Albuquerque’s unrelenting traffic violence has once again temporarily crossed into broad public consciousness with the killing of 7-year-old Pronoy Bhattacharya, allegedly by fugitive Sergio Almanza. I don’t need to relate the story, as the story is very much out there. While it’s important that Bhattacharya’s killing remain in our thoughts, and commendable that Mayor Keller… Read More Will Another Young Life Lost on ABQ Streets Lead to Real Change?

It’s been three weeks since we posted here and now I’m largely just posting an expletive-filled BB Tweet embed regarding the recent killing of a 7-year-old boy just trying to cross Central with his Dad after seeing the Albuquerque “River of Lights” parade. I will work on both the regularity of my posts and my… Read More Boy was Seven and Just Trying to Cross Central Ave at Tingley Blvd.

The fine folks building the nearly opened Valle de Oro NWR Visitor Center have currently made it possible for car-free folks to ride/walk right up the Center, while drivers are blocked a ways up the road. Darn. Don’t ya hate that? Enjoy your ride/walk out there folks. It’s a beautiful Center and environs.

The bloated and ever-dangerous Central Avenue between Juan Tabo and Tramway got a “road diet” recently. In this case, “diet” means periodic horizontal striping and continuous (except for many right turn lanes) white-line striping of the far right lane. So how’s our diet going? Here are a few admittedly sleepy Sunday morning snaps taken today… Read More That New Far East Central Avenue “Road Diet”

In the wake, funereal, of the failed soccer stadium initiative, there’s much talk of still building the place, just not “there.” Wherever “there” was gonna be. And with talk/derision about gentrification, parking, parking, gentrification, and parking, there’s been a general post-election “hot take” that we just build the damn thing out in Sprawlworld. You know,… Read More Better Burque Proposes Solution to Soccer Stadium Dilemma