A personally busy bureaucratic week has me appreciating all the hard work that has gone into making the upcoming expansion of bike share in Albuquerque a reality. As reported by Nancy Tipton at the Journal, the current BICI program of 75 bikes at 15 stations will bloom to 250 bikes available at 50 stations around… Read More Bike Share to Expand in Burque, Docklessly (Sorta)

Better Burque has gotten into a habit, around the 15th of every month, of checking the latest Monthly Fatality Report update from the Traffic Research Unit (TRU) at UNM. For reasons probably no more sinister than they are busy, there’s been no TRU October update posted to this point, November 28th. Again, TRU is probably… Read More Pedestrians, Central Ave. and A.R.T.

While riding quite a few miles up and down the Rio Grande Trail over Thanksgiving, I also did a bit of online research of goings-on in the Roaring Fork Valley between Glenwood Spring and Aspen, Colorado. One of many things prompting my research was observing quite a few yard signs around the area stating: “United… Read More Moving Burque’s “Active Transportation” Forward: Experiences Elsewhere

I spend quite a bit of time in Germany and I’m very impressed by some of the local action I see. Local action cannot do it fully, but just think about all the bicycle-paths that they have built there. That is a case where the action of individuals is reducing emissions. At the same time… Read More Nobel laureate calls for better bicycle infrastructure

Above is a view of Mt. Sopris as I ride “Up Valley” on the Rio Grande Trail approaching Carbondale, Colorado. I add “Colorado” not only because of Carbondale, Illinois (no, I don’t believe there are mountains like Mr. Sopris in Southern Illinois), but also because of the Trail’s name. Rio Grande Trail?  I’m riding here… Read More Riding What Coloradans Call the “Rio Grande Trail”