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!
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
