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”

(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

Peeling back layers to better understand why today’s youngsters don’t walk or ride bikes to/from school consists of much layer peeling. The layers/factors are many and their seeming permanence often hardened to the point where change might be impossible. Take Albuquerque Public School boundaries for its elementaries. In a perfect world, most conducive to neighborhood… Read More Safer Routes to APS Schools: Elementary School Boundaries