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ABQ Ride hosts ‘Back to School Stuff the Bus!' event
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – With the new school year beginning, ABQ Ride is hosting a 'Back to School Stuff the Bus!' event to help provide school supplies to kids in need. The plan is to fill a city bus with school supplies to support students across Albuquerque. Every car that brings donations can get two free mini-golf passes and a movie pass to Flix Brewhouse. The event is being held this Saturday, August 16 from 9 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Hinkle Fun Center and Flix Brewhouse on Indian School Rd. and Tramway Blvd. To learn more about the Back to School Stuff the Bus! event click here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Solve the daily Crossword
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6 days ago
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Study gives recommendations on how ABQ Ride can improve safety on buses
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The City of Albuquerque is fine-tuning its recent overhaul of security on city buses, after a study revealed some gaps. The recommendations in the study completed last year focus on getting more security staff in the field, and getting them to incidents faster. 'This plan is not something that's meant to last for a season or two, it's here to stay,' said Bobby Sisneros, Deputy Director for ABQ Ride. Story continues below Film: These 2010s movies and shows were filmed in Albuquerque. Have you seen them? New Mexico News Insiders: Addressing Education With New Mexico's Lt. Governor New Mexico Crime Files: Mother high on fentanyl nearly kills crossing guard sees no jail time News: Study gives recommendations on how ABQ Ride can improve safety on buses It's a plan to make riding the Albuquerque city buses safer for transit workers and riders. In 2023 Albuquerque City Council adopted an ordinance requiring ABQ Ride to conduct a study that would create a long-term plan to improve safety, after noting a rise in safety threats on buses. 'They are prone to physical assault, verbal assault, general harassment, poor hygienic conditions on the bus,' said David Pennington, Vice President for Parametrix Consulting. The study from the consulting firm Parametrix looked at over 10,000 incident records to create a list of recommendations. One of the suggestions was to create a process that deploys officers or other first responders more quickly to an incident. 'There's multiple agencies or multiple city departments involved in transit security, but whenever you have multiple agencies involved, who is accountable isn't always very clear, and so one group may think another is responding,' said Pennington. The study also found ABQ Ride needs a division to keep track of those incidents. 'There were some years back in 2019, 2018, where there was no data collected at all, so this study really highlighted the fact that data is a very important part to having a strong robust security program,' said Sisneros. Another recommendation was to triple the number of transit safety officers who patrol the transit corridors. The Albuquerque Police Department said having more TSOs will free up more sworn officers. 'Because transit safety officers are able to respond to certain calls for service, they're responding to calls for service that sworn resources don't have to any longer,' said APD Commander Gerard Bartlett. ABQ Ride said they're confident this long-term plan will be successful. 'We've taken our time, we've done the research, we're identifying what's really needed and what's missing, but we're setting it up in a place so that when society changes, they can make the tweaks and the changes they need, but the whole plan stays the same,' said Sisneros. ABQ Ride said they have decided to increase the number of TSOs to 87 once the plan is fully implemented. ABQ Ride says the study cost $500,000. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Solve the daily Crossword
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10-07-2025
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Albuquerque bus driver arrested in stabbing of rider on the West Side
Jul. 9—A city of Albuquerque bus driver was arrested and charged after allegedly stabbing a passenger to death Wednesday morning near a bus stop on the West Side. David Gabaldon, 41, is charged with an open count of murder, tampering with evidence and criminal damage to property. Mayor Tim Keller said in a statement that the Transit Department has "launched an internal review into the actions of the employee involved." "Our Transit Department's highest priority is improving the safety and experience for all our riders, we understand this raises concerns about their efforts and have been working to make sure that all protocols were followed and safety measures were taken," Keller said. An ABQ Ride spokesperson did not respond to questions about how long Gabaldon had been a bus driver and if he had any prior incidents. Officers responded at 6:28 a.m. to a fight near Coors and Interstate 40, according to a criminal complaint filed in Metropolitan Court on Wednesday. Two minutes later, officers were called for a stabbing at the same location. Police detained Gabaldon while paramedics took the stabbed man to a hospital, where he died. Gilbert Gallegos, an Albuquerque Police Department spokesperson, said the fatal altercation was sparked after another passenger got on the bus and complained that Gabaldon was late. Gabaldon told the man, "If he is going to get on the bus, he needs to shut up and get on," according to the criminal complaint. The two argued until Gabaldon stopped the Route 155 bus at Coors, south of Iliff, and said he would not move the bus until the passenger who complained got off. Another rider told Gabaldon he was concerned with how he was speaking to the passenger and that passengers had someplace to be, so he could not stop the bus, Gallegos said in a news release. The two had a physical altercation on the bus before continuing the fight outside. Before leaving the bus, the man was seen on video grabbing a knife from his backpack, which he later dropped, according to the criminal complaint. Footage obtained by police shows Gabaldon grabbing what police believe was pepper spray and spraying the man's face. Police said Gabaldon hit the man again before grabbing a knife from his pocket and stabbing him twice in his left side. The man was taken to a hospital, where he died of his injuries. Gallegos said the man is not being identified until his family is notified. He said Gabaldon "chose not to make a statement to homicide detectives" after being arrested. "It is unconscionable that during an ordinary Wednesday morning commute with folks heading to work and morning engagements, that a personal conflict became a traumatic experience that no one should have to witness," Madeline Skrak, an ABQ Ride spokesperson, said in a news release.
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05-06-2025
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Homeland Security arrests 11 people, Bus driver speaks out on safety issues, Warm weather returns, Mixed-income housing project, ‘La Chicanita' honored
City of Albuquerque fines Comcast over incomplete jobs and exposed wires Grindstone Lake restocked with rainbow trout New Mexico man found guilty of kidnapping and conspiracy Teen charged in Albuquerque bicyclist's death will stay in custody Two Albuquerque restaurants make Yelp's 'Top 50 Cheap Eats' list Lavender in the Village Festival moving to new space in 2025 [1] Homeland Security: 11 people arrested at New Mexico dairy were 'undocumented' – The United States Department of Homeland Security Investigations arrested 11 undocumented workers after executing a search warrant at a New Mexico dairy farm. HSI said the migrants working at the Outlook Dairy Farm in Lovington had counterfeit green cards and used them to illegally obtain work. [2] Albuquerque bus driver speaks out on her experience of safety issues on Central route – While ABQ Ride said it has improved security on city buses, some drivers are saying they are still dealing with safety hazards at work. Denise Muniz Archibeque has driven a bus for the past year, mainly on Central Ave. She said drivers endure verbal abuse, threats, and frequent physical assaults. She called for a change to the city's Zero Fares Program, which allows anyone to ride the bus for free. City Councilor Nichole Rogers rejected the idea. ABQ Ride declined an interview but said that within the past year, they've invested in protective barriers around bus drivers and tightened rules for rider behavior. [3] Storm system moves out of New Mexico, warm temperatures return – Muggy conditions are still present in the wake of Wednesday's widespread thunderstorms with lingering rainfall across far-Southeast New Mexico, as well as parts of the Four Corners, with somewhat-gusty winds. Near-freezing temperatures are confined to the higher peaks of the Northern Mountains, while elsewhere, is mostly starting off in the upper 40s, 50s, and 60s. [4] New mixed-income housing project underway in Albuquerque – Construction is underway on a new mixed-income apartment complex in Albuquerque. Wednesday, Sol Housing and city officials broke ground on the complex located at Central Ave. and Alcazar St., just east of Louisiana. They say it is designed to provide affordable housing for older adults and those with accessibility needs. [5] Famed singer and lawyer Debbie 'La Chicanita' Martinez honored with historic marker – A program that shares the stories of remarkable women in New Mexico's history is honoring a late singer hailed as a trailblazer in the New Mexico music scene. Debbie 'La Chicanita' Martinez was a household name for Hispano families in the southwest and a star of the unique Nuevo Mexico sound of the 50s. The late singer is now being honored with a historic marker at EXPO New Mexico for her legacy in transforming New Mexican music and breaking into a male-dominated mariachi scene. After losing her hearing in her early 20s, Martinez earned degrees in business and law. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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01-06-2025
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ABQ Ride hosts annual Adopt-A-Stop bus stop clean up
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – On Saturday, dozens of volunteers came out to support the 4th annual Adopt-a-Stop community bus stop clean-up, hosted by ABQ Ride. The yearly clean-up is still in its beginning years, but has already been making a big impact across the city. From 9 a.m. until noon, volunteers headed out in their yellow vests, with trash grabbers and white pick-up buckets, to do good, one bus stop at a time. City leasing spaces for social services at Albuquerque's Gateway Center They had some help, of course, as the city's Sun Vans helped take volunteers along their clean-up route, from Girard Blvd. up to Wyoming Blvd. The clean-up serves another purpose as well, as June is Pride month, and city officials want that corridor to shine. 'So this clean up is once a year, every summer leading into the Albuquerque Pride parade to make sure that whole corridor sparkles for the event so people focus on the floats and not on the trash,' said Madeline Skrak, Public Information Officer, ABQ Ride. The city encourages adopting any of the 2,700 bus stops across the city. The effort to keep the bus stops clean goes beyond June, and officials say is a year-round job. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
