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
Interested in making our city a better, more informed place? Know or want an excuse to know more about local transportation, education and other issues? Willing to share that interest via the ever-amorphous, oft-frustrating and never fully satisfying internet? Better Burque was never intended to be a one-horse interwebs town and this is a call… Read More Wanna Make Better Burque Better? Call For Contributors
After extensive planning (and noted here a few weeks back), Albuquerque’s Department of Municipal Development (the road people) has announced bike improvements on Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard from University Avenue to Broadway Boulevard. This is a big deal. Traffic and other aspects of MLK make it a favorite East/West route to/from downtown and UNM for… Read More Burque Goes Green and Turns Danish
