A reverse look at the short-lived fully-protected bike lane on 4th Street, looking southbound at Copper:     Better Burque heard reports and saw online evidence yesterday that the Downtown Bike Lane Massacre had begun. Warnings of Massacre have filtered out via various City sources pretty much ever since the bike lanes were first curb/flexpost-protected… Read More Downtown Bike Lane Massacre Currently in Progress

Tuesday morning, I was riding my bicycle up Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., past Broadway toward the University of New Mexico, in the bicycle lane, when I felt the whoosh of a bus pass me. Its side mirror nearly bonked me, and looking down I could see its wheels well over in the bike lane.… Read More SeeClickKafka – that time I tried to report almost being hit by a bus, a saga in N acts

Better Burque’s Bicycle Sensor Project Team (BBBSPT) has taken to using trench warfare as analogy in describing its incremental progress via 311/SeeClickFix to ensure that all signalized intersections have loop detectors set at sensitivity which detects cyclists/bicycles. Trench warfare isn’t a very apt analogy; we’re not in a war. It’s nothing like that. Nothing. We… Read More All Increased Sensitivity on the West Central Ave. Front

BB has taken several trips to/through Rancho Seco NW, a 227-foot “road” connecting Central and Lomas near Old Town. Those earlier trips revealed, again and again, the dangerous idiocy of the “cycle track” already almost faded from the single southbound driving lane. But it was not until our latest venture this past weekend to Rancho… Read More Today in “What the Hell is That?” Roadway Signage: Rancho Seco NW

Finishing up a busy four-day work week yesterday, I had my first chance to see the new HAWK signal in action at Louisiana and Natalie as Cleveland Middle School got out. The HAWK and other improvements were installed in reaction to the death of 6th Grader  Eliza “Justine” Almuina, killed trying to walk across Louisiana… Read More HAWK Signal At Louisiana Blvd and Natalie NE