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 [...]

While riding down Silver Avenue this weekend, I saw the purple street signs designating Silver as a Bike Boulevard!  Phase 1 is making good progress. The purple color was chosen because it’s unique – it is not a common color for street signs – and serves to get the attention of drivers. For more info [...]

Good news, everyone.  The city is finally putting paint on the road for the Bicycle Boulevard!  As you can see in the photo at the right, they’re starting to stencil Silver Avenue from San Mateo all the way to I-25. According to Bianca Ortiz-Wertheim (per an email with Ben Roberts, member of BikeABQ and President [...]

Channel 4 KOB ran a story last night about the Silver Avenue Bike Boulevard.  After two years of pushing for this, it looks like BikeABQ is finally going to get its wish!  The Bike Boulevard will run on Mountain Road from the Bosque trail to 14th Street, turn south on 14th to Silver, and then [...]