Vacation’s over. It was nice, thanks for asking… Amid all the hue, cry, wail and umbrage regarding Albuquerque Rapid Transit is the repeated use of the word “historic” to oppose the project. Employing the “picture worth a thousand words” model, propagandists (or advocates, if you prefer) use photos like the famous Ernest Haas shot as their call… Read More Albuquerque Rapid Transit: Image, Perception and Public Policy
This past Tuesday night, a middle-aged man was struck and killed as he crossed Coors Boulevard between Gun Club and Las Estancias in the South Valley. According to news reports and Bernalillo County Sheriff Office spokesperson Felicia Romero, “…a Ford F250 pickup truck was traveling southbound on Coors as three people wearing dark clothing crossed… Read More Pedestrian Killed on Coors Boulevard: A Slightly Deeper Look
In the first three months of this year, nineteen pedestrians were hit and killed in New Mexico. This is up from thirteen in the first three months of 2015. The Land of Enchantment has long had one of the highest pedestrian fatality rates in the nation. 2015 showed a decrease, but the new year seems to indicate that… Read More Multi-Part Story of an Epidemic: Pedestrian Injuries/Deaths in New Mexico
Who says Albuquerque’s South Valley never gets “nice things”? After a 2015 in which the project only wobbled, a long-awaited public meeting was held last night at Mountainview Community Center to explain/discuss an even more long-awaited project: the complete reconstruction of the woefully old, inadequate and dangerous I-25/Rio Bravo Interchange. Before a largely appreciative group, Senator Michael… Read More Public Meeting Report: I-25/Rio Bravo Interchange, 4.14.16
The proposed station is “beyond ugly,” she said. – Lauren Austin, CABQ Landmarks Commission member and Huning Highland neighborhood resident, from “Landmark Commission Questions ART Project,” Albuquerque Journal, 4.13.16 You can’t legislate morality, and you may or may not know pornography when you see it, but what about making public policy centered around whether something is… Read More We May Not Know ART (Albuquerque Rapid Transit), But We Know What We Don’t Like
First things, first: Have you had enough coffee this morning? Are you wired enough to read about land use zoning? Because, let’s face it, stories about zoning don’t tend to excite and inflame the human imagination. There are no John Keats poems about land use zoning. While they’ve even made a recent (and entertaining!) movie about… Read More Edith Transfer Station: Dawn of Zoning
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