So, the proposed, and long-fought, “Edith Transfer Station” appears dead, for very understandable reasons. About the only thing that kept the idea alive, despite neighborhood environmental justice and traffic impact concerns, shoddy public outreach, and the fact that we are talking about (as the Journal finally admits in today’s headline) a “trash station,” is that… Read More Reader Poll: So Where Should ABQ’s “Trash Station” Be Located?

Late June, 2017: Galician coast a few kilometers south of Vigo, Spain

A few weeks back, John wrote a BB piece entitled “Why Don’t They Just Do X?” discussing how seemingly irrational and incomplete public policy decisions result, in part, from the complexity of interwoven jurisdictions. In response to my piece a few days back on the dilemma of Campus Boulevard & Carlisle very near Central Avenue, an… Read More “Why Did They Do X?”

June 24, 2017: Feasts of São João Weekend walkabout, Braga, Portugal

Yesterday Better Burque discussed the continuing saga of driving, cycling and parking along Campus Boulevard in Nob Hill. Today, let’s look at the east end of Campus. Namely, here: Campus & Carlisle looking eastbound uphill. Pretty safe to say, NOBODY likes this intersection. Neither cyclists, walkers, nor drivers. Yeah, the driver of the black pickup… Read More Campus & Carlisle: If You Can’t Solve a Problem, Become a Historian

June 27, 2017: Bordeaux-Sauveterre De Guyenne Piste Cyclable as the thunderstorm finally relented, just east of the Garonne River, Bordeaux, France. Yes, moisture really does come from the sky on occasion, Albuquerque, sometimes in overabundance.