Fri. 4/6 8a: Albuquerque’s newly elected Mayor, Tim Keller, has pronounced ART (Albuquerque’s Rapid Transit bus system built to run down the middle of Central) a “bit of a lemon”. Why? Well, the electric buses leak, cant hold a proper charge, and don’t align with stations. Worse, Albuquerque spent $130M on the system, relying on an $80M reimbursement from the Feds, but Mayor Keller says that “check is not in the mail”. Now what? New Mexico People Places and Ideas host Stephen Spitz will sit down with Mayor Tim Keller to learn more about these problems and where ART is headed. Produced with assistance of Marshall Broyles and Lynn Schibeci
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