rail, Chamisa, River, and Acequia Trails
depend on relatively safe streets knitting them together into a system in order to get from point A to point B. We also need better wayfinding so new riders or visitors can make these connections. As an example of how connections can work, I can ride the River
Trail from the home in Casa Solana to Frenchy's Field and then ride Osage Ave to get to the Ace Hardware at St. Michaels and Cerrillos. But to bicycle to Rob and Charlie's bike shop or a number of stores on St. Michaels Drive, I must
negotiate a multilane urban "highway" designed to move cars as quickly and efficiently as possible; a bicyclist is an afterthought to both planners and motorists on these big, fast roads.</p><p>Which brings up a jurisdictional point. While the City has been improving conditions for cycling, the State's roadway jurisdictions (Cerrillos, St. Francis, and St. Michaels and a few other urban roads under state control) are
often intimidating to a bicyclist. St. Francis Drive, rebuilt more than a decade ago with six lanes, eliminated any feasible way to include bicycle accommodation in its right of way, trading bike lanes for increased
Motor Vehicle Level of Service. Meanwhile, slapping a pair of bike
lanes on the rebuilt Cerrillos Road super-arterial doesn't make it bicycle-friendly. The high travel speeds
ensure any crash will be gruesome and the massive number of traffic lanes ensure
a bicyclist is almost sure to be overlooked by turning and crossing vehicular traffic.</p><p>But news! The City to take over four big stroads: <a href="https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/santa-fe-to-assume-responsibility-for-four-stretches-of-road/article_89f2a2e4-ac21-11eb-ad87-839d30478ac6.html" target="_blank">Santa Fe to assume responsibility for four stretches of road.</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>"...The agreement shifts maintenance responsibilities for more than seven
miles of thoroughfares, including approximately four miles of Cerrillos
Road from Beckner Road to St. Michael’s Drive; about 2½ miles of St.
Michael’s Drive, from Cerrillos to St. Francis Drive and St. Francis to
Old Pecos Trail; and 1.2 miles of Old Pecos Trail between St. Michael’s
and Rodeo Road..."</i> <br /></p><p> </p><p></p>What this points to is that the planning and design of infrastructure matters. <a href="https://visionzeronetwork.org/project/taming-speed-for-safety-portland-case-study/" target="_blank">Vision Zero</a> principles tell us to assume operator error is inevitable. We must design our transportation infrastructure to minimize calamities when these errors happen. It makes little sense to design an entirely separate
bicycle infrastructure, even if feasible, while leaving the lion's share of infrastructure inviting high consequence accidents to happen to everyone else. But redesigning infrastructure is expensive and time consuming. Meanwhile, we can lower the
speed limits to a point where a crash is not gruesome. For example,
Albuquerque has put in at least one "bicycle boulevard" with a speed limit of 30
kph (18 mph). But practically, you cannot control speeds with a few signs. You have to design a road so it looks like it should be driven at lower speeds; this can possibly be done in some locations using ingenuity rather than bushels of money. <br /><p></p><p>Finally, if you allow urban sprawl to take root (such as Albuquerque's Santolina proposal or some development ideas closer to home), a bicycle, even an electronic-assisted bike, may become impractical. Infill
is a good idea not only <a href="https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/10/19/value-per-acre-analysis-a-how-to-for-beginners" target="_blank">to ensure there is plenty of tax base per acre </a>
but to ensure that bicycling, mass transit, and walking are not untenable for someone on an actual schedule. Rather than
building out, we should be building in and up. For example, zoning the
Midtown Campus for residential housing at a density commensurate with
the center of a city. Let's recall that the most desirable parts of the city are walkable, dense, and where it is often hard to find parking. Parts of the city that are dense but not walkable or bikeable may not be so desirable.<br /></p><p>Its all complicated and politically fraught, but if you are trying to change the urban transportation paradigm to one of sustainability and less fossil fuel dependence, an integrated examination of urban designs, zoning plans, and multimodal equity all matter. </p><h4 style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://bikeleague.org/ridesmartvideos" target="_blank">Smart Cycling Videos from the League of American Bicyclists</a><br /></h4><p> </p>Khalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post-54429170361383718522021-04-19T18:09:00.003-06:002021-04-21T20:20:11.487-06:00URGENT: Cyclist severely injured in Los Alamos Hit and Run<p> If you know anything, please contact the LAPD.</p><div><div>A** **** is in the LA Hospital. He sustained a fractured L2 vertebrae, bruised ribs, a deep wound on his elbow, and much road rash.<br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Brandon
Hill and I were with A** **** today for a road ride. On Hwy 4, between
mile markers 52 and 53, about 1/2 mile east of the Inter-Agency Fire
Station, a pickup truck struck A** **** sending him and his bike flying
through the air over 100' up the road, and knocking Brandon to the
ground. The truck never hit its brakes and sped away.</div><div><br /></div><div>It
was a white pickup truck that appears to be part of some fleet, as it
had writing on its tailgate and a yellow warning light on its cab. Many
parts from the truck were scattered around the scene. The police have
gathered all the pieces and will attempt to match numbers on some of the
pieces to a VIN.</div><div><br /></div><div>We spent a great deal of time
with the LAPD. Other vehicles coming upon the scene reported seeing a
damaged truck driving westbound at a very high speed and turning at the
Back Gate towards town. The LANL VAP officers at Camp May Rd. were
contacted and they did not see the truck come through the VAP, so it
must have gone past the Ice Skating Rink. Police are checking the camera
video at the intersection of Diamond Dr. and W Rd. (near the hospital)
and other cameras in that area. They will issue a Press Release and are
checking with many businesses that would have such a fleet vehicle.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you hear anything, please report it to the LAPD, specifically Officer Everett Williams (<a href="mailto:everett.williams@lacnm.us" rel="noreferrer">everett.williams@lacnm.us</a>; 505-662-8222). He wrote, "21-190" on his card. I assume this is the case number. </div><div><br /></div><div>The responding officers said this is the 3rd Hit & Run on Hwy 4. Please be vigilant and protect yourselves.</div><div> </div><div>Update: <a href="https://losalamosreporter.com/2021/04/21/lapd-arrests-charges-man-in-mondays-hit-and-run-accident-involving-cyclists/" target="_blank">Suspect arrested. </a><br /></div><div> </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCkLMlG1z_ptwzCiUzlaPAe7oBUbouoMPvbzwEDSIbr71ulOPvlMmf26XGeXj6ZUhXMP9pD5GWOBnVVi_hcLCJ9fkiWYW9YhTwraw7HxlvLVs9GSfKTEUVMkwZXYg5iE4sB_SDKa6pQIKY/s2643/20210419_123732.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2643" data-original-width="1189" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCkLMlG1z_ptwzCiUzlaPAe7oBUbouoMPvbzwEDSIbr71ulOPvlMmf26XGeXj6ZUhXMP9pD5GWOBnVVi_hcLCJ9fkiWYW9YhTwraw7HxlvLVs9GSfKTEUVMkwZXYg5iE4sB_SDKa6pQIKY/s320/20210419_123732.jpg" /></a></div><br /> </div>Khalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.com0