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
As Better Burque reported yesterday, the protected bike lanes on 4th Street downtown, a feature of Mayor Berry’s “50-Mile Activity Loop,” are no more. Throughout its short existence, the “PBL” consisting of curb and flexpost separation was criticized by many, business owners and frustrated motorists wishing to park along 4th prime among them, of course.… Read More The Short, Generally Unhappy Life of Downtown’s Protected Bike Lane
It is with great sadness that Better Burque shares the news that Albuquerque’s first fully protected bike lane is no more. Erected with little fanfare or discussion, the lane’s barricades – the one spot in all of Albuquerque where we had an entire glorious block of street set aside emphatically for safe cycling –… Read More In Memoriam: Albuquerque’s Protected Bike Lane
Elise Kaplan, excellent reporter and writer for the Albuquerque Journal, weaves both the personal and the crime reporting into her story this morning on the death of 12-year-old Eliza “Justine” Almuina. The 6th Grader was killed very near her middle school on Louisiana Boulevard Thursday. That story is, of course, heart-wrenching and maddening. Heart-wrenching, sure. But… Read More Thoughts After Reading the Story of 6th Grader Killed on Louisiana Boulevard
We’ve spent and will increase spending millions and millions of dollars to keep our schools safer, at least until students leave school and travel our far more dangerous streets. As horrific as school shootings most certainly are, the numbers of students involved in carnage at school is nothing compared to the statistics of young people injured… Read More The Most Dangerous Place for Young People Isn’t School. It’s Our Roads.
I almost always avoid watching any video “evidence” in news stories, such as that posted yesterday by Tempe, Arizona Police showing Uber footage of its Autonomous Vehicle striking a pedestrian. My avoidance is based in part on a strong inability to deal with video violence in any setting. For instance, I’ve never quite understood the… Read More Truth, Deception and the Tempe Uber Video Footage
