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Albuquerque opens new path and bridge, aims to be more bike-friendly

Started by nmindependent · 9 months ago

With gasoline pushing $3.50 a gallon in Albuquerque, you’d think that there would be traffic jams on city bike paths and that the opening of a major bicycle bridge would be big news.
To the contrary, there are lines at every cheap gas station in town and Mayor Martin Chavez&rsquo ... Continue reading »

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  • gerardbrad

    1 year ago

    I try to ride me bicycle to work twice a week. My work place is near the airport. I live near San Pedro and Montgomery so I can ride the bike path to UNM but getting down Yale for UNM to the airport area is very difficult.
    I have been yelled at and cursed by drivers and by city busdrivers while in marked and timed crosswalks, especially at Gibson and Yale. Apparently, drivers have not heard about the new law that requires drivers to yield to pedestrians or bicycles in the crosswalks.

    I have also seen spectators for soccer games put chairs, coolers, the elderly and pets in the bike lane that goes through Montgomery Park. When I complained to the Soccer League I was told that the bike path was a public thoroughfare and the spectators had every right to block the bike path.
    Forgive me, this rant could go on. Biking in ABQ is an adventure.
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  • lintse

    1 year ago

    Gibson and Yale is a busy, ugly intersection. Even if it is a little out of the way, I would recommend riding closer to Girard, actually along either Princeton or Vassar and then transition over to Girard to cross Gibson. Depending on which way you need to go, there is even a path along the south side of Girard approaching the airport.
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