KOB-TV’s Meg Hilling went a little deeper into the effects of a recent hit-and-run crash and is commended for doing so. Joseph Fricke, cyclist and Golden Pride restaurant employee, was horrifically vaulted 15 or 20 feet into the air as Allen Hackett plowed into him on Central Ave. and Dorothy St. near Juan Tabo Blvd. last… Read More Getting to Better Know Those Involved in Roadway Carnage

The rising epidemic of those killed walking Albuquerque streets included one more person earlier today on/near Tramway and on/near Comanche/Candelaria. I include all the “on/near” and other “/” as early news reports aren’t more specific; however, if this latest death is like 99% of other pedestrian fatality reports, it’s as specific as we are ever… Read More Another Pedestrian Fatality and the Need for Deeper Understanding

As a rule, I avoid reading, and especially watching, any story with a headline like “APD releases video of graphic hit-and-run crash involving bicyclist.” In this case, I made an exception, regretfully so, in retrospect. As I’m sure is true for most, if not all, cyclists who venture out beyond the safety of multi-use paths,… Read More We Hold These Truths to be Self-Evident, Everybody, Anybody, Gets to Drive a Car

The gentleman conveniently cut off in this photo caught me taking photos of his roadway striping work at Rue Belanger and Rue Drolet yesterday evening: Once caught, he started talking animatedly, in French of course, while I took another infrastructure-nerd shot. Having admitted I didn’t know French, he suavely moved into English to laughingly tell… Read More Please Sign My Roadway Striping Fan Photo

Despite, or actually a bit because of, the heat, I took a Noontime ride/pilgrimage to Montreal’s Laurier Metro Station display bike counter. Someday. Someday sooner than most might think, we’re gonna have one of these “Eco-Display” counters somewhere in Albuquerque. Call it optimism, call it overcoming our “we don’t deserve/can’t afford nice things” inferiority complex,… Read More ABQ Deserves Unnecessary, but Very Nice Things, Too: Let’s Get a Display Bike Counter

Don’t want to give too much away, as it is a “quiz” and all. Thus, the video below might take a second viewing for it to sink in. Still, it’s worth the extra viewing time for those interested in how to make things safer for walkers/cyclists and less encouraging for drivers through signals/signal timing. The… Read More Signal Timing Video Quiz: See What’s Going On in This Short Clip?