O Rancho Seco Cycle Track, we hardly knew ye For if not signed so strangely as above We’d never thought you were designed To be a Cycle Track like this No drivers did, for they did zoom Into the Wendy’s unaware Mere faded stripes indicated “protection” Along your 227-foot gentle curve. No, you were never… Read More Elegy for Rancho Seco Cycle Track
Having finished my first round of research of Albuquerque Police Department reports on 2017-2018 walking fatalities, I can report that many of the lives ended by these incidents were anything but smooth and often troubled. As noted sometime back, it makes sense given that we have made walking our roadways so unsafe that only those… Read More Small Details of “Pedestrian Error” at Menaul and University NE
What is to be done regarding the curious intersection of Columbia and Santa Clara SE? The latest attempt, of several over the years, to find an agreeable remedy for speeding traffic and various aspects of bad driving at the infamous intersection will have a decided “tactical urbanism” twinge. Culminating a long process of input and… Read More City of Albuquerque to Go Tactical Urbanist at Santa Clara/Columbia
The Better Burque Tactical Urbanism Team (BBTUT) rode to the far east side of Burque through Singing Arrow Community Center yesterday on our way to the corner of Tramway and Wenowah: The visit brought to memory a fairly recent news story about the Community Center and a question about Tramway and Wenowah, location of the… Read More Riding Through NIMBY Dreamland
You might remember the legal aftermath from the 6/17/18 crash between a verified drunk driver and speeding driver at Montgomery Blvd. and Pan-American Freeway. The crash resulted, via unclear circumstances, in the death of Carlos Medrano-Olivas. The deceased was either walking or skateboarding in the vicinity and the violent collision between a legally impaired Valerie… Read More Person Killed in Crash Between Speeder/Drunk Driver Forgotten, So Far
I’m headed to the Victory Hills Neighborhood Association meeting tonight, despite not living in that neighborhood, because that Association rocks in terms of traffic studies and making its streets more walkable. It’s a wondrous organization. Here’s the route Google Maps feels is “best” for cyclists getting to Loma Linda Community Center, host to the meeting:… Read More Little Google Reasons Why Bike Maps Matter
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