Getting Around
Once visitors are here, they will find Albuquerque is best experienced by car.
- The Alvarado Transportation Center, located Downtown, is Albuquerque's transportation hub, directing both train and bus travel.
- Legendary Route 66 can still be traveled today—it is now Central Avenue, Albuquerque’s “main street.”
- Interstates 25 and 40 (Big I) was renovated in 2002 and are Albuquerque’s major thoroughfares, intersecting in the middle of the city.
- ABQ Ride is the City of Albuquerque’s public transportation service and provides rapid transit and local bus service as well as other transportation options. http://www.cabq.gov/transit/
- Visitors can use the buses to get to Albuquerque’s cultural attractions http://www.cabq.gov/transit/destinations.html
Travel Times
Traffic delays are infrequent, and the average inner-city drive is 15 minutes or less.
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Travel Times Minutes
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Downtown
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Old Town
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Midtown/
University
|
Airport
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Uptown
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Eastside
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Balloon
Fiesta Park
|
Rio Rancho
|
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Downtown
|
•
|
5
|
8
|
5
|
12
|
15
|
15
|
25
|
|
Old Town
|
5
|
•
|
10
|
15
|
12
|
18
|
20
|
25
|
|
Midtown/University
|
8
|
10
|
•
|
5
|
5
|
12
|
12
|
28
|
|
Airport
|
10
|
15
|
5
|
•
|
15
|
22
|
20
|
30
|
|
Uptown
|
12
|
12
|
5
|
15
|
•
|
8
|
15
|
28
|
|
Eastside
|
15
|
18
|
12
|
22
|
8
|
•
|
22
|
30
|
|
Balloon Fiesta Park
|
15
|
20
|
12
|
20
|
15
|
22
|
•
|
15
|
|
Rio Rancho
|
25
|
25
|
28
|
30
|
28
|
30
|
15
|
•
|