Albuquerque City Council President Dan Lewis was quoted a few days back in a Journal story regarding Albuquerque Rapid Transit (ART). He said: “I don’t believe mass transit is a core function of government.” That statement has been rattling around the addled-brain of Better Burque for five days now, in somewhat the same way those… Read More Burque Councilor Dan Lewis’ Libertarian Zen Koan
In response to public comment that Central Avenue buses are “only for drunks and drug addicts,” Albuquerque Rapid Transit proponents have altered the $119 million plan to include a drunks and druggies “Slow Ride” bus system to run alongside the Rapid Transit option. The “Slow Ride” will be an enhanced version of the existing (and somewhat… Read More ART Project Adds Drunks and Druggies “Slow Ride” Option
Here’s the headline from KOB-TV: South Valley SWAT Standoff Ends With Felon in Custody Here’s where this standoff took place: Notice all the references to “San Jose” and “East San Jose” in this area? This is the San Jose neighborhood, not the “South Valley.” San Jose, aka “East San Jose,” has been around about as… Read More Burque (and KOB-TV) Needs Better Neighborhood Identification
The confluence of two issues as controversial as bike lanes and gentrification is bound to heighten the emotional and largely ignores the merely analytical. On top of that, questions such as to whether bike lane placement is based on class/race and if bike lane placement leads to negative impacts of gentrification are damn hard questions to scientifically… Read More Does Burque Bike Lane Placement Reflect/Create Gentrification?
Mayor Berry’s Albuquerque Rapid Transit (ART) plan has become one of those, frankly, fun situations in which the loud vocal, over-the-top emotion of politics melds with the soft-spoken, but equally passionate, nerdom of public policy. Right now it appears the nerds are winning, but the “season” is not over. This week features three more “games,” i.e.,… Read More ABQ Rapid Transit (ART) and the Green Blob
With regard to support and opposition to the proposed Albuquerque Rapid Transit (ART), emphasis continues to be heavy on the Nob Hill impact. While everyone seems to be debating how much Nob Hill shops like Hey Jhonny and Nob Hill Music will be affected, here are two Street View screenshots near the proposed Old Coors Rd. station. First,… Read More ABQ Rapid Transit and West Central Impact: A Non-Existent Question?
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