In records going back to 1995, New Mexico had not experienced two consecutive months of double-digit pedestrian fatalities in the state. Until now. The records also show that months with the deaths of 10 or more walking our state’s roadways has historically been very rare, but increasingly common. Year Fatalities Months 10 or more 1995… Read More Deaths of Those Walking NM Roadways Reaches Yet Another Gruesome Record
Although it’s only a mile from my house as the crow flies, I made a very, very rare cycling excursion to the intersection of Coors Blvd. and Rio Bravo/Dennis Chavez Blvds. yesterday. If you’ve ever driven, biked, walked this intersection, you already know why I almost never go there, using any form of transport. If… Read More Our Dangerous Roadways: Coors & Rio Bravo/Dennis Chavez
See these weeds along Tingley SW as it curves west and north across from a Bosque Path parking lot? Here’s a labeled satellite view if you’re not familiar: After first having our cycling view blocked on Tingley SW by the big weeds, thus making it hard/impossible to see southbound cars, Better Burque made a 311/SeeClickFix… Read More City “Resolves,” “Archives” but Doesn’t Fix Weed Problem on Tingley SW
A reverse look at the short-lived fully-protected bike lane on 4th Street, looking southbound at Copper: Better Burque heard reports and saw online evidence yesterday that the Downtown Bike Lane Massacre had begun. Warnings of Massacre have filtered out via various City sources pretty much ever since the bike lanes were first curb/flexpost-protected… Read More Downtown Bike Lane Massacre Currently in Progress
Tuesday morning, I was riding my bicycle up Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., past Broadway toward the University of New Mexico, in the bicycle lane, when I felt the whoosh of a bus pass me. Its side mirror nearly bonked me, and looking down I could see its wheels well over in the bike lane.… Read More SeeClickKafka – that time I tried to report almost being hit by a bus, a saga in N acts
Better Burque’s Bicycle Sensor Project Team (BBBSPT) has taken to using trench warfare as analogy in describing its incremental progress via 311/SeeClickFix to ensure that all signalized intersections have loop detectors set at sensitivity which detects cyclists/bicycles. Trench warfare isn’t a very apt analogy; we’re not in a war. It’s nothing like that. Nothing. We… Read More All Increased Sensitivity on the West Central Ave. Front
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