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The City Council on Wednesday passed an ordinance to prioritize speed in a mission that has seemed out of reach over the past decade: making Albuquerque鈥檚 streets substantially safer for pedestrians and cyclists.

Councilors voted unanimously to pass the 鈥淨uick Build鈥� amendment to the city鈥檚 Complete Streets Ordinance, which directs the Department of Municipal Development to consider quick-build treatments 鈥� to improve safety for all users 鈥� when planning repaving and other road construction projects.

Quick build uses cheaper materials such as paint, plastic barriers or natural elements like planters and boulders to reduce lanes of traffic, slow speeds and segregate areas meant for pedestrians and cyclists.

Councilor Tammy Fiebelkorn, who sponsored the ordinance with Councilor Nichole Rogers, said quick-build projects 鈥渁re all substantially less expensive and substantially quicker than our traditional methods of spending lots of money and lots of time to permanently reshape roadways.鈥�

The legislation requires that, if quick build is not incorporated, DMD or the responsible agency will document 鈥渢he specific reason or reasons the treatment was determined to be infeasible.鈥� It also requires an annual report from DMD to the council documenting completed projects and how many included quick-build treatments, which are meant to last up to five years.

The ordinance now heads to the desk of Mayor Tim Keller.

Ben Garland, community representative on the city鈥檚 Complete Streets Committee, said, 鈥淚t鈥檚 encouraging to see Albuquerque鈥檚 leaders continue to treat street safety as something that transcends politics.鈥�

鈥淎dding quick-build projects to the Complete Streets ordinance will let the City make lifesaving improvements faster and more affordably,鈥� he said in a statement, adding that councilors Fiebelkorn and Rogers and DMD Director Jennifer Turner 鈥渄eserve a great deal of credit for moving this work forward and keeping the safety of everyone who uses our streets at the forefront.鈥�

The ordinance comes months after the New Mexico Department of Transportation  for agencies to draw from. The temporary treatments have gained popularity over the past 20 years, especially as inflation and the cost of materials spiked in the past decade.

It also comes on the heels of New Mexico being named the deadliest state for pedestrians in the nation, a ranking it has held tight to over the past several years. As has been the case since 2018, Albuquerque and its surrounding roadways accounted for the largest share of pedestrian deaths.

A Journal analysis found 43 people were fatally struck by drivers in the Albuquerque area last year, which marked a decrease from 50 in 2024 and the record-high 56 deaths in 2023.

While pedestrian deaths outnumber cyclist deaths by the dozens, the latter have appeared to garner more attention and political will.

Several high-profile cases in recent years 鈥� notably the deaths of three city bike safety center employees 鈥� have pushed state and local lawmakers to strengthen safety laws and make larger investments in related infrastructure to areas like East Central, the deadliest stretch of road for pedestrians in the state.

In 2025, the city of Albuquerque made its largest financial commitment, $5 million, to pedestrian safety projects in the 3-mile stretch of Central Avenue between San Mateo and Eubank. Since 2018, more than 40 people have been fatally struck by drivers in that portion of Route 66, which 鈥� as a result of the investment 鈥� has a business access and transit (BAT) lane on either side, hundreds of pedestrian street lights and metal fencing in the medians.

Those who supported the ordinance during Wednesday鈥檚 council meeting saw quick build as a solution to address traffic safety when the danger is there but the investment isn鈥檛.

Jackie Davis called it 鈥渢he missing piece in our roadway safety puzzle.鈥�

鈥淗ow do we make our roadways safer for users in the short term? The answer is this bill,鈥� she said. 

Jordon McConnell, with Strong Towns ABQ, said residents shouldn鈥檛 have to wait years on capital projects to make dangerous areas safer.

鈥淪ometimes meaningful improvements can start with something as simple as some paint and bollards,鈥� he said. 鈥淲hen we invest our public money into a street, we should ask whether that investment can prevent serious injuries and save lives 鈥� rather than choosing between doing nothing and waiting years for an expensive reconstruction.鈥�

Luis Sutherlin said the state DOT鈥檚 Quick Build Guide would have 鈥渘o teeth鈥� without the ordinance, which shifts the burden to require an engineer to explain why changes were not made to make a known dangerous street safer.

鈥淔or far too long, the people who are designing our streets have surrendered to liability paralysis, this keeps our dangerous streets in a state of perpetuity,鈥� Sutherlin said.