Interested in making our city a better, more informed place? Know or want an excuse to know more about local transportation, education and other issues? Willing to share that interest via the ever-amorphous, oft-frustrating and never fully satisfying internet? Better Burque was never intended to be a one-horse interwebs town and this is a call… Read More Wanna Make Better Burque Better? Call For Contributors
After extensive planning (and noted here a few weeks back), Albuquerque’s Department of Municipal Development (the road people) has announced bike improvements on Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard from University Avenue to Broadway Boulevard. This is a big deal. Traffic and other aspects of MLK make it a favorite East/West route to/from downtown and UNM for… Read More Burque Goes Green and Turns Danish
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
While Monday night’s more than four hours of discussion and debate over Albuquerque Rapid Transit (ART) at the City Council meeting had a bit of yelling and screaming, it was by and large a fairly sedate affair. It also provided some real chances to learn about the historical context of ART and why Central Avenue is going to… Read More Taking a Tape Measure to Albuquerque Rapid Transit (ART)
Don’t you hate it when you have this really funny line that turns out not that funny and morally requires you to do some research to defend how supposedly funny and/or true the line is? Yeah, I know. Happens all the time. What the hell am I talking about? I’ll get to the ostensible “joke” later,… Read More What’s So Great About Cleveland? ART and BRT Envy
Had the chance to attend most of the Rio Grande Blvd. “Complete Streets Concept Plan” public meeting last night and it’s too bad you missed it (likely, as there were only about 20 people there). It was the exact opposite of every ART meeting: civil, thoughtful, informatively precise and creative in its exploration of ideas.… Read More 3.10.16 Rio Grande Blvd. Public Meeting: The Anti-ART
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