The Better Burque Tactical Urbanism Team (BBTUT) thought it would be fun this morning to ride up the Silver Bike Boulevard before riding/walking in the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. march. The Silver Bike Boulevard route was fun. Until we got to I-25. Naturally. Didn’t quite have time to take photos, but a guy (guessing,… Read More Focusing on the Right Things and Not That Guy In That Car This Morning
Note: Grab another cup of coffee. You’ve got some assigned reading. Also, as is the case with such incidents, the facts below include graphic and disturbing references. Readers are advised. Continuing our look, via public records request, into 2017-2018 Albuquerque Police Department reports/investigations following the death of someone walking our roadways, the entire investigatory report… Read More Another, Deeper Look at Complexities of “Pedestrian Error”
We write about roadway signs often here at Better Burque, and, yes, often that writing is of the scathingly critical variety. Not so today! Above is a sign that Ryan Gosling’s character in “The Big Short” would describe as an ice cream sundae. A wayfinding sign! A great wayfinding sign! There are even “sprinkles” informing… Read More More Signs Like This, Please
(APD Lt. Zak) Cottrell, who joined APD’s traffic unit in 2013, said there’s one definite: The blame lies with the pedestrian in almost all crashes. “Most of ours are pedestrian error,” he said. Cottrell said that so far this year there have been 408 crashes involving pedestrians. Nineteen drivers in nonfatal crashes were given citations,… Read More Simple “Pedestrian Error” Often a More Complicated Reality
Scot from Better Burque (me) last night appeared in a KRQE news story based on our weekend post about a bike ride up Coors Boulevard through Paseo del Norte and this sign we came across: While relating the tale and a few poorly crafted remarks to the reporter, it occurred to me that it all… Read More Epilogue About That Sign on Coors Boulevard
To spot what is very possibly the single stupidest roadway sign in Albuquerque it helps to not be terribly bright yourself. The Better Burque Tactical Urbanism Team (BBTUT) cycled north and west yesterday. At some point in this venture, a decision was made that immediately resulted in dramatically heightened pulse rates, via fear of impending… Read More Surviving the Stupidest Road Sign in Town
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