Travel

Millicent Rogers Museum’s 2016 Travel Program

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MRM News:
 
The Millicent Rogers Museum is sponsoring two different trips this year: “On the Trail of the Anasazi: Four Corners Archaeology for Non-Archaeologists” Sept. 10-16 and “On the Trail of the Hopi” Oct. 15-21.
 
“On the Trail of the Anasazi” will include guided visits to Ancestral Puebloan ruins at Chaco Canyon and Aztec, New Mexico, Chimney Rock and Mesa Verde, Colorado, Newspaper Rock and Hovenweep, Utah and The Anasazi Heritage Center in Cortez, Colorado and the Edge of the Cedars Museum in Blanding, Utah. Participants will learn about the
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‘Blue Bus’ La Cienega Pilot Route Launches March 28

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NCRTD News:
 
The North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD), operator of the RTD “Blue Bus,” will kick-off its six-month pilot service Monday from the La Cienega Valley to south Santa Fe.
 
The new service will offer three roundtrips per day, Monday through Friday, with one early morning, midday and late afternoon. Service will be from La Cienega and La Cieneguilla with stops at Las Golondrinas, 599 Rail Runner Station, Santa Fe Place Mall, Walmart, the Santa Fe Outlet Mall, VA Clinic on Bruckner Rd. and New Mexico Human Services.
 
Santa Fe Place Mall
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Griggs: Tangier & Chefchaouen – Last Weeks In Morocco

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Lighthouse at Cape Spartel, a few kilometers west of Tangier. An imaginary line between Cape Spartel in Morocco and Cape Trafalgar in Spain delineates the western side of the Strait of Gibraltar. Photo by David Griggs/ladailypost.com   
 

David Griggs with the Tangier harbor in the background. Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has been very active in upgrading the port facilities and city of Tangier in general. Courtesy photo

 

By DAVID H. GRIGGS
Foreign Correspondent
Los Alamos Daily Post
 
Was that William S. Burroughs at the next table?
 
La Petit Soco still
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RTD Adds Additional Bus To Accomodate Chimayo Pilgrams Good Friday, March 25

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NCRTD News:

In addition to its regular Chimayo Route bus, the North Central Regional Transit District (RTD “Blue Bus”) will be adding an additional bus along its Española to Chimayo route to accommodate people making the annual pilgrimage to El Santuario de Chimayo on Good Friday, March 25.

Two ADA accessible buses will run on a continuous loop throughout the day 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (the first bus begins at 8 a.m. and the second at 8:30 a.m.) departing from the Española Transit Center on Oñate across from Cook’s Hardware. The route then traverses N.M. 76 with multiple designated RTD bus stops in each Read More

Williams: Numbers Don’t Lie – What Do They Tell Us About Proposed Central-N.M. 502 Roundabout?

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Image by Joel M. Williams

 
By JOEL M. WILLIAMS
Los Alamos

Several days ago, I showed what the simple roundabout at Central-N.M. 502 proposed by Los Alamos County Public Works and selected by Los Alamos County Council in 2012 has “morphed” into … a land-gobbling mammoth. It seems appropriate now to envision how this roundabout will operate.

In order to do this, we need some numbers. Together in the accompanying figure are the current intersection, the roadway of the proposed roundabout and a table of traffic flow numbers during peak hours (morning, noon, and evening), Read More

NMDOT Prepares For El Santuario De Chimayo Walk

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Walkers on the road to Chimayo. LADP/File photo

NMDOT News:

  • US 84/285 Sweeping Operations Santa Fe To Pojoaque Begin Today

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) will begin sweeping operations on US 84/285 from mile marker 186 (Jct. US 84 & NM 106/NM399) in La Mesilla to mile marker 177 in Pojoaque.

The sweeping operations kicks off NMDOT maintenance crews schedules for cleaning activities and preparation for the annual El Santuario de Chimayo Walk.

Today through March 18, motorists can expect minor delays 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 4 a.m. daily. There Read More

Veterans Can Now Ride Free On NCRTD Premium Fare-Based Routes

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NCRTD News:
 
While riding on 19 of the NCRTD’s bus routes remains fare-free to all, veterans can now ride free on the District’s fare-based Mountain Trail route to Ski Santa Fe and the weekend Taos Express, which offers express service between Taos, Española and Santa Fe, as well as two demand service routes.
 
Upon boarding any of the NCRTD fare-based routes, veterans must present a veterans ID photo badge or valid New Mexico driver’s license, with a veteran’s designation, and their fare will be waived. 
 
“Veterans have made a great sacrifice to all of us and we want to thank
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Learn About Assisted Transportation Services

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LARSO News:

The Low Vision and Hearing Challenged Support Group will meet with a representative from Atomic City Transit to learn about the changes to assisted transportation services.

The meeting is 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 22 in the classroom at the Betty Ehart Senior Center.

The public is invited to come with questions. Atomic City Transit will have new service applications on hand. Read More

Movement Of Large Military Aircraft To Occur On New Mexico Roads

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The movement of this large, oversized load consisting of a military aircraft will move through the state this weekend and ending on Monday. Courtesy/NMDOT

The movement of this large, oversized load consisting of a military aircraft will move through the state this weekend and ending on Monday. Courtesy/NMDOT

NMDOT News:

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) has announced that the movement of a large, oversized load consisting of a military aircraft will move through the state starting this weekend and ending on Monday.

The oversized load will travel through five Read More

255 Mountain Trail Bus To Run Weekend/Holiday Schedule Daily March 7-18

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RTD News:
 
In recognition of Spring Break, the North Central Regional Transit District RTD 255 Mountain Trail bus to Ski Santa Fe will be operating on its weekend/holiday schedule each day throughout the Spring Break period Monday, March 7 through Friday, March 18.
 
The weekend/holiday schedule provides seven roundtrips per day to Ski Santa Fe, rather than the normal weekday schedule that provides three roundtrips per day.
 
The fare is $5 each way, exact change required. Riders to the Ski basin will be given a token upon exiting the bus that
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