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?
by Scot As dedicated BB readers might remember, your humble blogposter went on a five-week bicycle tour of Portugal, a tiny bit of Spain, France, and a snippet of Germany last Summer. I wrote about the journey and while those tales had just about nothing to do with making Albuquerque Better, it sure as heck… Read More The Winding Tale of Frankie, a Bicycle
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