Councilor Isaac Benton’s proposal adding language to the City’s Traffic Code banning motor vehicles from bicycle lanes moved a step closer to final enactment at last night’s meeting of the Council’s Land Use, Planning and Zoning (LUPZ) Committee. On a 4-0 Committee vote, and with voiced endorsement by an Albuquerque Police Department representative, “O-18-14” moves… Read More Ordinance Banning Cars from ABQ Bike Lanes Moves to Full Council Vote

Last night’s meeting of the Greater Albuquerque Bicycling Advisory Committee (GABAC) featured introduction of an idea by Albuquerque City Councilor Isaac Benton advocating that downtown ABQ have a 20 mph speed limit throughout. What “throughout” means in terms of boundary (e.g., does downtown, and such a restriction, include Lead and Coal Avenues?) is at an… Read More Is 20 MPH Plenty in Downtown Burque?

If we at Better Burque are going to capture/relate every single Suddenly Ending Bike Lane (SEBL) in the area, we better get on the stick. There’s soooooooooooo many to document! Here’s the latest installment, with a slight emphasis on the Southeastern quadrant of ABQ:           Got any SEBL contributions? Send ’em in… Read More Suddenly Ending Bike Lanes (SEBLs) Chapter III: Starring San Pedro (Again)

The April 2018 monthly report from the Traffic Research Unit at UNM further confirms the 2018 trend of fewer overall traffic fatalities and higher percentages of those deaths being those trying to walk on/along/near our roadways. Meanwhile, to our immediate west, the City of Phoenix is making both regional and national headlines with its sickening… Read More Walking NM Roadways Continues to be Deadly at a Record Pace

Editor’s Note: The following post is by Charlie Otto, who wrote on protected intersections a couple of weeks ago. Keep in mind that we encourage a diversity of transportation viewpoints here; if you’re interested in having your opinions known by readers of BB, drop us a line.  Let’s face it Albuquerque is pretty spread out.… Read More Moving Beyond Sidewalks to Protected Cycling/Walking Lanes