The 2022 “Dangerous by Design” annual compilation of pedestrian fatality data has been released by the non-profit advocacy group Smart Growth America. That data continues to illustrate the spike in walking deaths nationwide, with our state and city at the gruesome forefront of that spike. New Mexico not only leads in annual walking deaths per… Read More NM Most Deadly State for Walkers; ABQ 2nd Most Deadly Metro
CABQ has an “Automated Speed Enforcement” (speed cameras) website with details and compiled statistics on the program. Details/stats such as this: That’s right, only just over 20% of drivers have been within the speed limit on the sections of Montgomery, Gibson, Unser, Lead, and Coal, noting that some cameras have been up longer than others… Read More 85th Percentile and ABQ Speed Cameras
The first, relatively low-hanging fruit of the ambitious ABQ Rail Trail project is ready for your non-motorized use. It’s also for motorists, but there’s a delightful lack of driver access relative to those not in two-ton boxes, including the chance to grab a cup of coffee and shimmy through the “Marquette Notch” to/from 2nd Street:… Read More That New Marquette Street Level Train Crossing
Let’s start with a Albuquerque Rapid Transit reference, because any A.R.T. reference gets clicks. Particularly when the word “hate” is included somewhere in the reference. I’ve noticed this. So here’s why I hate A.R.T.: I get motion sickness on the A.R.T. bus. I really, really, really want to love A.R.T. and I do love the… Read More Here’s What is Really Wrong with A.R.T.
Greater Albuquerque Active Transportation Committee (GAATC), the area’s melded government board/commission advising on non-motorized transport matters, is meeting virtually next Monday, the 11th at 4:00 PM to discuss the following (expertly copy/pasted from the agenda): Discussion / Action Items– Gabaldon Rd NW & I-40 Trail safety concerns (motion at May 9, 2022 meeting tokeep this… Read More Active Transportation (that’s you, cyclists, walkers, rollers) Meeting Next Monday
Enjoying June on a long-delayed bicycle tour visit to beloved Northern Portugal with a side trip to Spanish Galicia. Here’s a few pics; little prose, just captions.
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