It is with great sadness that Better Burque shares the news that Albuquerque’s first fully protected bike lane is no more.
Erected with little fanfare or discussion, the lane’s barricades – the one spot in all of Albuquerque where we had an entire glorious block of street set aside emphatically for safe cycling – have been removed. Let’s all remember fondly the smile on Scot’s face as we staged this photo:
I am happy to report no one was parking in the lane this morning. I choose to remain optimistic that will continue.
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any reason given?
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Update – now they’ve given a different explanation – that the protection was removed for a film shoot: https://betterburque.org/2018/03/28/mayor-keller-responds-regarding-4th-street-protected-bike-lane-removal/
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JK – See here: https://betterburque.org/2018/03/26/on-the-redundancy-of-bike-lane-protection/ – They concluded the “no parking” signs were sufficient.
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Wow, the sleepiest city in the West couldn’t figure out one block of protected biking….wow.
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