Rancho’s plans for Foothill Boulevard

The City of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., has just posted a computer animation video of its plans to dress up Foothill Boulevard (aka Route 66), including the Pacific Electric Trail overpass. The pedestrian bridge is particularly impressive. 12/28/2010 UPDATE: The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin reports that this project will be finished in late 2011.

Traffic report

Here's a recent TV report about the closure and detour from the westbound Bird Creek Bridge on Oklahoma 66 near Catoosa: I'm glad those rumble strips are being removed. I drove over them a few days ago, and they were incredibly bone-jarring.

He’s no tenderfoot

The Quay County Sun in Tucumcari, N.M., caught up with a Ron Zaleski, who's walking barefoot across the country -- including much of Route 66 -- for Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans. Zaleski is walking across the United States without shoes to gather signatures for a petition calling for mandatory counseling for soldiers heading into … Continue reading He’s no tenderfoot