Had a chance, i.e., was AABLE, to resume the bike lane measuring effort yesterday afternoon before the city was washed away in last night’s storm. Here’s what I found (Street/Intersection/Width in inches): Lead WB at Buena Vista 48 Lead WB at Spruce 45 Lead WB at Walter 59 Elm/High NB just before Lomas 35 Mountain… Read More AABLE Bike Lane Measurement Report: 8.5.16
Here are the 2014 figures (most recent available) from the Census Bureau on commuting. Albuquerque was at 1.7% as of 2014, while Portland showed an increase of 5,000 riders to get to 7.1%. An aggressive, yet realistic goal might see Burque tripling to *5.1% by, say, 2020. Or we could get all competitive and just… Read More The Mission: Tripling Burque Bike Commuters
Albuquerque Rapid Transit (ART) continues to “Creep” forward, as Radiohead and many, many cover artists might say, with the latest in a flurry of legal challenges, maneuvers and folderol. Yes, we’ve achieved “folderol” status, folks! Yesterday, a federal appeals court granted an emergency motion after a City of Albuquerque appeal of the construction injunction (“what’s your… Read More A Short List of Bus Rapid Transit Legal Challenges
I. While certain aspects of getting our Auditing Albuquerque Bike Lane Effort (AABLE) off the ground have involved overcoming a certain level of personal introversion on the part of your humble blogster, at its core there’s a nice, almost quiet and quite individual ritual involved. You ride to the spot. You get out your bag… Read More A Few Early Observations on Albuquerque Bike Lane Measuring
A bit of a test post this morning, seeing how copy/pasted Excel looks in WordPress. Here are the latest bike lane measurement numbers, including thorough looks at Comanche and Morris. Thanks for the help! Street Location/Cross-Street Width Buffer MPH Notes 8th S.W. Barelas Ct. 48 Broadway Menaul 58 Candelaria Princeton 31 40 Candelaria I-25 x… Read More AABLE Bike Lane Measurement Report: 7.31.16
(Update 7.30.16: If you were planning on measuring Comanche and/or Morris this “holiday” weekend, don’t bother…both are extensively taken care of. I’ll have an updated spreadsheet up in the next day or so – Scot) The first weekend of July is “4th of July Weekend.” The first weekend of September is “Labor Day Weekend.” The first week… Read More AABLE Status Report, 7.29.16: Cue the Marching Band!
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