by Scot The monthly traffic fatality report from the Traffic Research Unit at UNM has been released. Last month saw a relative uptick in the rate of overall deaths: And while the record pace of those killed walking our roadways very slightly slowed, the first two cycling deaths of 2018 unfortunately took place last month:… Read More Two Cycling Deaths in June 2018 NM Traffic Fatality Report
The guy cycling in this photo could stand to lose a few pounds, but the important thing here is placement of new flexposts on Girard northbound at its intersection with Central Avenue. More good work from City of Albuquerque here! And while we’re thinking of this intersection, you know what would also really help there?… Read More More Better Burque: There’s a Fat Man, in the Bike Lane, Wearing Blue
What’s the collective noun for clothes hangers? You know, like a “gaggle of geese” or a “murder of crows”? I looked up one such list and found nothing; ergo, BB nominates “entanglement of hangers,” as in the entanglement of hangers discovered lying throughout the bike lane westbound on Lead Avenue under I-25 earlier this early… Read More Better Burque’s “Insta-311” Service: Lead at I-25 Westbound
KOB-TV’s Meg Hilling went a little deeper into the effects of a recent hit-and-run crash and is commended for doing so. Joseph Fricke, cyclist and Golden Pride restaurant employee, was horrifically vaulted 15 or 20 feet into the air as Allen Hackett plowed into him on Central Ave. and Dorothy St. near Juan Tabo Blvd. last… Read More Getting to Better Know Those Involved in Roadway Carnage
The rising epidemic of those killed walking Albuquerque streets included one more person earlier today on/near Tramway and on/near Comanche/Candelaria. I include all the “on/near” and other “/” as early news reports aren’t more specific; however, if this latest death is like 99% of other pedestrian fatality reports, it’s as specific as we are ever… Read More Another Pedestrian Fatality and the Need for Deeper Understanding
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