Earlier this afternoon, Albuquerque Mayor Keller and City Council pledged $300,000 for a HAWK signal at the intersection of Louisiana Blvd. and Natalie Ave., site of last Thursday death of a 12-year-old crossing the street at the existent crosswalk there. We’ll have a few words on that tomorrow morning. In the interim, here’s a photo… Read More Re-Painting the Crosswalk, Isleta Blvd. at Clinton S.W.

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