BB’s DCF Post – 7.19.16: Albuquerque Rapid Transit (A.R.T.) and Everything After

Last week’s post concerned the existence and measurement of bike lanes, and “AABLE,” our effort to crowdsource measurement of them (including you!) will be on-going. Hope you can help out. Email me if you have questions, gripes, insights, and especially measurements for me. Meanwhile, let’s zoom past the rather horrific world of 2016, assume we’ll make it… Read More BB’s DCF Post – 7.19.16: Albuquerque Rapid Transit (A.R.T.) and Everything After

July 19, 2016July 19, 2016 Scot KeyLeave a comment

Actual, Bona Fide Good News in a Media Plague Year: Silver Ave. Bike Boulevard

After a five-day backpack in the beautiful, if bark beetle-savaged, South San Juan Wilderness of Southern Colorado, I returned from nearly a week of incommunicado to catch up on all the news hell occurring in my absence. It was not fun catching up. Still, amid all the horror and divisiveness, it seems I missed some public… Read More Actual, Bona Fide Good News in a Media Plague Year: Silver Ave. Bike Boulevard

July 18, 2016 Scot Key3 Comments

BB’s DCF Post for 7.5.16: A Few More Chapters on Burque Driving

It started out being blogging haiku and ended up at War and Peace length, for a blogpost. A few simple semi-coherent thoughts on Albuquerque driving and traffic become, well, you be the reader/judge, in this week’s BetterBurque does Duke City Fix posting. The above street cross-section, by the way, is taken from the apparently moribund… Read More BB’s DCF Post for 7.5.16: A Few More Chapters on Burque Driving

July 5, 2016 Scot KeyLeave a comment

Mesa del Sol and Albuquerque’s road to nowhere

Better Burque proprietor Scot and I, on a leisurely Sunday bike ride, ended up this morning at a forlorn dead end street on the fringe of Mesa del Sol, the ambitious mixed use development on Albuquerque’s south side. Like much about this project, Stryker Road SE begins with enthusiasm (“I’m a street to somewhere!”) and ends… Read More Mesa del Sol and Albuquerque’s road to nowhere

July 3, 2016July 3, 2016 jrfleck2 Comments

Albuquerque Rapid Transit: Are Facts Stupid Things?

As Albuquerque Rapid Transit wobbles its way toward a construction phase scheduled to begin in just over a month, the project’s acrimony phase plods on. Led by Flying Star restaurants’ Jean Bernstein, the opposition group “Make ART Smart” has released a commissioned report by UNM traffic engineering assistant professor Gregory Rowangould. The report is highly critical… Read More Albuquerque Rapid Transit: Are Facts Stupid Things?

June 27, 2016 Scot KeyLeave a comment

Short Pedestrians and Long Links

The Short The Albuquerque Journal Editorial Board opines on the high incidence of pedestrian injury/death in New Mexico. One way to look at the editorial is to see it as progress in terms of addressing the issue. Then there’s the reality of how deeply the editorial covers the issue. Namely: Tanner Tixier, a spokesman for… Read More Short Pedestrians and Long Links

June 15, 2016 Scot KeyLeave a comment

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