Travels of Randy the Road Work Ahead Sign at Central/Tingley: Chapter IV
Hi.
My name is Randy. I’m a “Road Work Ahead” sign. I’ve spent the last few weeks traveling along Central Avenue and, now, finally, Tingley Drive. Here’s a photographic look at my trip, so far.
First, here I am smack-dab in the bike lane on Central at the Rio Grande “Old Town” Bridge. I can’t count how many cyclists had to swerve around me, but, then again, I can’t count. Thus I also can’t count how many swear words I heard these cyclists mutter/scream while doing so.Here I am after being moved a bit by some unsavory looking guys calling themselves the Better Burque Tactical Urbanism Team, whatever that is. After being put back in my original spot directly on the bike lane, I was moved by persons unknown to the Albuquerque Rapid Transit bus lane. Actually, I know, because it was me they moved, but I’m a road sign and my memory isn’t so good. And here I am after all those travels, now properly placed on Tingley Drive, where the road work is actually being done. You might be asking “But aren’t you on a sidewalk, thus violating MUTCD and ADA compliance?” No, I’m not really on a sidewalk because it ends a few inches away. Isn’t that itself an ADA violation, you ask? Don’t ask me, I’m just a “Road Work Ahead” sign.
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