/tags/in-the-dark In The Dark en-US Copyright Tue, 20 Aug 2019 00:04:31 GMT /local-news/2019-08-19/lets-talk-streetlights-safety-and-public-resources Let's Talk New Mexico 8/22 8a: Studies are showing there’s a relationship between whether there’s good street-lighting in an area and crime. Do unlit… Tue, 20 Aug 2019 00:04:31 GMT /local-news/2019-08-19/lets-talk-streetlights-safety-and-public-resources Marisa Demarco /local-news/2019-07-03/no-details-from-pnm-or-the-city-about-broken-streetlights People say bad street-lighting contributes to fatalities and violence in some parts of Albuquerque—and national studies bear this out. There’s plenty of… Wed, 03 Jul 2019 21:30:13 GMT /local-news/2019-07-03/no-details-from-pnm-or-the-city-about-broken-streetlights Marisa Demarco /local-news/2019-05-15/lets-talk-streetlights-and-pedestrian-crashes Let's Talk New Mexico 5/16 8a: All around the country, more people who are walking are hit by drivers in neighborhoods with low incomes and in communities… Wed, 15 May 2019 20:06:22 GMT /local-news/2019-05-15/lets-talk-streetlights-and-pedestrian-crashes Marisa Demarco /local-news/2019-05-08/pnm-announces-led-streetlight-project-in-albuquerque Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller got on a truck lift on Wednesday, May 8, and turned on a streetlight in the International District in a photo-op designed to… Thu, 09 May 2019 01:38:33 GMT /local-news/2019-05-08/pnm-announces-led-streetlight-project-in-albuquerque Marisa Demarco /local-news/2019-05-08/politicians-fail-to-turn-funding-into-long-sought-streetlights-in-southeast-abq At night, for long stretches of road on large busy streets and residential ones, it’s completely dark in Southeast Albuquerque’s International District.… Thu, 09 May 2019 01:34:13 GMT /local-news/2019-05-08/politicians-fail-to-turn-funding-into-long-sought-streetlights-in-southeast-abq Marisa Demarco /local-news/2019-05-07/broken-streetlights-and-pedestrian-deaths-in-abqs-international-district There’s a part of Southeast Albuquerque that sees more than its share of people who are walking being hit and killed by drivers. In just five years, there… Tue, 07 May 2019 23:26:36 GMT /local-news/2019-05-07/broken-streetlights-and-pedestrian-deaths-in-abqs-international-district Marisa Demarco /local-news/2019-03-28/the-fight-for-lights-in-se-albuquerque For decades, people in a southeast Albuquerque district have been asking the city to light their dark streets. One neighborhood group eventually starting… Thu, 28 Mar 2019 11:00:00 GMT /local-news/2019-03-28/the-fight-for-lights-in-se-albuquerque Marisa Demarco /local-news/2018-12-20/the-reality-of-pedestrian-fatalities-in-n-m Pedestrian fatalities are up all around the United States—and New Mexico is no exception. We’re on track to have one of the worst rates in the country,… Thu, 20 Dec 2018 17:29:50 GMT /local-news/2018-12-20/the-reality-of-pedestrian-fatalities-in-n-m Marisa Demarco /public-health-new-mexico/2015-06-18/pedestrian-fatalities-in-low-income-neighborhoods Around the country, pedestrian deaths are most common in low-income areas. And New Mexico has had the highest average rate of pedestrian deaths in the… Fri, 19 Jun 2015 00:13:00 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2015-06-18/pedestrian-fatalities-in-low-income-neighborhoods Marisa Demarco