The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management put out an April 2018 report entitled “Cycling Facts” authored by the Netherlands Institute for Transport Policy Analysis. Here’s the cover and typical photo from this short, easy-to-read, yet info/chart-filled report: An American’s first reaction to the photos above is most likely a repetition of the oft-uttered “We’re… Read More Walking Lost in the “We’re Not Amsterdam” Shuffle
Note: The following isn’t violently graphic in a direct way, but may make one despair a bit about humanity, technology, and what’s considered important and “okay” these days. For those who don’t have time/inclination to wade through the redacted pages below, another in a series of 2017-2018 APD crash report/supplementary investigation reports on deaths to… Read More A Case of Elderly “Pedestrian Error” and Driver of a Big-Ass Truck
The Better Burque Tactical Urbanism Team (BBTUT) thought it would be fun this morning to ride up the Silver Bike Boulevard before riding/walking in the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. march. The Silver Bike Boulevard route was fun. Until we got to I-25. Naturally. Didn’t quite have time to take photos, but a guy (guessing,… Read More Focusing on the Right Things and Not That Guy In That Car This Morning
Note: Grab another cup of coffee. You’ve got some assigned reading. Also, as is the case with such incidents, the facts below include graphic and disturbing references. Readers are advised. Continuing our look, via public records request, into 2017-2018 Albuquerque Police Department reports/investigations following the death of someone walking our roadways, the entire investigatory report… Read More Another, Deeper Look at Complexities of “Pedestrian Error”
We write about roadway signs often here at Better Burque, and, yes, often that writing is of the scathingly critical variety. Not so today! Above is a sign that Ryan Gosling’s character in “The Big Short” would describe as an ice cream sundae. A wayfinding sign! A great wayfinding sign! There are even “sprinkles” informing… Read More More Signs Like This, Please
(APD Lt. Zak) Cottrell, who joined APD’s traffic unit in 2013, said there’s one definite: The blame lies with the pedestrian in almost all crashes. “Most of ours are pedestrian error,” he said. Cottrell said that so far this year there have been 408 crashes involving pedestrians. Nineteen drivers in nonfatal crashes were given citations,… Read More Simple “Pedestrian Error” Often a More Complicated Reality
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