Much of the discussion of “Vision Zero” – a transportation safety way of thinking being discussed in Albuquerque and across the United States – has focused on its European origins. Sweden, where Vision Zero began, is most often discussed, as are the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. But that leaves us vulnerable to the “but… Read More Vision Zero: comparing Australia and the United States
Albuquerque doesn’t have a Pedestrian Advisory Board (yet) but you’ve got a chance this week to bring up the issue of pedestrian safety, accessibility, and stuff at meetings of the Greater Albuquerque Bicycle Advisory Committee meeting (today) and the Transit Advisory Board (Thursday). The charmingly chairless GABAC will talk Vision Zero, the late, deeply lamented… Read More Bicycle, transit advisory meetings this week
We’re having a moment of sorts as we anguish over the death of a woman last night in Tempe, a pedestrian apparently struck by an autonomous car. But in the midst of a legitimate societal discussion about how to incorporate this new technology into our lives without killing one another, can we spare a bit… Read More Is now a good time to talk about pedestrian safety?
Some years ago, when I was employed in Journal Center on Albuquerque’s north side, my colleagues and I would use one of the flood control channels to cross beneath the pedestrian-unfriendly Jefferson Boulevard to get to the neighborhood lunch spots. I was thinking of that today as the Better Burque team explored Albuquerque’s southeast, in… Read More Albuquerque’s Fabled Southeast Passage
It was only as we neared the northern terminus of Albuquerque’s fabled Northwest Passage that it occurred to me, “Wait, isn’t this the neighborhood with the giant cow?” When last readers met our intrepid Better Burque adventure team, we were attempting to push north along the fabled Albuquerque Northwest Passage, that route that allows you… Read More Albuquerque’s Fabled Northwest Passage’s Fabled Giant Cow
A group of local pedestrian/bicycle advocates last night on Twitter engaged in a cathartic group rant, with pictures included, of places where Albuquerque’s pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure is terrible. It was accompanied by a running commentary of a common form: “Why don’t they just do X?”, where X is the obvious thing, like including a… Read More “Why don’t they just do X?”
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