Back in ye olde bloggin’ days o’ yore, Fridays were the day to post a “Friday Distraction” The shtick was that it’s Friday, I’m tired of writing about education (that’s what I used to write about, before I got so tired of writing about education that I retired from education) and there’s plenty of great music… Read More Coal Ave. The Revelator
Heard the expression “short and sweet”? File this one under: “short and bitter.” It’s the flash nonfiction tale of your City of Albuquerque tax dollars being repeatedly wasted, with subplots of zero communication between government “silos” & engineering/execution incompetence. Let’s take our story chronologically: April 1, 2016 (approximately): Above is how Encantado N.E. looked going… Read More DCF Post, 8.30.16: The Not-So-Charmed Life of CABQ and Encantado N.E.
As an Albuquerque-centric blog, BetterBurque can now report that plans are afoot (or a-transit, if you prefer) for Amtrak to run high-speed trains, traveling 160 mph plus, within 2,000 miles of Albuquerque. Yes, we’re talking “Eastern Seaboard” here, and its very big, relatively close, cities. It is worth noting, however, that if the Amtrak train going through… Read More Modern Transit Creeps Toward Burque
News events almost always get one to thinking of John Lennon, never more so than the last day or three in Albuquerque. It’s kinda hard to “Imagine” much positive around here right now, but as something of a distraction, if nothing else, let’s Imagine all the cyclists who currently use Silver Ave between Yale and… Read More Silver Avenue Detour: You May Say I’m a Dreamer
Note: It isn’t all about bike lanes anymore. Or at least it doesn’t have to be. Here’s the BetterBurque does Duke City Fix post for this week. Throw BB an email if you’re interested in either/both proposals below. We’re continuing to measure all Duke City bike lanes, yet that’s just the potential beginning of… Read More BB’s DCF Post, 8.23.16: More Cycling Data Collection Fun
We looked at evidence of gentrification a few months back, using a map created by the folks at Governing. While in the process of measuring bike lanes (still plenty of lanes left to do, see here for details!), conversation between measurements by riding buddies has covered many topics, including cycling and gentrification. Gentrification is one… Read More Burque’s Gentrified Downtown: Statistical Mirage?
