The above photo is from several months ago, but given what folks are telling me today, about just as many cars are already parking in the 4th Street Bike Lane, now that its physical separations of curbs and flexposts have been yanked. Heck, maybe some of these same cars from last July are parked there… Read More From the Parking in 4th St. Bike Lane Photo Vault: A Case Study in “Redundant”
As Better Burque reported yesterday, the protected bike lanes on 4th Street downtown, a feature of Mayor Berry’s “50-Mile Activity Loop,” are no more. Throughout its short existence, the “PBL” consisting of curb and flexpost separation was criticized by many, business owners and frustrated motorists wishing to park along 4th prime among them, of course.… Read More The Short, Generally Unhappy Life of Downtown’s Protected Bike Lane
Elise Kaplan, excellent reporter and writer for the Albuquerque Journal, weaves both the personal and the crime reporting into her story this morning on the death of 12-year-old Eliza “Justine” Almuina. The 6th Grader was killed very near her middle school on Louisiana Boulevard Thursday. That story is, of course, heart-wrenching and maddening. Heart-wrenching, sure. But… Read More Thoughts After Reading the Story of 6th Grader Killed on Louisiana Boulevard
We’ve spent and will increase spending millions and millions of dollars to keep our schools safer, at least until students leave school and travel our far more dangerous streets. As horrific as school shootings most certainly are, the numbers of students involved in carnage at school is nothing compared to the statistics of young people injured… Read More The Most Dangerous Place for Young People Isn’t School. It’s Our Roads.
I almost always avoid watching any video “evidence” in news stories, such as that posted yesterday by Tempe, Arizona Police showing Uber footage of its Autonomous Vehicle striking a pedestrian. My avoidance is based in part on a strong inability to deal with video violence in any setting. For instance, I’ve never quite understood the… Read More Truth, Deception and the Tempe Uber Video Footage
The South Valley is in the midst of several road construction projects. Two of these are first and foremost storm drainage projects: Blake Road at Coors to the Isleta Drain, and Barcelona Road from Armijo Drain to Isleta Drain. Note the termini aren’t roadways but waterways. Let’s go birds’ eye to get a better idea… Read More SV’s Barcelona Rd. Gets New Storm Drainage; Bike Lanes/Sidewalk, Too
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