In the first three months of this year, nineteen pedestrians were hit and killed in New Mexico. This is up from thirteen in the first three months of 2015. The Land of Enchantment has long had one of the highest pedestrian fatality rates in the nation. 2015 showed a decrease, but the new year seems to indicate that… Read More Multi-Part Story of an Epidemic: Pedestrian Injuries/Deaths in New Mexico
First things, first: Have you had enough coffee this morning? Are you wired enough to read about land use zoning? Because, let’s face it, stories about zoning don’t tend to excite and inflame the human imagination. There are no John Keats poems about land use zoning. While they’ve even made a recent (and entertaining!) movie about… Read More Edith Transfer Station: Dawn of Zoning
Like most things, it’s more complicated than it might appear. On a simple level, you have a health-care facility, a beacon of healthy living incarnate, suggesting it needs more places for people driving cars to park at the expense of people riding bikes. On a simple level, it sounds amazingly ill-conceived. But it’s more complicated… Read More Presbyterian’s Plan to Turn Silver Avenue Into Parking: The Simple and Not-So-Simple
Sit back, grab a very large cup of coffee. Better make it a carafe. Here’s my DCF post concerning my “Rapid Ride” yesterday, 21st Century music, modern relationships and batter backups. Enjoy. Oh, here’s a photo taken of Central and Girard that didn’t make the cut, but includes public art, an old rapid ride bus,… Read More ART for Art’s Sake: Duke City Fix Post, 3.29.16
While Monday night’s more than four hours of discussion and debate over Albuquerque Rapid Transit (ART) at the City Council meeting had a bit of yelling and screaming, it was by and large a fairly sedate affair. It also provided some real chances to learn about the historical context of ART and why Central Avenue is going to… Read More Taking a Tape Measure to Albuquerque Rapid Transit (ART)
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
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