Sidenote: Am I the only one left who still prefers the hard-copy bike map?    As bike infrastructure evolves in Albuquerque, a trend which probably constitutes more Better Burque content than any other, the rising need, more than ever, becomes overcoming the safety gaps between new/safer/greater infrastructure projects. While some cyclists only ride very short distances… Read More Where are the Bike Infrastructure Gaps in Burque? An Interactive Brainstorm

Note: This is the weekly BB Duke City Fix piece. Devoted BB readers will notice a few mentions below that have been made here previously. All that means is that you are a tremendously hip and cool person. So it’s a compliment. Enjoy…   With 279 data points and 83 separate roads collected so far, and… Read More Last Chance to Help Measure Bike Lanes! Best/Worst of AABLE So Far

PCI color-coding for area around Menaul/Alvarado (subject of future post) via ArcGIS platform mentioned below   We might not have much in New Mexico when it comes to some things (e.g., manufacturing jobs, Malaysian restaurants, ethical House leadership in the Legislature), but one thing we do have, I’ve found, is a number of local government folks… Read More Taking Time to Thank Those Helping Better Burque

It’s been a while since we updated on our effort to measure the width of all the bike lanes in Albuquerque. Reasons for this are many, including slothfulness on the part of your current chronicler. The hot Summer weather also played a role, most prominently in my often using it as an excuse to be… Read More AABLE Status Report, October 5, 2016: The SW Quadrant

  “Witnesses report brain matter in the roadway.” It’s the absolute very first thing I heard just the other night having renewed my unfortunate recent habit of listening to theBernalillo County Public Safety scanner. In respect for the dead, I’ll spare more detail than that, as the ‘brain matter’ had to do with yet another pedestrian… Read More Pedestrian Injuries/Deaths: We Tend to Forget They Are Human