Reading this story of misguided pedestrian blaming at Streetsblog, USA this morning has me going back through my notes on 2016 fatalities for those killed walking the streets of ABQ and BernCo that year. Going through the police reports on those deaths was, as you might imagine, a powerfully sobering experience. I’ve held on to… Read More Two Brief, Yet Indelible, Pedestrian Fatality Incident Details

by Scot BB recently mentioned the little bike route jog recommended on the ABQ Bike Map for those wishing to get from largely pleasant Claremont NE to the almost always wonderful North Diversion Channel Trail (NDC). Here’s the only problem with that recommended jog: Photo: John Fleck, “Official Better Burque Staff Photographer” Yeah, Candelaria approaching… Read More The Scrawny, Gritty Alternative to a Bridge from Claremont to NDC

by Scot In the bike count land of the largely blind, Strava counts are King. While entities such as MRCOG do collect a growing set of data regarding how many cyclists are out there, it’s a costly, time-consuming process that still has a way to go in fully documenting usage. If you’re a user of… Read More Looking at Strava Data for Lead, Coal, & Silver

by Scot Newly appointed Official Staff Photographer John Fleck and I yesterday rode the 97% pleasant, 3% terrifying (i.e., crossing San Mateo and Wyoming) that is Claremont NE, running East/West from basically Eubank in the far NE Heights all the way to about 50 feet from where this Official Staff Photographer photograph was taken: As… Read More Let’s Put Up a Bridge Between Claremont NE and North Diversion Channel Trail

Grim news on the New Mexico traffic fatality front, in particular pedestrian deaths. After having significant trailed to this point the historically high numbers killed in 2016, August 2017 deaths outpaced last year’s in August, continuing a trend that seems to indicate 2015’s low number of deaths to be the true outlier: Compiling the monthly… Read More Traffic Fatalities Return to High 2016 Levels, Pedestrian Deaths Included

In the “You think that’s narrow? Hold my beer…” department, visual documentarian of all things Girard Complete Streets Project, John Fleck, has captured an even skinnier bike lane than was posted at BB around ten days ago: This is Girard at Wilson Pl. NE, and that’s 24 inches of bike lane, Mr. Fleck reports. Speaking… Read More One More Follow-Up on the Ugly Girard Blvd. Bike Lanes