Author: Scot Key

Motor Traffic Street Closure Measure Passes: What Street Do You Want Fully Opened to Non-Motorized Use?

Albuquerque City Council last night unanimously passed Councilor Isaac Benton’s “Active Streets Initiative” making it possible, upon Mayor Keller’s signature (which is expected), to close some city streets temporarily to motorized traffic. As noted in yesterday’s BB post on the subject, the turn-around time from passage to possible implementation is remarkably rapid. Two weeks! Thus,… Read More Motor Traffic Street Closure Measure Passes: What Street Do You Want Fully Opened to Non-Motorized Use?

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Councilor Benton Proposes Closing Selected Streets to Non-Local Motor Traffic

Following actions taken in a multitude of cities worldwide, Albuquerque City Councilor Isaac Benton is tonight introducing an “Active Streets Initiative,” a Resolution that, if passed, would enable the City to close some streets, actually quite a few streets as shown below, to anything but local motorized traffic, making them much more comfortably accessible by… Read More Councilor Benton Proposes Closing Selected Streets to Non-Local Motor Traffic

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Quickly Catching You Up on the Embudo Trail Closure/Detour Saga

Because you have things to do, even/especially during a pandemic, you probably haven’t spent 99.3% of the last few days observing, pondering, obsessing, and reporting on the somewhat temporary closure of the Embudo Trail at its Carlisle underpass between I-40 and Menaul. Knowing you’re busy, let’s quickly catch you up via photos, maps, arrows, and… Read More Quickly Catching You Up on the Embudo Trail Closure/Detour Saga

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ABQ Walking Deaths and Race/Ethnicity

Our examination of 2019 crash reports involving pedestrian fatalities is not complete, owing to interruptions in public record requests due to COVID-19 and other factors, but a demographic look into the 32 reports researched so far shows the following relationship between race/ethnicity of those killed walking versus such percentages for the overall city population: Comfortable… Read More ABQ Walking Deaths and Race/Ethnicity

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