Key to Good 311 Communication: Possibility of Natural Gas Explosion

Better Burque has mentioned roughly 1.3 million times that 311/SeeClickFix (SCF) has great potential as a City government/public communication and transparency tool, but that this potential has, to this point, rarely been tapped. Many requests, particularly those pertaining to roadway issues for walkers and cyclists, tend to be “closed” without closure and noteworthy for the… Read More Key to Good 311 Communication: Possibility of Natural Gas Explosion

ABQ Roadway Story: Death at a Crossing, Not a Crosswalk

Note: The “book” below appeared yesterday, 1.2.19, in reversed form both here and through Twitter.  To make reading easier in the long-term (the Internet is eternal, or so we think) it’s now been un-reversed.    Prologue: A Sadly Simple Question Many BB readers now have today off due to treacherous roads. Some are taking advantage… Read More ABQ Roadway Story: Death at a Crossing, Not a Crosswalk

Simple Question/Difficult Answer: What is a Crosswalk?

Published yesterday, Albuquerque Journal reporter Matthew Reisen wrote a thorough and well-balanced story on the spike in deaths to those walking area roadways. Better Burque was quoted, as well as law enforcement. The most glaring weakness in rounding out the report, no fault of the reporter/paper, was the paucity of reply from Mayor Keller’s office.… Read More Simple Question/Difficult Answer: What is a Crosswalk?

Twitter Thread: Wanna Kill Somebody? Use a car.

The following Twitter thread is an attempt to present information in a different way, primarily to possibly expand the reading audience, but also to sharpen the typically verbose BB prose. The names are removed below (these are my redactions, not part of the IPRA process via APD) after significant contemplation, particularly in terms of the… Read More Twitter Thread: Wanna Kill Somebody? Use a car.