Let’s say you have a residential street over 30 feet wide, and you’re trying to slow traffic down a bit due to its combination of width, cycling friendliness, and a desire on the parts of neighbors to avoid feeling like they are involuntary spectators at a NASCAR event.. Sure, let’s have some abundant on-street parking,… Read More Bike Infrastructure Ideas, Montreal: #1 in an Informal Series
by Scot We mentioned yesterday’s meeting of the Greater Albuquerque Bicycling Advisory Committee, and although I’m currently away considering political asylum in Canada… I’m kidding. Sorta. No way these tight-border Canadians would accept non-French speaking Americans solely because of the political situation down South. But I do have a Special Education license and things are… Read More More Bridge Work on the North Diversion Channel Trail: A Distant Report
(Editor’s Note: BB readers, if you’d prefer not hearing/seeing about Montreal, there should be plenty of Burque content in coming days, thanks to the help of others not currently inhabiting French Canadian cities. If you’d like to be included in the group “others,” drop a guest column to Better Burque. Operators are standing by.) … Read More Photo Greetings From an Outraged Canada
The Greater Albuquerque Bicycle Advisory Committee will convene this afternoon (Monday 6/11/18) to talk about all the things, including: a debriefing on the fabulously successful Bike to Word Day (by “fabulously successful” I mean I got free fruit, hope to learn how much free fruit was distributed and other things) a discussion of what is… Read More Bicycle Advisory Committee today
There was so much to love about yesterday’s Albuquerque Pride Parade, turning Central from Girard to San Pedro for a morning into a festive reminder of love and diversity and wonderful rainbow-colored stuff. Lots of rainbow-colored stuff. It was wonderful to see the opportunity clearing out the cars for a morning presents. And the A.R.T.… Read More #ABQPride and repurposing our streets
The Burque dock/dockless bike share program PACE kicked off a little over a month ago. Below is a reader-submitted graphic that makes my South Valley heart sing: The screengrab above is from the PACE app. It shows an available bike at Isleta Blvd. and Blake Rd. in the/my deep South Valley. A bit of further… Read More PACE Bike Share: Making the South Valley YOUR Vacation Destination!
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