The city updated its traffic code for the first time in 50 years.
Albuquerque is updating is traffic code to require all cars to stop at crosswalks for pedestrians waiting to cross and prohibit drivers from passing other vehicles stopped for people crossing, reports Jordan Honeycutt for KRQE.
“The code also establishes rules for HAWK signals, and all revenue collected from speed camera citations must go to the city’s Vision Zero traffic safety initiatives,” Honeycutt adds. HAWK signals are traffic signals that stop cars to let pedestrians cross only when pedestrians request it.
The traffic code update is the city’s first in over 50 years. Albuquerque approved its first Vision Zero Action Plan in 2021.
FULL STORY: Albuquerque City Council approves changes to traffic code
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