As many of us excitedly and/or skeptically try to wrap our heads around the proposed Rail Trail, it’s perhaps helpful to look at precedence and perceived best practices. City o’ ABQ’s January 2024 document outlining current Trail thinking includes examples from two other U.S. cities: San Antonio’s Riverwalk and Indianapolis’ Cultural Trail. Celebrating its tenth… Read More ABQ Rail Trail and the Indianapolis Experience

It might not seem the transpo-sexiest public meeting in history, but ABQ folks interested in extending lives through better multi-modal traffic infrastructure might want to check out this: What’s that? You don’t even know where 98th and Gibson is? You’ve also never heard of “Amole Arroyo Trail” and wonder that maybe it’s a trail used… Read More 98th and Gibson: Canvas for Real Multi-Modal Improvements

That microscopic, yet loyal set of Better Burque readers were last left hanging on their collected seat (they’re good at sharing a single seat) by news from 52 years ago that Albuquerque Public Schools almost, very nearly built its central, premier high school way out west overlooking the town from just east from what is… Read More This Just In, Circa-1972: New AHS Site and Emmanuel Schifani

Who says there’s not “Breaking News” when looking back at history? This just in…from 1972: Albuquerque High School came damn close to getting built west of the Rio Grande, “on a westside bluff which overlooks the river, the city, and the Sandia Mountains,” as depicted in this ever so gloriously hand-drawn map from the front-page… Read More News Flash 1972: New Albuquerque High to be built west of the River

I’ve been looking into the entreprenurial career and life of ABQ’s Joseph “Joe” Barnett recently, a name perhaps even you long-time Burqueños have never run across. To illustrate his importance to our town, and as a bit of backward storytelling, let’s first catch you up on the entirety of Mr. Barnett’s life via this Journal… Read More The Joseph Barnett Story: Obit Edition

As many area walkers/cyclists and zero golfers know, there’s a bike/ped overpass of I-40 at the Los Altos Golf Course/Pool. Did you know the original reason for this overpass had nothing to do with walkers or cyclists? I’ll let the caption of this Albuquerque Journal June 12, 1960 photo explain. If the wording above doesn’t… Read More History Behind Los Altos Bike/Ped Bridge Over I-40