The Better Burque Tactical Urbanism Team (BBTUT) recently biked along, close-to, and sorta close to the proposed route for the Albuquerque Rail Trail, still unimaginatively named “Albuquerque Rail Trail,” from the Rail Yards at 1st Avenue up to Lomas and 1st Avenue. Of most immediate importance, we got to see the current state of construction… Read More History and Complications: The New Track Crossing at Marquette
Can’t personally 100% confirm the “To Event” signs shown below have gone up along the Bosque Path at Central only after the killing of 7-year-old Pronoy Bhattacharya, as he and his father tried to cross Central Ave. at Tingley Blvd. (top right in photo) to get to/from the River of Lights on December 12th. But… Read More Pronoy and What Signs Near River of Lights Mean
Better Burque guesses we’ve reviewed almost 200 Albuquerque Police Department (APD) and Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) pedestrian fatality crash supplemental investigation reports over the last few years. This week we ran across, hands-down, the most complete and illuminating such report. The investigation by APD Officer M. Trahan (I only name the officer to laud… Read More Sincerely Best Pedestrian Fatality Crash Report We’ve Ever Seen
The City of Albuquerque through its Metropolitan Redevelopment Agency, seeks your comments on the Rail Trail (cooler name pending, I guess) proposed to run from the northern edge of the Railyards to Lomas generally along the train tracks and 1st Avenue. As with all such proposals these days, the plentiful sections of the Trail’s draft… Read More City Seeks Rail Trail Draft Plan Comments by 1.31.22
Albuquerque’s unrelenting traffic violence has once again temporarily crossed into broad public consciousness with the killing of 7-year-old Pronoy Bhattacharya, allegedly by fugitive Sergio Almanza. I don’t need to relate the story, as the story is very much out there. While it’s important that Bhattacharya’s killing remain in our thoughts, and commendable that Mayor Keller… Read More Will Another Young Life Lost on ABQ Streets Lead to Real Change?
It’s been three weeks since we posted here and now I’m largely just posting an expletive-filled BB Tweet embed regarding the recent killing of a 7-year-old boy just trying to cross Central with his Dad after seeing the Albuquerque “River of Lights” parade. I will work on both the regularity of my posts and my… Read More Boy was Seven and Just Trying to Cross Central Ave at Tingley Blvd.
