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Steve Davis

  • Rick Murataya says he was hit by a car crossing an Albuquerque street. Since then, he's struggled to get around as a pedestrian and transit commuter. He says it's challenging to cross the six lanes of traffic on east Central Ave. before the lights change and that he wants the city to make the International District neighborhood safer for pedestrians.
    Local News
    Albuquerque ranked second in the nation for pedestrian deaths despite city initiatives
    Nash Jones
    A new study ranks New Mexico as the most dangerous state in the nation to be a pedestrian, and the state’s largest city as the second most deadly metro area for those on foot. While Albuquerque’s numbers dipped some during the early pandemic, its rates have nearly doubled over the last decade despite new initiatives to bring them down. The danger is rooted in road design and the burden is not being shouldered equally by residents.