by Scot Because I’m currently too busy to think about anything other than whether using “extends” or “lengthens” is a better word choice in a grant application, it took a Tweet this afternoon from Urban ABQ to remind me about this Friday’s, the 27th, deadline to get comments in for the draft Regional Transportation Safety… Read More Get Your Regional Transportation Safety Action Plan Comments In! Now!
by Scot I only have a minute or two before I must reenter “Federal Grant Purgatory” (all of the Hell, but with limbo included), but, in batting around cycling route ideas on fixing the long-detested stretch of El Pueblo east of North Diversion Channel Trail, what if we obviated any interaction with the train tracks… Read More Let Me Run an Idea By You: Avoiding the Dreaded El Pueblo Train Tracks
Albuquerque is not alone in its long, painful wait for federal transit dollars, according to Streetsblog’s Angie Schmitt: The Trump administration has slowed the release of federal transit grants to such a crawl that expansion projects in the works for years are now in jeopardy. Under U.S. DOT Commissioner Elaine Chao, the Federal Transit Administration… Read More A.R.T. funding: It’s not just Albuquerque
by Scot One of my roadway fixations the past few years has been the socio-economic and other impacts resulting from the route chosen for I-25 back in the 1950s, in particular from what is now I-40 to Rio Bravo. I have perhaps devoted more total words and pictures to this subject, one I term creation… Read More Burque Roadway History, 1956: “The Narrow Waistline” That Became a “Border Wall”
It’s a brief mention at KOB-TV, only a few words that Joseph Fricke has died. Struck in early July along Central Avenue by hit & run driver Allen Hackett, Mr. Fricke was horrifically propelled skyward from the crash, as seen in released APD footage. Now, a fortnight later, Mr. Fricke has died. Mr. Hackett allegedly… Read More Cyclist Joseph Fricke Dies From Hit-and-Run Crash Injuries
Albuquerque grew 36% in population during the 1980s, making it one of the fastest growing cities in the United States during that decade. In contrast, the city’s population grew only 2% from 2010 to 2016. Growing cities need “beltways.” At least, that’s what some powerful Burqenos argued back in the 1980s. Above we see the… Read More Burque Roadway History, 1989: Proposed Inner Beltway
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