This Corona thing is made even more annoying by the fact that this week I was supposed to be back in San Francisco for “Artisan 2” at the Baking Institute, a separately taught second week to take lessons on sourdough and Viennoiserie (pain au chocolat, croissants, brioche). I had no idea when I went for… Read More Breadder Burque Ch. VI: What Does the Future Hold?
Your eyes aren’t deceiving you. The number of cyclists/walkers/rollers on the Bosque Path (aka: “Paseo del Bosque,” “Riverside Trail,” etc.) has jumped significantly during this time of general social isolation and concomitant cabin fever. Figures provided to BB (including those which can be found at this MRCOG webpage) illustrate the jump at, in this case,… Read More Folks are Thronging to Area Paths
Last minute reminder that today is the deadline for comments on the latest/last draft of the area’s 2040 Metropolitan Transportation Plan. BB has passed along a few thoughts on its earlier draft, and will here only send along one graph newly included as a performance “target” in Appendix I of the document. Any thoughts on… Read More Deadline Today for Comments on 2040 Metropolitan Transportation Plan
People are driving less locally and around the world these days, but you wouldn’t know it from looking at the number of those killed trying to walk New Mexico roadways last month. Here’s a category breakdown of such fatalities from the Traffic Research Unit: Having tracked these figures for quite some time, month of March… Read More March NM Walking Deaths Soar Despite Driving Dip
Editor’s Note: In-house bread baking has become such an isolation/social-distancing phenomenon that Stephen Fry has added it to the 1,000,000 things he already does: My first attempt at sourdough bread is cooling… took five days to prepare and feed the active starter. The loaf has certainly risen – we’ll have to see how it tastes…… Read More Breadder Burque Chapter VI: Sharing the Love
Readers will recall the Better Burque Tactical Urbanism Team’s (BBTUT) action last week to better reposition an ill-considered “Road Work Ahead” sign sitting square in the bike lane on Atrisco NW. As part of that action, a 311/SeeClickFix report was filed. Below is the actual, unaltered thread of communication between Scot at BB and 311/SCF.… Read More In These Kafkaesque Times, Nobody Out-Kafkas CABQ’s 311/SeeClickFix
