As an Albuquerque-centric blog, BetterBurque can now report that plans are afoot (or a-transit, if you prefer) for Amtrak to run high-speed trains, traveling 160 mph plus, within 2,000 miles of Albuquerque. Yes, we’re talking “Eastern Seaboard” here, and its very big, relatively close, cities. It is worth noting, however, that if the Amtrak train going through… Read More Modern Transit Creeps Toward Burque
News events almost always get one to thinking of John Lennon, never more so than the last day or three in Albuquerque. It’s kinda hard to “Imagine” much positive around here right now, but as something of a distraction, if nothing else, let’s Imagine all the cyclists who currently use Silver Ave between Yale and… Read More Silver Avenue Detour: You May Say I’m a Dreamer
(Note: Another in what will surely be an endless series of “guest columns” here at Burque Babble! If you’re interested in doing the same, drop us a line here at BB and join the fun/nerdiness). By Burque McBikeface I spend much of my time advocating for better bicycle infrastructure. People typically respond to this fact by… Read More A 5-Step Citizen Planning Process to Advocate for New Bike Lanes
Photo: Glen Rosales, Albuquerque Journal, from “‘Crazy Crash Sunday’ Keeps Police Busy” This word “random,” I do not think it means what you think it means… “KOB 4 spoke with an APD spokesperson who says the number of accidents on Sunday was about three times the norm. They said there doesn’t seem to be a… Read More Good Clean Demolition Derby Fun in the Burque Sun
It started out being blogging haiku and ended up at War and Peace length, for a blogpost. A few simple semi-coherent thoughts on Albuquerque driving and traffic become, well, you be the reader/judge, in this week’s BetterBurque does Duke City Fix posting. The above street cross-section, by the way, is taken from the apparently moribund… Read More BB’s DCF Post for 7.5.16: A Few More Chapters on Burque Driving
Zuni Road, a street through one of Burque’s more troubled neighborhoods, is getting a “road diet” to address one of its many troubles, its high incidence of cycling and pedestrian injury/death. Councilor Pat Davis, following through on work started by his predecessor Rey Garduno, has been instrumental in bypassing right-of-way issues that have blocked a larger reconstruction to instead… Read More Zuni Road Gets Long-Awaited “Road Diet”
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