I heard a very rare story the other day. Someone told me they got a speeding ticket. Perhaps it’s because people don’t tend to open up much, but I can’t recall another such anecdote in recent years. “Word on the street,” always told in a jokey fashion that makes it seem both farcical and pathetic,… Read More Getting Beyond Anecdotes on Speeding Tickets in Burque
Vacation’s over. It was nice, thanks for asking… Amid all the hue, cry, wail and umbrage regarding Albuquerque Rapid Transit is the repeated use of the word “historic” to oppose the project. Employing the “picture worth a thousand words” model, propagandists (or advocates, if you prefer) use photos like the famous Ernest Haas shot as their call… Read More Albuquerque Rapid Transit: Image, Perception and Public Policy
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
The proposed station is “beyond ugly,” she said. – Lauren Austin, CABQ Landmarks Commission member and Huning Highland neighborhood resident, from “Landmark Commission Questions ART Project,” Albuquerque Journal, 4.13.16 You can’t legislate morality, and you may or may not know pornography when you see it, but what about making public policy centered around whether something is… Read More We May Not Know ART (Albuquerque Rapid Transit), But We Know What We Don’t Like
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
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