A cyclist was hit and killed crossing Broadway on Central Avenue last night by a woman who was given a field sobriety check after the incident. According to informal recordkeeping, this is the 2nd Burque cycling death so far in 2016. That the death occurred on Central is no surprise to anyone. The “Mother Road”… Read More Albuquerque Rapid Transit and the Bike/Ped Dangers of Central Avenue
The “conventional wisdom” presents the following combination of narrative plot elements in its creation of a typical pedestrian injury/death: It’s dark outside and the victim is wearing dark clothes Victim stumbles drunkenly into the street This stumbling occurs far from a legitimate crosswalk And there are plenty of cases where this combination of narrative elements… Read More Deconstructing the Pedestrian Injury/Death Narrative
A gruesomely consistent 20% of pedestrian deaths are caused by hit-and-run drivers, and the corner of Virginia and Chico was the scene last Friday of Burque’s latest such injury leading to death. What led a couple in a black SUV to deliberately run Richard Sisneros over and drag him 200 feet is presently unclear. APD… Read More Pedestrians and Hit-and-Run: Grim Statistics and “Ghosts”
Only a few words today, as KOB has the story of Richard Barela, who was killed walking along unlit, sidewalk-free Dennis Chavez Blvd. west of Coors Blvd. last Thursday night. While KOB reporter Colton Stone’s piece is almost unique in that it actually touches both upon the life of the victim and the lack of road… Read More Pedestrian Injuries/Deaths: A Faint Glimmer of Human Interest
This past Tuesday night, a middle-aged man was struck and killed as he crossed Coors Boulevard between Gun Club and Las Estancias in the South Valley. According to news reports and Bernalillo County Sheriff Office spokesperson Felicia Romero, “…a Ford F250 pickup truck was traveling southbound on Coors as three people wearing dark clothing crossed… Read More Pedestrian Killed on Coors Boulevard: A Slightly Deeper Look
Who says Albuquerque’s South Valley never gets “nice things”? After a 2015 in which the project only wobbled, a long-awaited public meeting was held last night at Mountainview Community Center to explain/discuss an even more long-awaited project: the complete reconstruction of the woefully old, inadequate and dangerous I-25/Rio Bravo Interchange. Before a largely appreciative group, Senator Michael… Read More Public Meeting Report: I-25/Rio Bravo Interchange, 4.14.16
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