{"id":93,"date":"2005-10-28T00:55:32","date_gmt":"2005-10-28T06:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/?p=93"},"modified":"2005-10-27T18:57:56","modified_gmt":"2005-10-28T00:57:56","slug":"abq-ride-city-of-albuquerque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/uncategorized\/abq-ride-city-of-albuquerque\/","title":{"rendered":"ABQ RIDE – City of \r\n\r\nAlbuquerque"},"content":{"rendered":"

I rode the Rapid Ride bus today. I parked for free <\/p>\n

at the Uptown Station (between NMEFCU<\/abbr> and Coronado Shopping Mall (I saw a <\/p>\n

bike chained to a fence, but did not see a bike rack). When I arrived at 12:27pm, a bus was waiting; it left a minute or so after I <\/p>\n

boarded. At Uptown, there may have been half a dozen folks. Along Central we picked up quite a few more, including bike commuters; it <\/p>\n

felt half-full, but I didn’t count heads (or make much eye contact, except when a women on a neighboring bus made me smile).<\/p>\n

The <\/p>\n

trip from Uptown to the Downtown Library at 5th and Copper took about 1\/2 hour, but I was busy with the newness of the experience and <\/p>\n

with the wireless connection, which worked great for me. Sitting with my TabletPC, the infinite newstand\/library of the Web at my <\/p>\n

fingers. I even sent email to my wife, telling her I was on my way.<\/p>\n

All for one buck (each way). Highly recommended.<\/p>\n

When I <\/p>\n

exited the bus, I was surprised to see the library partly surrounded by a fence. Even more surprised by the picket line. Between 30 and <\/p>\n

50 men and women marched with signs for a carpenter’s union. They had a lively chant, demanding many good things like decent wages and <\/p>\n

health care for all, plus “no justice, no peace!” Right on! I don’t expect to see a word of this in the Journal or on TV. You got to get <\/p>\n

out of your car to meet the people.<\/p>\n

It has been a few years since I walked around downtown as much as today. Great to see several <\/p>\n

large murals — we need more. We walked from the City-County Building on the Plaza to the new Flying Star on Silver near Eighth. <\/p>\n

Beautiful place, great service, OK food. I felt so urban\/urbane, sitting on the balcony, browsing the Web for the cost of the new lofts <\/p>\n

across the road (up to $360K!). Felt like visiting a big city, though I had to stop myself from saying hello to everyone I passed. mjh<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

ABQ RIDE<\/a><\/p>\n

Rapid Ride travels an 11-mile route along Central Avenue from Unser to Wyoming, then north on Wyoming to the Uptown shopping district.<\/p>\n

ABQ RIDE – City of Albuquerque<\/a>
\nRapid Ride Now Has Wireless Web Access<\/p>\n

Using <\/p>\n

the Rapid Ride just got a lot more interesting for the business commuter and college student. All of the city’s 12 Rapid Ride vehicles <\/p>\n

now have wireless web access. There are 83 hot spots along the route that allow the buses to establish a connection from zone to zone. <\/p>\n

This new technology will allow passengers with laptop computers to surf the internet, check email, send reports to work or chat with <\/p>\n

friends. Now, many people will find their commute time to be productive time.<\/p>\n

Map of Route
\nhttp:\/\/www.cabq.gov\/transit\/pdf\/05aprrapidram.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I rode the Rapid Ride bus today. I parked for free at the Uptown Station (between NMEFCU and Coronado Shopping Mall (I saw a bike chained to a fence, but did not see a bike rack). When I arrived at 12:27pm, a bus was waiting; it left a minute or so after I boarded. At … Continue reading ABQ RIDE – City of <\/p>\n

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