Summer means road maintenance, and Burque City Department of Municipal Development (DMD) is currently working/finishing several repaving jobs for streets that have come up “due” for such work in DMD’s mysterious, and really hard to publicly obtain, maintenance schedule. One such job in-progress is Mountain Road NW between 12th and Rio Grande Boulevard. Fresh pavement… Read More Let’s Just Not Stripe Roadways at All: A Contemplation
It’s not all bad news out there. Honest. Here’s the new mural on southside Coal Avenue east of 2nd to help cyclists/walkers as they ascend the hill over the railroad trestle to Broadway Boulevard.
Construction looks almost complete on the new “Zocalo Lofts” at the Southwest corner of Coal Ave. and 4th St. S.W. Downtown. Visiting the area yesterday to see how roadway striping was proceeding on both Coal and 4th St., I came across what looks to be brand-new curb, gutter, sidewalk work done along with the building… Read More ADA-Compliance Problems on Coal/4th at Zocalo Lofts
I live and work in the South Valley, a universally acknowledged “poor part of town” where poverty rates for children reach as high as 40% in some census tracts. I know those statistics from research I do as part of my current “day job” writing grants seeking funds to improve the economy down here. One… Read More How Vehicles Keep the South Valley Poor
Ten days ago, BB posted photos of the new road striping on 4th St. between Bridge Blvd. and Coal Ave. The double lines only about 2 feet apart seemed intended as “door-zone buffers” for opening driver-side doors of parked cars, and certainly not bike lanes. But we weren’t sure. Now we’re definitely not sure. While… Read More What the Hell Update: 4th St. Striping/Signage at Coal Ave.
The Albuquerque Journal editorial board yesterday chimed in with its view on the current status of the proposed Complete Streets Ordinance renewal/revision, chiding its authors for lack of safety and “user volumes” emphasis. I can’t find fault with that analysis, and the lack of safety/volumes emphasis is an important aspect of the legislation’s overall lack… Read More Where to Start with “Complete Streets”? Answer: Here, Here, and Here
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