After a year of spousal haircuts and avoidance of any tightly enclosed public spaces, Better Burque got a haircut yesterday, followed by a long-needed trip to the local bike shop. The double-masked, had one vaccine shot (thanks for asking) trip to the barber was quick and it felt very good to be “out there again.”… Read More Will Local Cycling’s Popularity Survive Vaccination?
The Democratically-controlled 2021 New Mexico Legislature considered and passed legislation on a wide swath of issues reflecting concern for many underserved groups in our state and society. The long list of initiatives either already signed or currently on the Governor’s desk includes measures to: Repeal the unconstitutional state outlawing of abortions; Extend civil rights of… Read More 2021 NM Legislature Does Nothing to Address Traffic Violence
I have been following the trial of U.S.A.F. Airman Calvin Cooper, charged with reckless driving, involuntary manslaughter and negligent homicide in the killing of Angelica Baca while she waited in the median to continue crossing Louisiana Blvd. in March 2019. I first came across the case as part of a crash report/investigation search of ABQ… Read More Blaming Victim Gets Royal Defense Attorney Treatment at Trial of Airman Calvin Cooper
Remember House Bill 192 “Five Feet for Cyclists” from the 2019 New Mexico Legislative Session? The bill that passed, but was ultimately vetoed by Governor Lujan Grisham due to an “unfriendly amendment” from late Senator Jim White adding the provision that “to the extent practicable, a person shall not operate a bicycle within a vehicle… Read More “Five Feet for Cyclists” and the 2021 NM Legislative Session
As you may know, one of the area’s most urgent upcoming roadway construction projects is scheduled to be a reconstruction of the I-25/Montgomery interchange. We haven’t heard much about it lately, but locking in funding and design plans for the planned $70 million work has been ongoing for some time. It’s a bit unclear where… Read More I-25/Montgomery Reconstruction: Can we Better a Gap in a Guardrail?
2020 is now complete, preliminarily, in terms of traffic fatality data collected by the Traffic Research Unit at NMDOT/UNM. Despite the pandemic, roadway deaths didn’t drop as much as we might have thought/hoped. 2020’s slight drop from the absurd 425 deaths in 2019 to roughly the 2018 carnage figure is just another in the countless… Read More 2020 NM Traffic Fatalities: Pretty Much Same Broken Policy Record
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