As mentioned previously here, a public meeting was held last night to discuss the upcoming project to improve the intersection of Coors Blvd. and Blake Rd. in the South Valley, and its immediate environs. Despite living only about a mile, as the crow flies, from the intersection, it’s a place I don’t come across much,… Read More Front Line Report: Trying to ride a bicycle at Blake and Coors
In lieu of extended prose today, let’s post more photos from the Silver Bike Boulevard today. Here’s a snap which not only includes a truly beautiFUL bicycle, but also a portion of the new diverter preventing motorists left turns and whatnot at Silver and Girard: And below are two others looks. Whaddya think? And yes, I was… Read More Another Silver Bike Boulevard Photo: Diverter at Girard
“Another plan I have is ‘World Peace through Formal Introductions.’ The idea is that everyone in the world would be required to meet everyone else in the world, formally, at least once. You’d have to look the person in the eye, shake hands, repeat their name, and try to remember one outstanding physical characteristic. My… Read More Ending the War With “Them,” Chapter MDLXIX: Pedestrians
To misquote Colonel Kurtz in “Heart of Darkness,” “the disaster….the disaster…” “District 1 City Councilor Ken Sanchez said that the work so far is a ‘disaster,’ and that he didn’t expect so many lanes of Central to be closed even where no work is happening. He thought the work would be done in segments.”- from “City… Read More Councilor Sanchez Proposes Free Bus Rides During A.R.T. Construction
Note: This is the BB piece for Duke City Fix this week, but the votes count just as much here at Better Burque or any of the other 1,000 sites I’m hoping this “ballot question” shows up at in the next few days. “Vote early and often,” as they tritely say. Internet old-timers, like me,… Read More Screw Election 2016! A Case of True Participatory Democracy
Central Avenue and Monroe, Lunchtime, 10.24.16 Everything you’ve heard about the mayhem and horror of Central during Albuquerque Rapid Transit construction is true. Look at that bumper-to-bumper traffic! Despair for the inaccessible businesses and utter gridlock! Oh. The. Humanity. Yes, the trees once here are gone. In an effort at fairness, let’s look at those… Read More Burque Fall ’16 Transport Photo Series #1: A.R.T. Gridlock on Central Ave.
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