Albuquerque City Council considers Final Action on Councilor Benton’s proposed Downtown Safe Zone at its meeting starting at 5:00 p.m. this late afternoon. BB readers are quite informed on the proposal, right down to some needed tweaks, such as: Including Lomas Blvd.; Implementing previously planned parking-protected bike lanes (say that five times fast) on Lead… Read More ABQ City Council Discusses Downtown Safe Zone Tonight
Active transportation advocate Ed Hillsman periodically brings roadway matters up to Better Burque, often including truly beautiful photography illustrating truly poor roadway infrastructure. I wish WordPress/BB could pass along the following images of the current have/have not bike lane striping and such on Washington NE between Copper and Central Avenue in high-quality original: Thanks Ed… Read More Pretty Photos of an Ugly Intersection: Washington & Copper
Yesterday, Better Burque glowed in the vivid yellow of about 16-feet of brand-new curb marking along the north side of Silver SE just west of Morningside. This early morning, not quite so much glowing… Most everyone knows you’re not supposed to park along a yellow-painted curb. Actually, everybody knows that. ✔ Education And the City has… Read More Yellow Curb Update: Education, Engineering, and…What’s that Third “E”?
In a world and time filled with sordid, unfortunately true stories about the unspeakable and contemptible, don’t we all need a happy roadway engineering story? I know I do. And here’s one that is not only happy, but absolutely true. It also would absolutely bore the utter hell out of you to hear/read the long… Read More Happiness Just a 311 Call, 2 Months, and 14 Comments Away: Great News at Silver & Morningside
This morning another person was killed trying to walk across Coors Boulevard between Rio Bravo Blvd. and Las Estancias SW. Our count makes this at least three walking deaths since 2016, with other incidents related here and here. Living close to this stretch of Coors in the far South Valley, and with all these incidents,… Read More Calling Bullshit and the Mayor on Deadly Coors and Las Estancias
The past weekend saw yet another person killed walking Albuquerque’s roadways. As quite often happens, the initial (as well as almost always final) media report neatly tidies things up with Albuquerque Police Department serving as de facto judge, jury, and executioner: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A pedestrian died in an incident near Montgomery and Carlisle.… Read More Walking Roadway Deaths: Quick Blame but Lasting Psychological Effects
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