You’ve doubtlessly read Better Burque’s report yesterday concerning construction work on the new Valle de Oro/2nd Street project that has “road closed” signs up near 2nd Street. A bit of follow-up contact with the friendly folks at Bernalillo County has confirmed that there will be an official closure and detour in place from now until… Read More Chavez Loop Closure/Detour Until November 10th

The gathering winds of Autumn led BBTUT south this past weekend, on what proved to be the good idea that we’d go against the wind early and benefit heavily coming back toward town. Our eventual route first followed the full and flowing Barr Canal, that bit of man-made waterway the mouth of which many users… Read More Smash the State: Tactical Urbanism Spreads on the Chavez Loop

Riding home on 43rd Ave last night, I thought about how much calmer and more confident I feel thanks to the new #protectedbikelanes. I guess haven’t tweeted much about my experiences on #SaferSkillman lately because I haven’t had anything to complain about! pic.twitter.com/KkyAIHaB4l — Laura Shepard (@LAShepard221) October 5, 2018 Look at the photo above… Read More Holidays are Coming: How About We Give Ourselves an Early Transportation Gift?

Good post this morning by Chris McKee at KRQE on the Keller Administration’s stated “push” for speeding up, so to speak, the City’s Neighborhood Traffic Management Program (NTMP).  The Program is designed to have the City evaluate neighborhood streets (no arterials, no collectors) for possible “calming” (a word pretty much everybody hates by this point,… Read More Keller Administration Wants Faster Studies of Those Driving Too Fast

After stepping up 311 and SeeClickFix calls regarding red lights sensing bicycles/cyclists and other cycling/walking roadway issues, the Better Burque Tactical Urbanism Team (BBTUT) is starting to see positive results, including the largely heretofore unseen use of prose from the “311 Citizen Contact Center” yesterday: If you’ve ever checked out Albuquerque’s edition of the SeeClickFix… Read More 311/SeeClickFix Campaign is Showing Results

Dramatis Personae Councilor Pat Davis: Kevin Bacon Councilor Ike Benton: John Lithgow Everybody Else in City Council/Albuquerque: Lori Singer (“that girl in ‘Footloose’”) Lime-S Electric Scooter Representative Tim Harter: Satan/Dancing/Skateboarding While your reviewer hasn’t actually seen the film “Footloose,” he is intimately familiar with growing up in small towns that basically outlawed dancing and held… Read More Theater Review: ABQ City Council’s Production of “Footloose”