Making a Street Residential Again: The Girard Blvd. Complete Streets Master Plan

(Update, 2:52 p.m.: The Girard project plans are now available online. Here’s a blow-up screenshot of the Girard/Lomas intersection mentioned later in this post:) On my way riding to last night’s Girard Blvd. “Complete Streets Master Plan” public meeting, I couldn’t stop smiling. Why? Because Girard is my absolute favorite street in town, both as… Read More Making a Street Residential Again: The Girard Blvd. Complete Streets Master Plan

August 10, 2016August 10, 2016 Scot KeyLeave a comment

AABLE Measures the “Southern Hemisphere,” 8.7.16

Lots of new datapoints added to the Bike Lane Effort, with a ride into the wilds of the Sunday Morning NE Heights yesterday. Streets covered included: Pennsylvania up to Osuna, Osuna around the golf course to Academy, then on to Burleson, Burleson to Wyoming, a tiny bit of Wyoming (because Wyoming sucks, even on a… Read More AABLE Measures the “Southern Hemisphere,” 8.7.16

August 8, 2016 Scot KeyLeave a comment

AABLE Bike Lane Measurement Report: 8.5.16

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

August 5, 2016 Scot Key1 Comment

The Mission: Tripling Burque Bike Commuters

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

August 4, 2016 Scot KeyLeave a comment

A Short List of Bus Rapid Transit Legal Challenges

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

August 3, 2016August 3, 2016 Scot KeyLeave a comment

A Few Early Observations on Albuquerque Bike Lane Measuring

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

August 1, 2016 Scot KeyLeave a comment

Better Burque

Sides and undersides of ABQ on a bike