DISQUS

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.

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.