Not “Slick,” but another spokesperson for the President-Elect: Reince Priebus (Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore) In response to the story of a pedestrian killed last Friday night near the corner of Central Avenue and 86th St. N.W., a comment from “Slick” to the KRQE story online contained the following: 11pm on 86th and central. 80% chance it… Read More A Pedestrian Safety Message From a Representative of the President-Elect
Last night a pedestrian was struck and killed near the intersection of Central Avenue and 86th N.W., on the City’s west side. Reports blame the victim for “crossing in a non-designated crosswalk area.” And that will, almost certainly, be that from a news/investigatory standpoint. We’ll just chalk up another pedestrian fatality and carry on with transportation… Read More Pedestrian Killed at Central and 86th N.W.
A friend and I were discussing October’s historically high fourteen pedestrian deaths in New Mexico, and the general rise in such fatalities here and nationwide. “Cheap gas,” was first proffered, along with the concomitant rise in vehicle miles traveled (VMT). Alcohol intoxication on the part of drivers and/or pedestrians was considered. But a look into… Read More Why Pedestrian Fatalities Are Spiking in a Table and Four Graphs
While October saw “only” 34 traffic fatalities in New Mexico, the already high rate of pedestrian deaths here soared dramatically to fourteen in October, almost doubling the previous monthly high in 2016 of eight, back in February. Here are the gruesome findings in a table from UNM’s Traffic Research Unit’s October monthly report. The annual… Read More NM Pedestrian Fatalities Spike in October
Deciding that sitting around doing little more than refreshing the live blog on fivethirtyeight.com wasn’t really accomplishing much, and having far too much nervous Election Day energy, I figured my time would be better spent earlier today riding my bike to a few polling places down here in the South Valley. Another reason to do so… Read More Short Photo Essay on South Valley Election Morning, 2016
About a month ago, BB and readers held a brainstorm of sorts regarding bicycle infrastructure gaps. To provide context and contrast with our identified gaps, below is a list from the City’s 2015 Bikeways and Trails Facility Plan (BTFP). If you’re not familiar with the BTFP, it’s both an important planning document and something of… Read More A Look at Our Burque Bike Infrastructure Gap Brainstorm via the “BTFP”
