[NMCycling] North Diversion Trail Underpass Dangers

[Paul Sery via Bike-racers]

I saw a police talking with them under Montgomery a couple of months ago, 
but there's no obvious on-going effort. It's a problem up and down that 
trail. Yesterday, there was a woman lying down at the entrance to the NDiv 
channel crossing near Rocky Mountain Stone near I40. She was in the shadow 
along the southern railing using her phone - glad I didn't take the turn 
wide. Yikes.

I've had a shopping cart pushed down the ramp at me and had to call 911 to 
report two assaults in progress under Carlisle. Dodging needles and glass 
is a constant hazard. We're building a 50 mile loop while the most used 
trail in town turns feral. Oh well.

On a positive note, the iron bars look like a long-term way to keep the 
camps from developing under Carlise and I40/NDiv. They've also cut down a 
lot of the vegitation that provides cover along the strech from Carlise. 
I'm curious if the city, feds or AMAFCA installed them. (I've seen AMAFCA 
surveying the homeless population this past winter.)

On Mon, 19 Sep 2016, iHuman via Bike-racers wrote:

> Does anyone know if anything can be done about people sleeping and/or partying on the bike path underpasses?
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> Recently, when I ride the north diversion channel there are groups of people at the bottom of the underpass near Montgomery and the as well as the underpass just north of that. I was riding on Saturday and there were two people sleeping in the middle of the bike path on the southbound lane, a group of 3 standing in the northbound lane visiting with one another, and a group of about 10 about 20 feet away in the southbound lane sitting on the bike path - seemingly oblivious to bikes.
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> This is a disaster waiting to happen. Both for cyclists - and those sitting/sleeping on the path. (I do mean ON the path, and not off to the side).
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> thanks for your assistance!
> elaine
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