Colorful traffic calming on Mossman Road now complete in the Los Ranchitos neighborhood
On November 23rd, Living Streets Alliance hosted a Block Painting Party in the Los Ranchitos neighborhood, in unincorporated Pima County. Between 10 AM - 3 PM neighbors, students from Los Amigos Tech Academy, and their families transformed Mossman Road into a place full of playing in the streets, painting student-designed murals, connecting with one another and swapping stories, getting bikes repaired and ready to ride, and enjoying delicious burros from Los Jarritos.
Led by Los Amigos Elementary's art teacher Rennee El Onache, the community painted colorful murals within six chicanes, bringing joy and playfulness to a street that neighbors have been highlighting as a place of increasing concern. Two of the student artists joined the fun, proudly adding their signatures to their completed asphalt murals.
Read a full recap of the day and check out photos by clicking below.
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The results are in from Cyclovia Census
In case you missed it, we're excited to share data from the Cyclovia Census, our participant survey administered during our Cyclovia Tucson: Downtown—South Tucson event on October 27th, 2024.
In addition to stats you'll find in the report, our 21st Cyclovia was successful in so many ways. It:
- Featured a Resource Fair chock full of services and information, and an Indigenous Art Market with over a dozen local creators;
- Showcased thirteen arts performance groups and entertainers;
- Supported 43 different nongovernmental agencies (nonprofit and community organizations);
- Mobilized over 195 volunteers;
- and included 55 other partners including food trucks, local businesses, municipalities, and more!
Click below to see the full report.
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Over $50,000 raised on Giving Tuesday, thanks to you!
Thank you to everyone who showed up in body and spirit for Living Streets Alliance this Giving Tuesday! We had a blast connecting with friends new and old at Tap+Bottle and even exceeded our goal of $25,000, which was matched by a very generous supporter!
We say it over and over again and it remains true: We can't do this work without YOU! Without your generous donations, whether you're donating your hard-earned income, your precious time, or your wholehearted passion, we could not do our work without you.
Giving Tuesday marked the beginning of our year-end fundraising push as we gear up for 2025. Support this work with a tax-deductible contribution and let’s keep fostering community connection by creating vibrant streets that work for everyone.
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Bicycle Education Clinics
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 your slot! We'll provide basic bicycle maintenance and youth bicycle helmets for FREE. Made possible by the City of Tucson Department of Transportation and Mobility.
TODAY! Thursday, December 5, from 6 - 7:30 PM
Rio Vista Elementary School
1351 East Limberlost Dr (85719)
Wednesday, December 11, from 4 - 6 PM
Summit View Elementary
1900 E Summit St (85756)
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Mobile Bike Repair
The following Bicycle Education Clinics are scheduled in partnership with local organizations. These are free and open to the public!
TOMORROW! Friday, December 6, from 6 - 7:30 PM
Building Bridges Community Center
3355 N Fontana Ave (85705)
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Cyclovita—Amphi
Saturday, December 7, from 10 AM - 3 PM
Woods Memorial Library—
Building Bridges
Calling all Amphi neighbors and businesses...
We're excited to host our first-ever Cyclovita! A fraction of the size of Cyclovia, Cyclovita is truly a block party for the neighborhood. Since we can't do Cyclovia more often, we're piloting the Cyclovita program, giving neighborhoods the opportunity to make their own community connections. If you live in the area, join us!
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[Ride with LSA to] Stone Avenue Complete Streets Ribbon Cutting
Tuesday, December 17 at 11:45 AM
Ride meet-up at Living Streets Alliance
439 N 6th Avenue, Suite 201
Let's celebrate the opening of the Stone Ave Two-way Protected Bike Lane!!!
After ten year the Stone Avenue two-way protected bike lane (along with green infrastructure, traffic calming, and walking improvements!) will finally will be complete, connecting from Toole Avenue to Ochoa Street. Join us for a group ride to the ribbon cutting ceremony, which will take place at Noon at Jacome Plaza, downtown.
Meet up at LSA and we'll ride over together. We'll have neon bike pins for everyone who joins us!
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Help shape the future of 1st Avenue🚴🚗
The 1st Avenue Improvement Project is currently asking for your feedback. Since launching our survey in September, the City has received more than 350 responses, but they want to make sure that your voice is heard. Accordingly, they've extended the survey deadline. Make sure and take a few minutes to share your vision and priorities for the 1st Avenue Complete Street. The new survey deadline is this Sunday, December 8, 2024!
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Learn to Ride with Sun Tran 🚌
Sun Tran is inviting community members to join an in-person training session to help new riders navigate Sun Tran’s transit system. Riders will learn everything from trip planning and reading route schedules to loading their bikes onto the bus!
Training sessions will be held at the Sun Tran Administration Building, located at 3910 North Sun Tran Boulevard. Riders can hop on Route 10 and get off at the stop at Romero Road & Smoot Drive. From there, take a short walk West on Smoot Drive until you spot the Sun Tran gate. A map can be found at Suntran.com.
The next session takes place on Tuesday, December 17, 11:30 AM. If one of your new year's resolutions is to ride the bus more, don't miss this!
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Apply for a Safe Streets Mini-Grant!
Tucson's Safe Streets Mini-Grant Program is now accepting applications for 2025 projects. The program establishes an inclusive, community-led process to deliver traffic calming improvements to residential neighborhoods across the city, prioritizing under-resourced areas that could not otherwise fund their own traffic calming improvements via the existing Neighborhood Traffic Management Program. Neighborhood safety improvements include traffic circles, chicanes, speed humps, and other traffic calming features. The deadline to apply is Tuesday, December 31 at 11:59 pm.
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***NOTE: If you follow transportation in Tucson you're probably wondering why we're not promoting the RTA Next survey just yet. Stay tuned—it's a big survey and a big topic that deserves it's own newsletter issue. We'll send one out soon with tips, insights and considerations for you soon!***
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Bike, bus and pedestrian improvements won the vote in L.A. How did advocates pull it off?
Think people won’t vote for safer streets? Think again. Despite dysfunctional communication, siloed organizations, and many lessons learned, Next City offers a primer for building a movement in the car-centric west.
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The most dangerous roads in America have one thing in common
It is common across the United States that many of the most deadly, polluting, and generally awful urban streets are overseen by state departments of transportation (DOTs). Often they were constructed decades ago, when the surrounding areas were sparsely populated.
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Who’s really to blame—and who isn’t—for America’s traffic death epidemic
U.S. crash deaths are much more common than in other rich countries, leading many public leaders to proclaim that “Road safety is a shared responsibility.” By lumping everyone together, the phrase blurs that distinction, allowing those who can do the most to save lives to dodge accountability.
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