Editor’s Note: The post below is by Lee Ann Ratzlaff, community organizer involved in the effort to adopt a Vision Zero traffic safety policy here via the Vision Zero Albuquerque Coalition. Last year, 379 people died on New Mexico roadways. Although many communities write off these fatalities as an unavoidable consequence of driving, cities which have adopted a… Read More This is Vision Zero Action Weekend in Albuquerque!
Following a 20 or so year career with Albuquerque Public Schools and a hastily convened “starter retirement,” I’ve been dabbling at K-12 education at a South Valley charter school for the past three semesters. The experience been the usual combination of fun, exhilaration, exasperation and plenty of 3:30 in the morning angst trying to figure… Read More Endless Summer: My Very Last Education Post
Editor’s Note: Today’s post was written by Charlie Otto, the co-founder and former owner of Grand Teton Brewing in Wilson, Wyoming, and Victor, Idaho. Charlie began bicycle touring in 1979. Since then, he says, “I have taken more than 25 trips of a month or longer across the United States, Canada, Europe, South America, Cuba, New Zealand,… Read More How to Find Safer, More Enjoyable Bike Routes Around Albuquerque
I had the chance to talk with Emily Jaceks of KOB-TV yesterday at the intersection of Menaul and University, site of someone killed walking last Friday night. Apparently, a snippet of our chat will air during a KOB newscast today. Throughout Jaceks and cameraman setting things up, and all during our chat, the setting, one… Read More Reflections on Another Roadway Death, This Time at Menaul and University
Pursuant to this morning’s post on the City of Albuquerque Parks & Rec placement of walker/jogger/runner/cyclist counters around town, Better Burque just got back from a ride of North Diversion Channel (NDC) and spotted the following just south of Indian School: As BB understands it, five of these poles with adjacent diamond-shape sensor counters have… Read More More Happy Holiday Non-Motorized News and Views
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