Because you have things to do, even/especially during a pandemic, you probably haven’t spent 99.3% of the last few days observing, pondering, obsessing, and reporting on the somewhat temporary closure of the Embudo Trail at its Carlisle underpass between I-40 and Menaul. Knowing you’re busy, let’s quickly catch you up via photos, maps, arrows, and… Read More Quickly Catching You Up on the Embudo Trail Closure/Detour Saga
Our examination of 2019 crash reports involving pedestrian fatalities is not complete, owing to interruptions in public record requests due to COVID-19 and other factors, but a demographic look into the 32 reports researched so far shows the following relationship between race/ethnicity of those killed walking versus such percentages for the overall city population: Comfortable… Read More ABQ Walking Deaths and Race/Ethnicity
Update: Can report that as of this afternoon, 5/26/2020, Advantage Barricades has added a temporary protected bike lane down the left side of this bridge to separate bicyclists from oncoming cars. By John Fleck This is the heavily used and normally quite safe bike trail underpass beneath Carlisle NE, at the end of Cutler. On… Read More Day 13: detouring bikes the wrong way down a one way street
Catching up on our look at how traffic patterns have changed due to Albuquerque Rapid Transit (A.R.T.) construction and its, temporarily, aborted grand opening, we’ve looked at Central Avenue and Lead/Coal/Zuni. The general findings there are that driving is down significantly on Central and up only somewhat on Lead/Coal/Zuni (although if you read the comments… Read More A.R.T., Traffic Counts on Lomas, and Why we Need to Embrace “Big Data”
What legal penalty should be paid by drivers who “gun” their vehicle speeding to beat a red light and end up killing somebody? As explained below, in New Mexico you might be charged/convicted of “Careless Driving,” a misdemeanor including up to a possible 90 days in jail. And that 90 days may end up being… Read More “Careless Driving” and the Killing of Chris Gallegos
Fearing pretty close to the worst, I was unfortunately not surprised riding yesterday on Atrisco NW from Central Ave. to its ongoing water/road project: As readers know, the BB tendency has been to move such out-of-compliance signs and take “Before” and “After” photos. But as you see here from yesterday, that’s obviously not leading to… Read More Is Litigation the Only Way to Stop the City From Doing This?
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