Citylab’s Laura Bliss, et. al., have put together a thorough statistical and visual look at how verbal-only implementation of “Vision Zero” pledges since Chicago in 2012 have  largely not resulted in any discernible drop in roadway deaths. Expansively looking at early-adopter Vision Zero cities such as San Francisco and Washington, D.C., the piece is truly… Read More Vision Zero: All Safety Hat, No Safer Cattle to This Point

We’ve got some BIG news to share with you today! Tune in to our livestream on Facebook at 11:15 a.m. to find out what it is: https://t.co/WpJlfOQsvS Here’s a hint: 🚎#OneAlbuquerque #ABQRide @abqride — Mayor Tim Keller (@MayorKeller) November 8, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Might our long municipal transportation nightmare, a.k.a. the horrifically long gestation period of… Read More Could A.R.T.’s Long, Long, Long Birth Be Finally in the Delivery Room?

If the Albuquerque Journal can post a news “story” that is nothing but tweets strung together, why can’t Better Burque? APD enroute to an accident involving a pedestrian 5th and Lead @abqfire — APD Traffic (@ABQTraffic) November 4, 2019 Downtown intersections such as 5th/Lead have undergone significant changes in road engineering and public policy lately.… Read More Short Note on Walking Crash at 5th and Lead

It’s interesting that the absolute best places to keep up with news about death/injury to those trying to walk our roads are law firm websites.  These online “news stories” include Google Map views and everything. Of course, primary motivation for these firms’ “news gathering” isn’t fixing the problem, it’s drumming up business from those killed/injured… Read More All the Walking Death/Injury News Fit to Put on a Law Firm Website

The ongoing funny saga of New York Avenue south and east of Central Avenue has taken a botanical turn of sorts. Incorporated as bike infrastructure escape from Central Ave. at its curve around the Country Club in response to A.R.T. construction and the El Vado Motel Redevelopment, New York Avenue, a crudely drawn and engineered… Read More It’s a Road, It’s a Bike Path, It’s a Parking Lot, It’s a Dessert Topping

I don’t make it to Nob Hill as much as I used to, about once every three months it seems. That infrequency makes each sojourn there now a brand new adventure, as there are invariably new shops/restaurants and newly closed shops/restaurants. Finding my bearings is only made possible by landmark, long-time survivors, such as The… Read More Streetview Fun: Death Retail/Restaurant Sites in Nob Hill