/tags/pedestrians pedestrians en-US Copyright Fri, 23 Feb 2024 01:58:47 GMT /local-news/2024-02-22/could-ai-help-fewer-people-get-hit-by-cars-in-albuquerque Albuquerque is a particularly dangerous city for pedestrians, consistently ranking near the top nationally for the number of walkers and bikers killed on its roads. With seven pedestrians killed already this year on East Central, according to the Albuquerque Police Department, 2024 is on track to be the deadliest yet despite years of safety initiatives. Now, the city is looking to AI for help. Fri, 23 Feb 2024 01:58:47 GMT /local-news/2024-02-22/could-ai-help-fewer-people-get-hit-by-cars-in-albuquerque Nash Jones /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/2019-03-28/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/2018-01-17/lets-talk-anti-panhandling-laws Let’s Talk New Mexico 1/18 8a: Call now 277-91°µÍø or 277-5866. Albuquerque’s City Council passed the Pedestrian Safety Ordinance late last year, which… Wed, 17 Jan 2018 20:44:23 GMT /local-news/2018-01-17/lets-talk-anti-panhandling-laws Marisa Demarco /public-health-new-mexico/2016-08-05/intersection-improvement-tied-to-albuquerque-rapid-transit-project The feds released a report on the most dangerous intersection in central New Mexico for pedestrians. It links improvements there to the controversial… Fri, 05 Aug 2016 18:47:26 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2016-08-05/intersection-improvement-tied-to-albuquerque-rapid-transit-project Marisa Demarco /public-health-new-mexico/2016-03-10/new-mexico-tops-country-in-pedestrian-deaths A new report by the Governors Highway Safety Association says New Mexico is the state with the highest rate of pedestrian deaths in America.There were 71… Fri, 11 Mar 2016 01:32:10 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2016-03-10/new-mexico-tops-country-in-pedestrian-deaths Ed Williams /public-health-new-mexico/2016-02-29/community-sees-refuge-in-new-path Mountain View, a neighborhood in the Rio Grande Valley south of Albuquerque, is one of the most environmentally burdened communities in New Mexico. There… Mon, 29 Feb 2016 13:30:00 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2016-02-29/community-sees-refuge-in-new-path Ed Williams /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