We at BetterBurque (used, finally, as a true first person plural and not a “Royal We”) mentioned last week that the debate over Albuquerque Rapid Transit (ART) is just about universally conducted by those who have never and will never regularly ride an Albuquerque bus. Because of this, much of the focus has centered on car-centric issues, such… Read More Exploring Albuquerque Rapid Transit: Those 1.3 Million New Riders
Better Burque proprietor Scot and I, on a leisurely Sunday bike ride, ended up this morning at a forlorn dead end street on the fringe of Mesa del Sol, the ambitious mixed use development on Albuquerque’s south side. Like much about this project, Stryker Road SE begins with enthusiasm (“I’m a street to somewhere!”) and ends… Read More Mesa del Sol and Albuquerque’s road to nowhere
The intense scrutiny and controversy over Albuquerque Rapid Transit (ART) has had something of an argumentative disconnect in terms of ART’s role within the overall ABQ Ride transit system. A big reason for this is that approximately zero of the politically powerful players arguing, on either side, actually ride the bus. And one gets the strong… Read More Exploring What ART is Supposed to Be About, The Bus: Part I
As Albuquerque Rapid Transit wobbles its way toward a construction phase scheduled to begin in just over a month, the project’s acrimony phase plods on. Led by Flying Star restaurants’ Jean Bernstein, the opposition group “Make ART Smart” has released a commissioned report by UNM traffic engineering assistant professor Gregory Rowangould. The report is highly critical… Read More Albuquerque Rapid Transit: Are Facts Stupid Things?
The Short The Albuquerque Journal Editorial Board opines on the high incidence of pedestrian injury/death in New Mexico. One way to look at the editorial is to see it as progress in terms of addressing the issue. Then there’s the reality of how deeply the editorial covers the issue. Namely: Tanner Tixier, a spokesman for… Read More Short Pedestrians and Long Links
Zuni Road, a street through one of Burque’s more troubled neighborhoods, is getting a “road diet” to address one of its many troubles, its high incidence of cycling and pedestrian injury/death. Councilor Pat Davis, following through on work started by his predecessor Rey Garduno, has been instrumental in bypassing right-of-way issues that have blocked a larger reconstruction to instead… Read More Zuni Road Gets Long-Awaited “Road Diet”
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