Need temporary bike parking for a community event? We've got you covered!
If you've been to a special event in Tucson recently you've probably noticed that parking is a mess. Large volumes of people arriving in cars all at once means lots of congestion, poor air quality, unsafe conditions, and a sea of cars.
We have a solution! Temporary bike parking is a simple and easy way to expand the amount of event parking available overall, and it also encourages people to arrive by bike. Living Streets Alliance can provide full service bike valet for large events and we also have bike racks available for rent.
But wait, there's more! We're excited to announce that we can now provide temporary bike parking for special events—for free—thanks to a new partnership with Pima County's Clean Air Program. If you're a Pima County-based nonprofit organization, community or neighborhood group looking to have ample / extra bike parking available for an upcoming event fill out the simple request form at the link below. We’ll coordinate directly with you to arrange for delivery and pickup of the racks and we’ll even help you promote bike parking as part of your event!
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Photo by Mike McKisson for AZ Luminaria
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Breif update on fare-free transit
Yesterday (April 9th) Tucson Mayor Romero & City Council once again discussed fare-free transit during their study session. Back in March a recommendation was made to reintroduce fares on some transit services. The recommendation encouraged the exploration of reinstating fares on Sunlink (modern streetcar) and Sun Express services. No action was taken in March, so the discussion was resumed yesterday.
As part of the Transit For All Coalition we shared our opposition to the recommendation and—along with Zero Fares Tucson, FUGA, Tucson for Everyone, and others— we continued encouraging Tucsonans to voice their support for all transit remaining permanently fare-free.
While a permanent funding source has still not been identified, the draft City budget for the coming fiscal year includes enough funding for transit to remain free. To that end, it appears that all transit will remain fare-free through June 2025. We'll continue to follow this topic, which is likely to resurface sometime in the fall, after election season. In the meantime, we'd like to thank Ward 1 Councilmember Lane Santa Cruz for advocating that the reversal of fare-free transit no longer even be a consideration and instead be something permanently supported by Mayor & Council. We'd also like to thank Ward 3 Coucilmember Kevin Dahl for echoing that sentiment and Mayor Regina Romero who stood firmly in support of fare-free transit and even helped gather some wonderful testimonials which you can read in her most recent newsletter.
If you reached out to Mayor & Council in support of fare-free transit, this is a great time to follow up and thank them for their support!
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Arizona Gives Day a huge success, thanks to you!
We'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who contributed to Living Streets Alliance last Tuesday as part of Arizona Gives Day. Together, we met and exceeded our goal of raising $20,000 in support of streets for people here in Tucson. Huge thanks to Westbound for hosting the happy hour and to the dozens of people who attended and helped pack the space with warmth, enthusiasm, and joy. The road to safe and vibrant streets is long, but we're here for it. Thank you for joining us on this journey!
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Mobile Bike Repair
The following Mobile Bike Repair clinics are scheduled in partnership with area schools. If your family attends one of these schools make sure to contact the front office to reserve you slot! We'll provide basic bicycle maintenance and youth bicycle helmets for FREE, thanks to Tucson Department of Transportation & Mobility.
Mission View Elementary
as part of the After-school Showcase
Friday, April 19 from 3 - 5 PM
2600 S 8th Ave (85713)
Rio Vista Elementary
Tuesday, April 23rd from 6 - 7:30 PM
1351 E Limberlost Drive (85719)
Apollo Middle School
Saturday, April 27 from 9 - 10:30 AM
265 W Nebraska St (85706)
Ochoa Community School
Friday, April 26 from 4 - 6 PM
101 W 25th St (85713)
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Group ride to the Adventure Storytelling Series
Tuesday, April 23rd
Ride meets @ Armory Park at 5 PM
Stories start at 7 PM at American Eat Co.
1439 S 4th Avenue, 85713
The Adventure Storytelling Series is a fun, free bicycle-themed storytelling series happening here in Tucson. It continues this month with the theme of "accesibilidad." As part of getting to this month's event, we're hosting a leisurely group ride from downtown to American Eat Co., where socializing and storytelling will ensue. Join us!
Learn more
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Weigh in on the Camino Miramonte-Palo Verde Bike Boulevard route alignment
Do you travel by bike in midtown Tucson and wish we had more low-stress north-south bike connections? The Camino Miramonte - Palo Verde Bike Boulevard is intended to help fill this gap and the City of Tucson is currently soliciting community input on three route alternatives.
If you live or travel in the area, we highly encourage you to take a look at the project materials to see the pros and cons if each route identified in the alternatives analysis and share your thoughts via the short survey currently available on the project web page.
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Disabled Riders Need Comprehensive Public Transit Planning
According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 13.4 million Americans between the ages of 18 and 64 have self-reported travel-limiting disabilities. Disabled people face barriers with regards to income inequities, employment access, and transportation.
Informed by the experiences of people with disabilities, a research paper released by The Disability Mobility Initiative has a series of recommendations for policy-makers, transportation departments and advocates "to humbly perceive their ignorance of the daily experiences of people who live differently than them and understand the urgent need for 'radical' inclusion of disabled nondrivers in the planning processes across every level of our transportation systems and to begin, with urgency, to practice that inclusion."
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Fare-free Buses Might Be Good for Kansas Citians’ Health
Arguments in favor of collecting fares for transit almost always focus solely on the the hard number of revenue and expense, but what if they took into account all of the long-term benefits that translated into huge financial savings and quality of life improvements for people? In Kansas City a team of researchers is studying the link between health and free transit, hypothesizing that when Kansas City Council voted in 2019 to phase out bus fares— and eliminate them entirely in 2020 — public health gains followed. See why:
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New York City Just Had Its Safest-Ever Year For Pedestrians. What Went Right?
Advocacy organizations like Transportation Alternatives have been working to increase mobility and safety in New York City for decades. Last year a notable benchmark was reached, ten years after New York became the first US city to adopt the Vision Zero traffic safety model. This article looks at successes as well as what still needs to happen on the path to achieving zero traffic deaths. What could Tucson learn from their successes and failures? Have a look.
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The mission of Living Streets Alliance is to advocate for a thriving Tucson by creating great streets for all of us.
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