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I also suspect many posting route plans aren't regular ABQ Ride patrons.
That's probably because they can afford to drive. I tried to be a regular ABQ Ride patron, but service to my area (Northwest ABQ) is inadequate being that the three decent lines that can get me into town (blue line, 157, Coors) stop running after 9 or so, giving me a curfew I haven't had since I was probably 9 or 10. And Sunday service is reduced to an extended lunch hour, if the line even runs that day at all <cough> blue line <cough>.
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Take #8, my main route. It runs from the Montgomery Park & Ride at Montgomery/Tramway, down Menaul, to the ATC downtown. Most of the ridership on this route is NOT commuters headed to work downtown (except for the Monday jury duty crowd). The route is constantly loading/unloading all along the entire route and transfer points are heavily used. Extending it to Central isn't necessarily a good idea. A better idea would be to add stops on Tramway at Candelaria and Commance, serving two areas seriously in need of bus service.
I think there are a lot of potential commuters though if there were more express routes between the transit hubs and business districts. And I agree that Tramway should have some better service. People assume residents there wouldn't ride the bus, but I don't know if they're ever given them a chance to prove that theory right or wrong.
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I would like to give kudos to ABQ Ride though - the changes the past 6 months or so have been great! Especially love the change to the 157 route!!
Yeah, the consolidation of those two routes (3 and 157) was a good idea, I just wish they ran later and more on Sundays. For as much as I complain about it though, transit here does keep improving and it's infinitely better now than it used to be.
I was thinking rather than looping the red and green lines on the freeways, that it would probably make more sense to have separate 'express rapid ride' lines that use smaller, lighter, more fuel-efficient buses or vans. For example, on the 'rapid red line express' from Central/Unser to Uptown, all they would need is two vans going back and forth to provide service every 15 minutes, and 3 for service every 10 or so.
Here is what the 'rapid ride express' network would look like, adding routes from the north of ABQ (Paseo/I-25) to downtown and uptown:
I would really like the Rapid Ride on San Mateo and Montgomery, and if there was a way to bridge the gap on Coors between I-40 and Central where the local bus is a long wait between buses. Running lots of buses on Unser wouldn't make sense to me; I drive Unser with frequency and a good portion of it doesn't even have any business or residential (particularly between Dellyne and up past Paseo). The best way to improve west side busses I think would be more service on Coors. I'd also like it if the 16/18 bus could be replaced with more buslines that serve that area better, though I don't know how one could improve that without running a lot of empty buses. University could benefit from a better bus service, as you can't always rely on the UNM Courtesy shuttles that run between South Campus/Lobo Village and the University.
I would really like the Rapid Ride on San Mateo and Montgomery, and if there was a way to bridge the gap on Coors between I-40 and Central where the local bus is a long wait between buses. Running lots of buses on Unser wouldn't make sense to me; I drive Unser with frequency and a good portion of it doesn't even have any business or residential (particularly between Dellyne and up past Paseo). The best way to improve west side busses I think would be more service on Coors. I'd also like it if the 16/18 bus could be replaced with more buslines that serve that area better, though I don't know how one could improve that without running a lot of empty buses. University could benefit from a better bus service, as you can't always rely on the UNM Courtesy shuttles that run between South Campus/Lobo Village and the University.
I agree with you about that stretch of Coors, and for being a primary transit line the operating hours should be better. On Sundays, service doesn't begin until after 10 AM, so people can't get to church or wherever have to find another way to get there. As far as the Unser line, that would be more appropriate further down the line when there is more development along that stretch.
Here's an updated version of the concept map with 3 new lines. One services University and Carlisle, the other would serve Eubank and Zuni/Lead/Coal and the other is a small loop around UNM that would serve Yale, Girard, and a small section of University. I have it wrapping around at Lomas but was thinking it could go all the way to Indian School as well:
I am impressed with the time that you have taken to create that map. I hope that the city does improve its bus lines. Have you submitted your map to the city transit dept?
ABQ bus rapid transit construction may begin late 2015
Published on Feb 26, 2015, KRQE News 13, Albuquerque News and Weather
The city’s latest update on a proposed bus rapid transit project
shows just how quickly some construction related to the
project could happen along Central.
ABQ bus rapid transit construction may begin late 2015
Published on Feb 26, 2015, KRQE News 13, Albuquerque News and Weather
The city’s latest update on a proposed bus rapid transit project
shows just how quickly some construction related to the
project could happen along Central.
I think they should have went a little more "southwest" with the design, but that's just me. Also I noticed that the BRT only runs from Coors to Louisiana the rest uses the more familiar mixed-use lanes. Hopefully they can move the Rapid Ride buses on central to other routes, Unser being the longest and most obvious example of a road that desperately needs a route.
I think they should have went a little more "southwest" with the design, but that's just me. Also I noticed that the BRT only runs from Coors to Louisiana the rest uses the more familiar mixed-use lanes. Hopefully they can move the Rapid Ride buses on central to other routes, Unser being the longest and most obvious example of a road that desperately needs a route.
From what I've heard when I've asked people involved, the plan is to move the Rapid Ride routes around. I'd imagine the most likely new Rapid Ride routes would mirror the current 4th Street routes, the 5 (Downtown/UNM/Carlisle/Montgomery) with a route on San Mateo. I'm sure any or all of these would get a Rapid Ride route before Unser would. I actually like the design of the stations! They remind me of miniature Denver International Airports But yes, a local line on Unser would be cool, and maybe a connection between CNM Westside and the Northwest Transit Centre.
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But yes, a local line on Unser would be cool, and maybe a connection between CNM Westside and the Northwest Transit Centre.
