(APD Lt. Zak) Cottrell, who joined APD’s traffic unit in 2013, said there’s one definite: The blame lies with the pedestrian in almost all crashes. “Most of ours are pedestrian error,” he said. Cottrell said that so far this year there have been 408 crashes involving pedestrians. Nineteen drivers in nonfatal crashes were given citations,… Read More Simple “Pedestrian Error” Often a More Complicated Reality
Scot from Better Burque (me) last night appeared in a KRQE news story based on our weekend post about a bike ride up Coors Boulevard through Paseo del Norte and this sign we came across: While relating the tale and a few poorly crafted remarks to the reporter, it occurred to me that it all… Read More Epilogue About That Sign on Coors Boulevard
To spot what is very possibly the single stupidest roadway sign in Albuquerque it helps to not be terribly bright yourself. The Better Burque Tactical Urbanism Team (BBTUT) cycled north and west yesterday. At some point in this venture, a decision was made that immediately resulted in dramatically heightened pulse rates, via fear of impending… Read More Surviving the Stupidest Road Sign in Town
Peeling back layers to better understand why today’s youngsters don’t walk or ride bikes to/from school consists of much layer peeling. The layers/factors are many and their seeming permanence often hardened to the point where change might be impossible. Take Albuquerque Public School boundaries for its elementaries. In a perfect world, most conducive to neighborhood… Read More Safer Routes to APS Schools: Elementary School Boundaries
Yesterday’s Albuquerque Journal featured a meaningful, thoughtful, and insightful editorial (e.g.., it does a very good job of summing up what this blog is all about) on deaths to those walking our roadways. Kudos to the Journal Editorial Board and not just because Better Burque was mentioned. Raising awareness of the issue and doing so… Read More Newspaper Editorials: 2019 and 1920
(Note: This post may be too graphic and disturbing for some readers. Consideration of this advised.) Better Burque continues to comb through APD crash reports and investigations for those killed walking our roadways in 2017 and 2018. As you can easily imagine, these reports are filled with grisly details and somber humanity. We’ll be writing… Read More Mini-Walking Fatality Story: The “‘Barf’ Green Pickup”
Not much to add to yesterday’s KOB-TV story from reporter Ryan Laughlin on Mayor’s Keller decision to reestablish a better feedback loop for citizens in reporting problems via 311/SeeClickFix. We mention the story here as BB has been gently, lovingly ranting about the problem for months. In response to 2018 Albuquerque Progress Report survey findings… Read More Mayor Keller Now Wants to Fix 311
