Update: I wrote the rant below before coming to understand Governor Lujan Grisham actually excludes “exercising” from the list of activities requiring face protection. I leave the following unchanged after learning this, as excluding exercising is a really stupid fucking idea, particularly when most “exercising” in the Bosque Path mentions below were those walking no… Read More To Tell/Not to Tell & Rio Grande Blvd. Update
Editor’s Note: We’ve had backlash, and “bikelash,” now it’s “bakelash.” So much lashing; think I’ll go listen to the Pogues now. The Paris Review piece called Fuck the Bread, The Bread is Over. made multi appearances on my Facebook page, posted twice in my grad school MFA in Creative Nonfiction group, so I assumed it… Read More Breadder Burque Ch. X: They Will Love it Anyway
The widely noted reduction in driving due to the COVID crisis might have contributed to a slight drop in New Mexico traffic fatalities last month: But the number of those killed trying to walk our roadways continues to climb: 38 deaths through April 2020 puts us on a pace for 114 pedestrian fatalities this year,… Read More Fewer NM Drivers in April, yet Even Higher Record Levels of Walking Deaths
On Monday, we began what will probably be a series of reports and tentative analysis based on traffic count data supplied to BB by the Mid-Region Council of Governments. “MRCOG” conducts counts once every three years, and as pointed out in our look at the numbers for Central Avenue, that three-year window serendipitously happens to… Read More More on Traffic Counts and A.R.T.: Lead/Coal/Zuni
It’s a question put somewhat on the back burner amid rightful current emphasis on the drop in driving and overall mobility resulting from COVID-19, but it’s still a good and lasting question: How much has the construction and reconfiguration of Central Avenue due to Albuquerque Rapid Transit A.R.T., changed traffic counts on “The Mother Road”… Read More How Has A.R.T. Changed Driving on Central Avenue?
After getting two really unpleasant work emails this week, both of which made me cry silently and then rage, I feel it might be time to change careers. I’ve been thinking this for a while, actually, but nothing’s come of it—I can’t really figure out what the next “thing” is, so I continue running my… Read More Breadder Burque Ch. IX: Bread and Books
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