Gibson Blvd. awaits extension into Santolina, perhaps, at what is now the city’s far southwest side. I wonder what these neighbors think…

by Scot Where was I? Oh yes, yesterday I promised a second part to our look at the 2016 I-25 South Corridor Study and how it applies to Lead Avenue. Apologies that yesterday became today, which certainly sounds like a Beatles album title, the one with the greatest cover ever, but all that would be… Read More Lead Ave. & I-25: A Review of Its Bike/Ped Future in Two Parts: Part II

By Scot A graphic, blurb, and another graphic this morning before expanding on what “it all means” later today. Below is a visual detail from the 2016 South I-25 Corridor Study, a NMDOT-commissioned consultant look into the future of I-25 from I-40 to the Broadway exit south of town: See that dark red line segment… Read More Lead Ave. & I-25: A Review of Its Bike/Ped Future in Two Parts: Part I

I’ve been feeling bad about the whole Girard bicycle lane debacle, like it’s somehow my  fault, or at the very least that I don’t  have much standing to complain about the results. (Because we at Better Burque can’t help ourselves, let us remind you of the results.) Here’s the root of my guilt. I’m a… Read More “Stealth Democracy*” and the Girard bicycle lane

Looking west on Central just east of the Rio Grande bridge. I’m gonna miss A.R.T. construction…  

Reading this story of misguided pedestrian blaming at Streetsblog, USA this morning has me going back through my notes on 2016 fatalities for those killed walking the streets of ABQ and BernCo that year. Going through the police reports on those deaths was, as you might imagine, a powerfully sobering experience. I’ve held on to… Read More Two Brief, Yet Indelible, Pedestrian Fatality Incident Details