Here’s something to lift spirits on what has definitely been a tough week or two on the non-motorized roadway front in good ‘ol Burque. Remember those far too skinny bike lanes on Girard Blvd. from Lomas to near Indian School done as part of Girard’s “Complete Street” restriping? Well, as announced some weeks back by… Read More City’s DMD In Process of Fixing Girard Blvd. “Skinny Lanes”
Nobody likes it, not really, when fixes to roadways problems of engineering, education and enforcement (“3Es”) only happen when somebody dies. I had the chance to attend a meeting yesterday afternoon in which that sentiment was generally shared, even by those who have led the successful effort to have Mayor Tim Keller and City Councilors… Read More A Framework for Making School Crossings Safer Beyond Louisiana Blvd. and Natalie Ave.
Earlier this afternoon, Albuquerque Mayor Keller and City Council pledged $300,000 for a HAWK signal at the intersection of Louisiana Blvd. and Natalie Ave., site of last Thursday death of a 12-year-old crossing the street at the existent crosswalk there. We’ll have a few words on that tomorrow morning. In the interim, here’s a photo… Read More Re-Painting the Crosswalk, Isleta Blvd. at Clinton S.W.
After a few pieces of information, observation and consternation here at Better Burque in response to the removal of protective bike lane curbs and flexposts on 4th Street Downtown, and scant information from the City on why it happened, someone on Twitter had the good idea that we ask Mayor Tim Keller via Twitter about… Read More Mayor Keller Responds Regarding 4th Street Protected Bike Lane Removal
The above photo is from several months ago, but given what folks are telling me today, about just as many cars are already parking in the 4th Street Bike Lane, now that its physical separations of curbs and flexposts have been yanked. Heck, maybe some of these same cars from last July are parked there… Read More From the Parking in 4th St. Bike Lane Photo Vault: A Case Study in “Redundant”
KOB has aired the City of Albuquerque’s explanation for the removal of the flexposts and other effluvia on Fourth Street that, for a bright and shining moment, represented the vanguard of protected bicycle lanes in Albuquerque: They say there are already signs on the light post banning parking in the bike lane there so it… Read More On the redundancy of bike lane protection
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