Sustainable transportation planning, design & education
Conserving our lands and waters is essential to protecting humans and wildlife and stabilizing our climate, so I’m following the direction from leading scientists and introducing this resolution to set a national goal of conserving 30 percent of America’s land…
“New Mexico has become a pioneer in developing state trust lands for outdoor lovers. 'Open for Adventure' elevates and advances the state's vision of uniting our incredible lands with education experiences for the next generation." --Axie Navas, Director of Outdoor…
"Why should not we also enjoy an original relation to the universe?" --Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature Unique in the New Mexico 2019 legislative session is House Memorial 10, which recognizes the contributions of bikepacking for outdoor recreation. Bikepacking is a combination…
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Skill, in the best sense, is the enactment or the acknowledgement or signature of responsibility to other lives; it is the practical understanding of value. --Wendell Berry, "The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture" Eating and moving our bodies are…
This ride report by Team CSP-SBI cycling ambassador Kurt Sable So what is Grinduro? A bike race? A century? Mountain bike? Gravel grinder? Road Bike? It is all of these things plus bacon and whiskey at the rest stops and…
Southwest Bike Initiative invites you to join our team of cycling ambassadors, Team CSP-SBI, on this bike to work month 2018! Clothing is available through Wednesday May 22 on our online store. Take a look and enjoy the ride! Sizing…
This year I realized how much I rely on riding, for my socializing even. Half the people I know are the people I wave at and say hi to on my bicycle. I miss being out there." Brud Grossman, "The…
Team CSP-SBI cycling ambassador Tom Sisk was honored by the Defenders of Wildlife with a science award this Fall. Tom joined a prestigious group including Senator Martin Heinrich of New Mexico, and Dr. Nathan Varley and Linda Thurston from Yellowstone…
The community here gets behind any cycling event 100%. --Howard Grotts, 2017 IHBC King of the Mountain Cycling up Coal Bank pass, the sound of water flowing in the high mountain streams along the road, I felt completely in the moment.…
For the Lakota, mountains, lakes, rivers, springs, valleys, and woods were all finished beauty. --Luther Standing Bear, "Land of the Spotted Eagle" I'm amazed at the beautiful places I can reach cycling from home. Albuquerque is big enough that it has everything…
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