by Scot Today, July 31st, is the deadline to get your thoughts on the proposed Sunport/Woodward extension project passed along to those responsible for collecting such thoughts. As a South Valley resident and lover of history, I’ve spent quite a bit of time pondering the project and the rather shameful history of how the neighborhoods nearby… Read More Comments on Sunport/Woodward Extension Project

Question: Where is this photo of the semi-official Better Burque Staff Mascot “Colgi” taken? And why is it quite a bit easier to ride a road bike/skinny tires there these days? Hint Photo: Any ideas where photo #1 was taken? Any ideas why getting there is easier these days? No, it’s not because of the… Read More BB VaguePost #1: Where is This; Why is Riding a Bike There Easy These Days?

by Scot I really, really am trying to never write a single word about K-12 education in New Mexico, ever, ever again. But NM Public Education Department (PED) pulls me back in like the Mafia or Sin Nombre tweet. Reading Shelby Parea’s fine piece in the Journal this morning about the ongoing spat between PED… Read More Meanwhile Back at the NM Public Education Lame Duck Dumpster Fire

by Scot Because I’m currently too busy to think about anything other than whether using  “extends” or “lengthens” is a better word choice in a grant application, it took a Tweet this afternoon from Urban ABQ to remind me about this Friday’s, the 27th, deadline to get comments in for the draft Regional Transportation Safety… Read More Get Your Regional Transportation Safety Action Plan Comments In! Now!

by Scot I only have a minute or two before I must reenter “Federal Grant Purgatory” (all of the Hell, but with limbo included), but, in batting around cycling route ideas on fixing the long-detested stretch of El Pueblo east of North Diversion Channel Trail, what if we obviated any interaction with the train tracks… Read More Let Me Run an Idea By You: Avoiding the Dreaded El Pueblo Train Tracks

by Scot One of my roadway fixations the past few years has been the socio-economic and other impacts resulting from the route chosen for I-25 back in the 1950s, in particular from what is now I-40 to Rio Bravo. I have perhaps devoted more total words and pictures to this subject, one I term creation… Read More Burque Roadway History, 1956: “The Narrow Waistline” That Became a “Border Wall”