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. Those interested are very much invited to attend a collaborative meeting this coming Monday, April 16th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. I lived in Portland, Oregon for about 11 years… Read More Vision for a Safer Albuquerque
The New Mexico Department of Transportation and City of Albuquerque are in talks to team up on installation of what would be the very first Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) signal pattern in New Mexico. Site of the proposed installation: That nasty, nasty crossing of what becomes the southbound Interstate frontage road from the roadway monstrosity… Read More NMDOT and CABQ Propose New Idea to Solve Dangerous PdN @ I-25 Crossing
The folks working toward a “Vision Zero” transportation safety agenda for Albuquerque are meeting Monday, 4/16/18: Please join us on April 16th, 2018 from 6 to 8 pm to talk about implementing vision zero in Albuquerque as a traffic safety policy that takes an ethical approach toward achieving safety for all road users, setting the… Read More Vision Zero Meeting Monday, April 16, 2018
Awarding an interaction as “Best Politician Interview” is akin to “Best Light Beer” in terms of a very low bar, so to speak. Most, if not almost all, politician interviews are nothing but duck, dive, weave and inarticulately avoid. The same cannot be said for the recent fascinating chat between Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller and… Read More Mayor Keller Drops Many Bombshells on A.R.T.
Today in “I’m not very smart.” This could very easily be a daily feature at BB. Since it’s installation back in 2015, your humble blogger has been trying to tell anyone within hearing distance that the HAWK signal at Lomas Blvd. and Alvarado N.E. has lousy signal timing, while the HAWK at Isleta Blvd. and… Read More Conclusive Video Proof That the Lomas Blvd. HAWK Has Lousy Signal Timing
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
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