We at BetterBurque (used, finally, as a true first person plural and not a “Royal We”) mentioned last week that the debate over Albuquerque Rapid Transit (ART) is just about universally conducted by those who have never and will never regularly ride an Albuquerque bus. Because of this, much of the focus has centered on car-centric issues, such… Read More Exploring Albuquerque Rapid Transit: Those 1.3 Million New Riders
The intense scrutiny and controversy over Albuquerque Rapid Transit (ART) has had something of an argumentative disconnect in terms of ART’s role within the overall ABQ Ride transit system. A big reason for this is that approximately zero of the politically powerful players arguing, on either side, actually ride the bus. And one gets the strong… Read More Exploring What ART is Supposed to Be About, The Bus: Part I
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?
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
A cyclist was hit and killed crossing Broadway on Central Avenue last night by a woman who was given a field sobriety check after the incident. According to informal recordkeeping, this is the 2nd Burque cycling death so far in 2016. That the death occurred on Central is no surprise to anyone. The “Mother Road”… Read More Albuquerque Rapid Transit and the Bike/Ped Dangers of Central Avenue
In an effusive display that pedestrians getting hit by cars does matter if the victim’s age is 4, local media has been all over the case of the very young boy struck by a hit-and-run driver while crossing Central with his grandmother (age unknown) west of Rio Grande Blvd. at Clayton on Saturday night. The effusive media… Read More Tentative Case Study: 4-Year-Old Pedestrian Struck Crossing Central at Clayton
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