Today is the big day!  Finally, after years of planning and several months of construction, the bicycle bridge over the Rio Grande – the Gail Ryba Memorial Bridge – will be opening today, Monday 30-August.  The bridge, named after BikeABQ’s founder, has been long in coming; after many delays in search of funding, it was [...]

It’s official:  As of 1:30 this afternoon, Albuquerque has a Bicycle Boulevard.  Silver Avenue, from San Mateo all the way to the river – as well as 14th street between Silver and Mountain, and Mountain Road between 14th and the river – has been optimized for bikes. Mayor Martin Chávez was on hand at a [...]

  It’s been two years in the making, but the Silver Avenue Bicycle Boulevard is about to open officially.  Mayor Chávez will be making a press release this afternoon on Silver Avenue.  Come along and be part of Albuquerque history!   The details, per an email from city Public Information Officer Mark Motsko:   We’d [...]

Friday afternoon (6-March) Councilors Benton and Harris will be at Roy’s Crash site (at Comanche and the North Diversion Channel) to issue a Press Release concerning the 2009 Roy Sekreta Memorial Ride “Ride to Save Lives” (on Saturday) and the petition asking the Albuquerque City Council for improvements to bicycle safety in Albuquerque. Local TV,  Radio, Newspaper, [...]