34-year-old John Miligan was killed at about 6:00 PM on Wednesday, January 27th, 2021 by the driver of what is believed to be a black, 2000 Chevrolet pick-up while Miligan tried to cross Central Ave. at Charleston near the new International District library. The perpetrating driver first side-swiped the driver of another truck before apparently… Read More 2021 ABQ Walking Deaths #3: Mr. Miligan
About 6:30 p.m. on January 16, 2021, 44-year-old Ms. Patches Graham was killed perhaps trying to cross Central Ave. near California Street. Motorcyclist Virgil Bunn struck Ms. Graham in the right westbound lane of Central, later reporting to investigators that, as the police supplemental report states, “he did not have time to ‘respond’ (Mr. Bun’s… Read More 2021 ABQ Walking Deaths #2: Ms. Graham
On January 11th of 2021, Ut Thi Nguyen was killed by a hit-and-run driver of, likely, a Nissan Titan as she tried to cross 4th St. N.W. at Griegos. Born in 1948, Ms. Nguyen lived west of 4th on 9th Street and regularly walked to shop for groceries at the Lowe’s (now “Food King”) on… Read More 2021 ABQ Walking Deaths #1: Ms. Nguyen
The stories almost always look nearly identical to this Journal tidbit from October 6th: A pedestrian was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after being struck by a vehicle Wednesday night, Albuquerque police say. The incident happened at Central and San Pablo NE, according to a news release from police spokeswoman Rebecca Atkins. “The… Read More 38-Part Series on ABQ’s 2021 Walking Deaths: Prologue
In the past week, two folks walking at/across a five or so block stretch of East Central Avenue have been struck and critically injured. One or both of them has perhaps died in the meantime, as that sort of post-crash update never seemed to happen. Let’s hope they are recovering. The first crash was last… Read More Two More Struck on East Central Next to HAWK Signals
Yesterday we ranted calmly discussed the issue of improperly-placed (as in violating federal regulations) road construction signs. Work toward remedying this unrelenting problem has also been taken up by Better Burque’s more militant roadway safety arm, the Better Burque Tactical Urbanism Team (BBTUT). No, there are no BBTUT badges or other insignia yet. We could… Read More Being & Time & “It’s an orange construction sign.”
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