VOL I, Issue 3, May 21, 2014 Less LUV, More Stops for ABQ PAGE 5 JOE MONAHAN: No Gigafactory for N.M.? PAGE 7 Throwing Away Evidence PAGE 9 ABQ ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT COVERAGE STARTS ON PAGE 14 PAGE 2 • May 21, 2014 • ABQ FREE PRESS NEWS Bicyclists Say Paseo Interchange Will Be a Deathtrap VOL I, Issue 3, May 21, 2014 By Annette ChArtier www.freeabq.com ith low-visibility crosswalks across pedestrians and bicyclists face using the www.abqarts.com Wmultiple lanes of traffic, a design that path along Tramway Boulevard. promotes cycling against traffic and a “From the motorists’ perspective, they Editor: [email protected] narrow, shared-use path, the new multi- are looking for cars coming from only a IN THIS ISSUE modal portion of the $93 million Paseo couple of directions as they prepare to turn Associate editor: [email protected] del Norte I-25 interchange is a deathtrap, left or right from Tramway,” Buntz said. bicyclists say. “Cyclists traveling on the adjacent path Advertising: [email protected] Diane Albert, president, Bicycle Coali- are not part of what a driver is looking for. NEWS tion of New Mexico has launched an effort When we cycle on the street, cyclists are On Twitter: @freeabq to stop the project. She is a member of the very aware of what we call a ‘right hook’ Bicyclists say Paseo del Norte Interchange is an accident waiting to happen .................................Page 2 Albuquerque Bicycle Advisory Committee. or ‘left cross.’” ABQ Free Press Pulp News ........................................................................................................... Page 2 “When they did the Big I they said there The risk of collision is higher when a Editor Southwest Airlines cuts flights to Albuquerque ................................................................................ Page would be no bicycle access through there, cyclist is on a path or a sidewalk set back Dan Vukelich 5 and this is going to be the same disaster,” from the street, or when riding the wrong (505) 220-0818 Keeping chronically ill poor people healthy and out of the ER .........................................................Page 6 she said. “The volume of traffic (at the way against traffic. There are laws in N.M. can’t re-test DNA evidence because they threw it away ..........................................................Page 9 Paseo interchange) makes it very danger- Albuquerque against sidewalk and wrong- Associate Editor, Arts ous and the noise is deafening.” way riding, but the Paseo del Norte design Stephanie Hainsfurther Rio Grande Roundabout is back ......................................................................................................Page 9 The Bicycle Coalition of New Mexico forces them to do just that. (505) 301-0905 Unbundling doesn’t mask rising airfares........................................................................................Page 10 recently sent an appeal to Gov. Susana Michael Riordan, director of the Martinez, the New Mexico Department Albuquerque Municipal Development Design of Transportation, the Federal Highway Department defended the design. “It is Hannah Reiter, Cristina Olds Administration, the Mid-Region Council of safe; it’s built to federal guidelines,” he Terry Kocon of TK Graphics COLUMNS Governments and the City of Albuquerque said. However, he said, the city is seeking Photography decrying the current design. The letter funding for a smaller grade-separated The Editor: Where are the jobs?.......................................................................................................Page 4 urges that the current Paseo interchange bridge to carry pedestrians and bicyclists. Juan Antonio Labreche, Liz Lopez Joe Monahan: Election predictions...................................................................................................Page 7 design be abandoned or revised. Bob Tilley, a member of the city’s Transit Contributors Left-wing screed vs right-wing nonsense: The jobless recovery ......................................................Page 8 Melissa Dosher, spokesperson for the Advisory Board, said he believes that the Annette Chartier, Carlos Contreras, Bill New Mexico Department of Transpor- city transit policy is basically that no one Editorial cartoons ..............................................................................................................................Page 8 Diven, Barry Gaines, Jim Hammond, Michael tation, said NMDOT has listened to the walks, homeless people ride the bus, bikes Henningsen, Joe Monahan, Mary Montaño, The Answer Guy: Going organic....................................................................................................Page 11 bicyclist community, but because of the are for weekend recreation, and everyone Richard Oyama, Peter St. Cyr, Wolf Schneider, The Aimless Vagabond sells his body to medical science .............................................................Page 11 scale of the project, “not all recommenda- drives a car. “And if you get struck by a car Franchesca Stevens, Mark Taylor, Seth Taylor, The Thirsty Gardener battles bindweed, finds new uses for this paper .........................................Page tions provided could be incorporated into and die walking or biking, it’s your fault,” Christine Vigil, Efrain Villa 12 the project plans.” he said. Op-ed: Kathy Korte on Hannah Skandera’s ‘’political stunt” ..........................................................Page 13 Jennifer Buntz, president of the Duke Copy editors City Wheelmen, a bicyclist advocacy Annette Chartier is an Albuquerque Bicyclist advocates say multiple turn lanes for traffic exiting i-25 at Paseo del norte pose a danger to both Jim Wagner, Wendy Fox Dial group, sees problems similar to those that freelance writer. bicyclists and pedestrians. 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