Downtown ABQ Lab
Carlos A. Michelen Strofer, Benjamin BeanA data-driven blog exploring greater downtown through creative visualizations and Strong Towns principles.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 11 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 3 months ago |
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Albuquerque's Hidden Deficit
Albuquerque is heading into budget season. If you’ve followed these before, you know what to expect.
High emotions, tense exchanges, and often tears as councilors grapple with painful decisions: what to cut, which promises to not deliver...
How Much City Is Too Much?
Why does it feel like Albuquerque can’t quite keep up? Why do potholes linger, sidewalks crumble, and basic services feel stretched, even as taxes and fees keep going up?
It’s tempting to blame mismanagement. Or corruption. Or politics. S...
Albuquerque Must Learn to Fund Its Own Future
The federal government’s decision to rescind $11.5 million promised to Albuquerque’s Rail Trail is not just disappointing—it’s absurd. The Department of Transportation wrote that our project “runs counter to DOT’s priority of focusing DOT’s...
Mayor Keller’s Homelessness Strategy Will Never Work
I’ve now heard Mayor Keller give the same stump speech three times in the past few months: at a Strong Towns ABQ meeting, at my neighborhood association in Huning Highlands, and at Sandia National Labs, where I work. Each time, he tells the...
Scooters are part of the solution. Let's treat them that way.
RE: City impounds improperly parked escooters (DAN, 4/1/25)
I love the new scooters. Few things have given me more hope for Albuquerque's future than seeing people from all walks of life using them to get around. They've made it easier for...
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