[Neighbors] ART

Tue Mar 1 12:13:08 MST 2016

Greg is right - I know of at least 3 public outreach events held by the NHNA in Nob Hill about the BRT/ART. One at Yanni's in 2013, two at MVCC in 2014 and 2015.  In addition, Bruce Rizzeri with ABQ attended a NHNA Board meeting to take comment and answer questions. All of these meetings were either advertised over this list-serv or published in our agendas. Also, two articles about the ART and where to give input were published in two editions our NHNA Newsletter that is hand delivered to every household and business in Nob Hill. 

I don't have a problem with people being opposed to the ART, but there is quite lot of invalid and unsubstantiated information being passed around over this list-serv and Nextdoor by the opposition.  Whatever your position, you should be well-informed by both sides of the issue. Here is a link that may help you do that.... 

In Defense of ART – A Response to Save Route 66 Central’s Open Letter

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| In Defense of ART – A Response to Save Route 66 Central’...By Dan Majewski Edited by Jessica Carr, Chad Gruber, Leila Salim, Michael Vos and other UrbanABQ team members February 21, 2016 Preface  As of Tuesda... |
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Susan

      From: Greg Weirs via Neighbors_nobhill-nm <neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com>
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I'm sorry, I have to disagree with your statement "It is a lie" that public meetings were held to get input. Here are some links to the archives of this email list where meetings were announced and other posts on the topic. There may be others as well, I did not do an exhaustive search. I do recall attending at least two meetings, and I estimate there were 50-100 other attendees at each.
March 5, 2015: http://mailman.swcp.com/pipermail/neighbors_nobhill-nm/2015-February/006056.html

June 2013: http://mailman.swcp.com/pipermail/neighbors_nobhill-nm/2013-June/004056.html

May 2013: http://mailman.swcp.com/pipermail/neighbors_nobhill-nm/2013-May/thread.html (please browse the thread titles for a number of posts)

Greg
On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 1:04 PM, Anderson Robert via Neighbors_nobhill-nm <neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:

Pete Dinielli is right onthis.  We should all go to city councilMonday night and put this on their agenda again.   What I keep hearing from the cityis how they consulted with so many people on this before hand.  It is a lie. I figure they did talk to a few developers and people who want to spenda pile of money.  I have lived here near40 years now and know hundreds of local community residents, neighbors andfriends and none of those folks told me the city had done outreach to themabout this project.  In fact if any of usvoiced opposition we were deliberately excluded it seems. We need more public transit forsure but this project with its stealth component of turning Lead and Coal andZuni into major interstate highways will destroy the stable long-termneighborhoods on both sides of Central.  What we will have is a major exitof what makes up stable middle-class communities.  Speculators like this kind of outmigration.  The plan has no considerationat all of the impact on the communities as far as I can tell. The more thepublic looks at it the more problems we can see with it, trees, crossings, moreoil, parking, bankruptcies from more loans to businesses not doing wellnow...  I found the meeting last nighthelpful and learned a lot from folks who spoke in opposition to this plan. This ART is BARF, Shut it Down!  Bob

On Feb 26, 2016, at 11:11 AM, Thomas Simic via Neighbors_nobhill-nm <neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:
I attended the meeting last night. There were a lot of angry people and rightfully so. After attending the meeting, I am more concerned about the negative affect this project will have on Nob Hill, by eliminating appx. 71 trees, 68 parking spaces and most left turn signals on Central.  There is limited parking for people coming to Nob Hill presently and we are taking away more parking.All of this will affect businesses. There will be an increase of 300 cars during rush hour on Lead & Coal. I live on Carlisle & Coal and witness first hand the speeding,excessive noice from modified mufflers and big boom speakers in vehicles that rattle your house,  accidents and loss of life at this intersection, not to mention the trash that people throw out of their windows. this will only increase this problem.  The new buses will still use fossil fuels. There was mention about looking at an electric bus but no promise of such.  I think we need to find a way to get a moratorium to stop this project and have everyone go back to the drawing board. I am in favor of progress but.....is this progress?? Will the ART plan compete with plans in other states 5-10yrs. from now?? Let's think about the future when making Albuquerque progressive. I am not sure if buses are the answer.  I encourage everyone to take the survey online at Albuquerque Free Press and voice your opinion on this project.   Thank you for hearing me out. Let's do what is right for Nob Hill and the city of Albuquerque._______________________________________________
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