It was a nightmare for drivers. That’s the lead sentence in a KRQE report on the supposed Conradian horrors created by CABQ’s Department of Municipal Development (DMD) putting up some cones to temporarily make Coal and Lead Avenue one lane instead of two. While it’s very, very, very true that outreach and implementation are not… Read More Welcome to Your Relative Nightmare: Lead Avenue Cones v. Senate Judiciary Committee

Annual American Community Survey (ACS) responses are now available for 2017, and both the League of American Bicyclists and Seattle Bike Blog do a good job of digging into the numbers. While the usefulness of findings from the single question on the ACS, “How did this person get to work LAST WEEK?,” is stuffed with… Read More Burque Bike Commuters: Me and 2,382 of my Very Estimated Closest Friends

Many of us received an email yesterday heralding the latest draft of the State’s very first ever proposed bike plan. Perhaps you, too, are avoiding other political matters this morning by reading it. For now, just beginning to digest the draft plan’s contents ourselves, let’s primarily just link to the draft plan and info page… Read More NM Statewide Bike Plan Comments Due by November 8th

Does the current Hollywood Blockbuster of national/state politics have you down? Are today’s big budget political franchises and reboots, complete with social media product placement, leaving a bad taste in your mouth? Is that bad taste making you wonder if this whole democracy thing might be an impossibility in today’s political Hollywood? If so, check… Read More Democracy in 16 Millimeter is Better

Yesterday’s weekly ride had the Better Burque Tactical Urbanism Team (BBTUT) once again coming across a “Road Work Ahead” sign in the bike lane on Coal Avenue near Walter. Only this time it was sans signage. Echoing that great transportation song of the 60s, “The Sound of Silence” (“streets of cobblestone”? “written on the subway… Read More Tactical Urbanism Sunday: Road Sign Sound of Silence