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
Somewhere on the way to completely lost in the heated debate over Albuquerque Rapid Transit (ART) has been the proposed bus, bus line and its operator, ABQ Ride. Utilizing the bus system’s long-time most popular corridor, by far, the proposed ART line along Central is seen by opponents as only, and inefficiently, improving what is… Read More BB’s Duke City Fix Post, 7.26.16: Q&A with ABQ Ride
Regarding the Auditing Albuquerque Bike Lane Effort (AABLE), it’s early and BB’s expecting some reinforcements with the bike lane width counting soon <taps fingers upon table in impatient manner>. Still, after a slow personal start (hard to measure bike lanes when you’re backpacking), below is a screenshot of the effort as of July 25: To… Read More AABLE Bike Lane Width Measuring Project Status Update: 7.25.16
Recommended reading this morning and it ain’t Better Burque. The new “Pedestrian and Bike Road Safety Assessment: Central & San Mateo” may have a long and snoozy title, but it’s an important read on a very busy and very, very dangerous Burque intersection. This report is the second produced in response to Albuquerque being designated a… Read More Central & San Mateo: Making Meaningful Changes to a Highly Dangerous Intersection
It’s off to a slow start, but, dammit, we’re gonna measure the width of every single ABQ bike lane in coming weeks, months, years, eons. You too can join the “AABLE” effort, measurement details found here at a recent Duke City Fix posting. Below are some hot, as in it was damn hot standing on… Read More Sexy New Burque Bike Lane Measurement Pics: Hubba-Hubcap
Albuquerque had been experiencing a decent stretch of not killing its pedestrians, but that changed with two walkers struck and killed in different incidents a week ago, including yet another case of hit-and-run. Both were at nasty pedestrian crossings. Wednesday night, the 13th, someone was killed at Gibson and Carlisle. Only hours later, another pedestrian… Read More Another Pedestrian Death at Central and Coors: Will A.R.T. Help?
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