The long, mind-numbing set of interactions between Better Burque and other community members with City o’ Albuquerque’s 311 service and “SeeClickFix” app/website has been exactly that: long and mind-numbing. These “conversations” have also been perversely funny and continue to be so. Below are two sets of screengrabs for recently reported problems. Astute readers as you are,… Read More 311/SeeClickFix Follies: Chapter XIII
An online check of New Mexico court records this morning reveals that one of two drivers involved in a June 2018 crash that left someone walking nearby dead was arraigned last week on a charge of Homicide by Vehicle (Reckless Driving). We wrote in January on the lingering legal outcomes resulting from the crash of… Read More Speeding Driver Arraigned in June ’18 Walking Death
There are days, coming hopefully soon, that we can successfully implement sweeping multi-modal policies, such as Complete Streets and Vision Zero, at the State level. But this is not yet one of those days. Today (or thereabouts) House Bill 192, “Five Feet for Passing Cyclists,” goes to the Senate floor for final passage before signature… Read More HB 192: First We Take 5-Feet; Then We Take Berlin
Preliminary data by UNM’s Traffic Research Unit reports that another eight New Mexicans died last month trying to walk our roadways. For context, here are the monthly NM fatalities that accrued to a record 83 dying by walking during 2018: 21 so far this year; 13 during the first two months of a record 2018.… Read More NM Walking Deaths Continue to Smash Records; Lead/Coal Update
Where are Albuquerque’s shared E-Scooters? Where will Scooterians (aka Scooterites aka Scooterquerqeans) ride? For quite some time now, Albuquerque’s Department of Planning and the Mayor’s Office has been piecing together rules of engagement for the now pretty long-awaited invasion (aka fabulous addition) of e-scooters. Those rules and that invasion are evidently now imminent. So the… Read More Where and Whither Burque E-Scooters?
Readers: Are you interested in closely following transportation matters, but have what is often referred to as “a life”? Are you too busy to attend things like City Council meetings, or, truth be told, does the mere thought of sitting in those uncomfortable chairs in the Council Chamber listening to public commenters and councilors drone… Read More Example in Easing Your Public Policy Guilt/Nerdom: Downtown Safe Zone
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