Volunteer to be a Cyclist for the 2021 Albuquerque Heat Mapping Study
Our built environments affect the temperature of everything around us. Pavement, buildings, and shade all have an effect on the comfort and safety of our neighborhoods. Urban heat is an issue of safety and equity, and we need your help to better understand where our city needs to focus its climate mitigation efforts.
We need volunteer cyclists for each of our data collection sessions during the heat mapping study. Cyclists can help us collect data in places where that would be inaccessible for other vehicles, and will contribute valuable data to this study. One cyclist per route will be outfitted with the heat sensors, but cycling is safer in groups so there is no cap for the number of volunteers in each team (we will monitor recruitment and increase capacity as needed). Cyclists will be split into three teams for this study during each of our data collection periods in this study.
Schedule
Arrival:
The cyclist to be outfitted with the data collection tool should arrive at City Hall @ 5:30am/2:30pm/6:30pm. We will attach the tool to the rider's bicycle and they will drive to the start/stop point.
Fruit Loop Route:
Rides will begin @6am/3pm/7pm and must be completed by 7am/4pm/8pm
One way route of approx. 15 miles, starts at UNM North Campus north on the North Diversion Channel, to Paseo, to the Bosque, and then ends at Bike in Coffee. Estimated completion time 1 hour. Teams will be provided with a map in advance.
Return:
Upon completion of the route, the rider with the data collection tool must return the data collection tool to City Hall.
What we need from you
First, we will need you to:
- Sign up
- Complete the forms
Next, we need you to learn how to use the data collection tools. The training video and knowledge check are located below. We will also have a training that you can attend, which we will send out to those who respond. You must either 1) watch the training video and complete the knowledge check or 2) attend the training session.
For the day-of study, please arrive at City Hall at the assigned time to receive and set up the data collection tools, ride the course assigned to you, and return to city hall after the end of the data collection period. Please plan to be early--our data will be compromised if we have people starting late.
If you would like to see the data we are building on, please check out our ArcGIS site.
This study is designed to take place during the hottest days of the year. We must have good weather for this event.
Preferred Date--July 9th
Shifts during this day are our preferred choice. If the weather is good, we will collect all of our data on this day and we will not need to collect data on July 10th.
Back Up Date--July 10th
If we are unable to collect data on the 9th, we will need to collect data on this date. If we undertake the study on July 9th, these shifts will be cancelled.
