Publication Details

Pueblo of Jemez creates community-informed traffic calming solutions

Type: Paper

Author(s): Pullen-Seufert, Nancy; Figueroa, Alessandro; Marchetti, Lauren

Publisher: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center

Url: https://www.pedbikeinfo.org/downloads/PBIC_CaseStudy_PuebloOfJemezTrafficCalming.pdf

Publication Date: 2024

Address: Chapel Hill, NC

Abstract: The Pueblo of Jemez is a federally recognized tribe with over 89,000acres of land located 50 miles from Albuquerque, New Mexico. It serves as home to over 3,900 Tribal members. Earthen, unpaved roads, like those on Day School Road near Jemez Day School, are an integral part of supporting the Pueblo’s long-standing heritage of running. When the Pueblo of Jemez Planning Development and Transportation Department (PDTD) and Jemez Department of Transportation(JDOT) collaborated with the Emergency Management, Education, Police, and Public Health departments to pilot test improvements to walking and biking conditions around the school, they faced unique challenges. Recognizing that typical quick-build materials like paint would not be suitable for earthen roads, the team sought innovative solutions that honored both the natural landscape and the cultural legacy. The Pueblo of Jemez received support from the National Center for Safe Routes to School, Quick-Start minigrant, made possible by General Motors, to improve youth pedestrian and bicyclist safety near Jemez Day School