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Council defers traffic-code modernization and companion education resolution to Nov. 5 after amendments

5965850 · October 20, 2025
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Summary

The Albuquerque City Council adopted amendments and then deferred an ordinance to modernize the traffic code (O98) and a companion education resolution (R196) to Nov. 5 after public comment and a council amendment requiring APD training and an enforcement plan.

The City Council took the first procedural steps Oct. 20 to modernize Albuquerque’s traffic code and to adopt a companion public-education resolution, but both the ordinance (O98) and the education resolution (R196) were deferred to the Nov. 5 meeting after floor amendments and public comment.

O98 would update traffic-code language to strengthen protections for pedestrians, bicyclists and other vulnerable road users, clarify driver responsibilities at pedestrian crossings and HAWK signals, and direct automated-speed-enforcement revenue to Vision Zero…

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