Don’t you hate it when you have this really funny line that turns out not that funny and morally requires you to do some research to defend how supposedly funny and/or true the line is? Yeah, I know. Happens all the time. What the hell am I talking about? I’ll get to the ostensible “joke” later,… Read More What’s So Great About Cleveland? ART and BRT Envy
Had the chance to attend most of the Rio Grande Blvd. “Complete Streets Concept Plan” public meeting last night and it’s too bad you missed it (likely, as there were only about 20 people there). It was the exact opposite of every ART meeting: civil, thoughtful, informatively precise and creative in its exploration of ideas.… Read More 3.10.16 Rio Grande Blvd. Public Meeting: The Anti-ART
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?
