Albuquerque's arterial streets have a complicated role in the city's cycling network. Some, like Indian School and San Pedro, host bike lanes already and are marked for further improvements in our Bike Plan. More frequently, however, the major roads form barriers to safe and convenient cycling, forcing cyclists to take long detours or play frogger in order to reach their destinations in other city blocks. Worse, these major roads host important destinations for Burqueños: sch

Over the past couple years, the City of Albuquerque has, in conjunction with a coalition of neighborhood advocates, studied various options for the future of Lead and Coal avenues between Broadway and Washington, with the focus currently on the section between Oak and Washington. The fundamental goal for this study is to reduce the severity and frequency of property damage caused by speeding motor vehicles on this corridor: plastic fragments of cars frequently litter the roa

The Albuquerque City Council is considering ordinance O-25-98 , which includes several improvements to our traffic code aimed to clarify...

Much of Albuquerque’s work on road safety in recent years stems from the adoption of our Complete Streets Ordinance , which governs all...

I was just back in Paris for my annual visit, it was my home for 9 years. I took my bike when I moved there in 2002 but rarely used it,...

When you think of safe, accessible cycling, what do you see? Is it the Netherland's car-free streets, long stretches of road that a...

The City of Albuquerque boasts  “400 miles of on-street bicycle facilities and multi-use trails.” But not all bicycle facilities are...