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Source: Albuquerque Journal, N.self storageM.Jan. 20--MORE ON THE BIG HOLES AT I-25 AND SUNPORT:Although the city explained in a recent column that the excavation here is part of a student housing development, readers want to dig a little deeper.Phil emails "many of us are curious about that excavation, watching it every day. Can you check your educated guess against mine? They pulled out old tires and pieces of concrete so they may have been cleaning up an old dump and back filling with 'engineered' dirt. Maybe an engineer will reply with more info. We are all waiting to hear."The wait is over.City Planning Department public information officer Deborah Nason got with Mark DiMenna, deputy director of the Albuquerque Environmental Health Department, and learned "the site in question is a former construction landfill. For all intents and purposes, it should primarily be concrete that is there. ... They're removing the old concrete, pulverizing it, and replacing it to the former landfill. Once it's in place, it will be compacted and built over. That's probably the most interesting element to this -- the materials will be removed, crushed into something that can be compacted, and replaced -- the planned depth was listed at roughly 35 feet."MORE ON HELP PUMPING GAS: After a call out to readers to name places that still put the service in service station -- especially for those who physically can't pump their own -- David Blacher emails "on the assumption that New Mexico law is similar to most all other states, ALL gas stations are required to pump for qualified handicap placard/license holders. The only caveat, I believe, is that the station have more than one staff person. Also, getting the attention of the attendant may be difficult, but most pumps do have a blue call button with the universal wheelchair symbol. I know that at Costco, and others, there is an additional larger sign, with the blue symbol, which says to honk for assistance."According to the National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association, which advocates for mobility and accessibility for drivers with disabilities, David is right on the money.The group's website says the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act means gas stations must "provide refueling assistance upon the request of an individual with a disability. A service station or convenience store is not required to provide such service at any time that it i迷利倉 operating on a remote-control basis with a single employee, but is encouraged to do so, if feasible."They must also "let patrons know -- e.g., through appropriate signs -- that customers with disabilities can obtain refueling assistance by using a call button, honking or otherwise signaling an employee."And they must "provide the refueling assistance without any charge beyond the self-serve price."However, according to the Mental and Physical Disability Law Reporter, New Mexico law gives stations the option of pumping or not pumping for disabled drivers.And that makes sharing real-life experience a valuable traveling tool.A HANDICAPPED PARKING WAKE-UP CALL: Marilyn Bevan emails "I used to have little rants about all the empty handicapped spaces in parking lots. One day I was hunting a parking space -- and ranting -- when I had a mental picture of God leaning down and saying 'Marilyn, if you want to park there I can fix it.' It's been years, but I'm still grateful I don't need that space and am never tempted to park in a handicapped space. No, it wasn't a vision, but it was a reminder."AND BUS ROUTES IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND: ABQ RIDE is ramping up promotion of its free app and texting service that provide real-time bus information.Marketing manager Vanessa Baca says the app has "been downloaded over 13,000 times since January 2013, and has been instrumental in helping reduce 311 calls from folks asking the location of their next bus." The TXT2RIDE service provides "the next two departure times of Rapid Ride buses. (Riders) simply send a text to 2-7433 (2-RIDE) with the bus stop number and the route number, and within 10 seconds or less they get a response text with the next two bus times. This service has also been very helpful in lowering transit calls to 311."This year the texting service will add routes, and the goal is to ultimately include all routes and stops.Assistant editorial page editor D'Val Westphal tackles commuter issues for the Metro area on Mondays and West Siders and Rio Ranchoans on Saturdays. Reach her at 823-3858; road@abqjournal.com; P.O. Drawer J, Albuquerque, NM 87103; or go to ABQjournal.com/traffic to read previous columns and join in the conversation.Copyright: ___ (c)2014 the Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, N.M.) Visit the Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, N.M.) at .abqjournal.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉