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Highlights from the Pop-Up Plaza
#GivingTuesday's Pop-Up Plaza and Bike-In movie was a blast! Using light-weight furniture and adding some activities and food to the block, we set the stage for 6th Avenue to become a plaza. And you brought it to life! (Check out photos from the day here.)
Thanks to the hundreds of people of all ages who visited the plaza over the course of the day to enjoy coffee, lunch, read, relax, exercise, or catch a movie. Together, you made it a very memorable day and helped support the local businesses in our neighborhood.
Congratulations to Lisa, the winner of the Pop-up Plaza Door Prize and thank you to the businesses who contributed to making the event possible: Exo Roast Co, Tap+Bottle, Miller's Surplus, Bhava Wellness, Let's Sweat, The Royal Room, Mister Car Wash, and Pedego Electric Bikes. We are so appreciative of your support and partnership!
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Give now to support safer streets, connected communities, and joyful public spaces
At Living Streets Alliance, we know that small, temporary events like the Pop-up Plaza can lead to big, permanent changes in our shared public streets. Support this transformation of our streets—through policy, programs, events, and initiatives to make streets living public spaces for people—by making a tax-deductible contribution!
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Your support ensures continued transportation advocacy with and for you, your family, your small business, your neighborhood, and your community in 2022 and beyond.
And if making a contribution isn't in the cards right now, here are three other ways you can support the work of Living Streets Alliance:
• Monthly Support: Set up an automatic monthly contribution by checking the box. Even a small amount each month makes a big difference over the course of the year!
• Planned Giving: Support Living Streets Alliance by naming our organization in your will or living trust, or as a beneficiary in any retirement plan or life insurance you may have.
• Business Partnership: If you own or lead a business, consider joining us as an official Business Partner. You’ll gain broad exposure and association with Living Streets Alliance's programs and events that Tucsonans have come to love and follow.
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More kids on bikes with Safe Routes to School back in session
After missing an entire academic year of Safe Routes to School programming in schools, it's been such a joy to return to in-person events and activities this Fall. In addition to continued Riders & Walkers presentations in 3rd grade classrooms, and dozens of Mobile Bike Repair clinics across the Tucson region, here are some highlights of school-specific activities:
- Mission View Elementary launched a brand new after-school bike club. They met every Friday with about ten consistent participants learning how to ride their bike safely and gearing up to ride out in their neighborhood.
- Ochoa Bike Club got back in full swing. With support from BICAS ride coordinators, youth have learned how to safely ride their bikes out in the community and taken several group rides to parks near JVYC (John Valenzuela Youth Center).
- Los Amigos Walk & Roll Wednesdays picked right back up with a massive kick-off event. Building on years of momentum, faculty and families resumed several weekly Walking School Buses to help get kids to school safely. It kicked off with a big event in October and continued each week consistently averaging 100 participants each time around.
Plenty more is planned for the spring semester including two street mural projects! Thank you to City of Tucson Dept. of Transportation & Mobility and to Pima County for continuing to fund and support these programs!
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Introducing the December Cyclovia Remix route: Hello Midtown!
November's Cyclovia Remix was full of good tunes + sweet connections. Together, we met up for a group ride and hosted a pop-up party in the park where we saw lots of bikes repaired, neighbors accessing community resources, and good engagement with the City around changes coming to 6th Ave.
This month, we visit our Hello Midtown! route from way back in April 2013. It connects midtown primarily along Blacklidge from Stone to Dodge and up to Brandi Fenton Park. Scroll down for details of our final Cyclovia Remix event for 2021—an easygoing ride on Blacklidge—and visit the community calendar to see the full line-up of events and activities happening in the area.
What is Cyclovia Remix? Safe group rides, pop-up parties with loads of community resources, partnering with local businesses and community organizations, connecting with City projects happening in your neighborhood, and family-friendly activities.
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Now available: our 2021 Annual Report
July 2020-June 2021 was a period most people will probably never forget. The COVID-19 pandemic peaked, nationwide protests for racial justice took center stage, and locally, schools were mostly closed and in-person events canceled. And yet, connections were still made, stories shared, and conversations kept alive.
In this Annual Report, we are honored to share a story centering South Tucson residents in a vision for their streets and a snapshot of how that took shape one year along a continuum of programs, events, and conversations that have been happening there for many years.
Have a look>>
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Slow Roll on Blacklidge Dr
12/18 Saturday 1:30 - 4 PM
McCormick Park
Join LSA & Street Team volunteers on a family-friendly, 4-mile bicycle ride through the Blacklidge Route. Riders will receive a free desert plant from Plants for the Southwest at our final stop. Don’t worry, there will be lots of stops for this slow ride.
Meet at McCormick Park (on Blacklidge & Columbus) at 1:30, ride leaves at 2pm!
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For additional events, visit our Cyclovia Remix Community Calendar.
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Weigh in on the 6th Avenue Protected Bike Lane by November 19th!
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As part of the voter-approved Proposition 407, Tucson's Parks+Connections bond, the City of Tucson is preparing for bicycle safety improvement along 6th Avenue between 7th Street and Speedway Boulevard. Protected bike lanes will be added to the corridor, as well as green infrastructure, and safer crossings at intersections. Learn more about the project here, then take the survey by clicking below.
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Last chance to act for World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims 2021
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Last month we commemorated World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims by drawing attention to the fact that we're in a national crisis with an estimated 42,060 traffic deaths in 2020. These traffic deaths are preventable and we need urgent action now from all of our lawmakers at the federal level. We sent out an advocacy action alert, sign up here if you'd like to receive timely updates. Contact your Senators and Representatives about prioritizing community health and traffic safety at this critical time.
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Get involved with Cyclovia today!
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There are so many ways to support Cyclovia Remix. Join us as a volunteer and you can help by doing outreach, leading rides or activities, staffing meetups, cleaning up a route, taking photos, promoting equity through advocacy, and so much more. Fill out a simple volunteer form to let us know what excites you and we'll get you plugged in!
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Want timely advocacy action alerts as they come up? Subscribe to our Action Alerts email list to stay updated between monthly newsletters.
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The Demand for Money Behind Many Police Traffic Stops
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"Busted taillights, missing plates, tinted windows: Across the U.S., ticket revenue funds towns — and the police responsible for finding violations.".
{Image: NY Times}
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The Deadly Myth That Human Error Causes Most Car Crashes
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"Every year thousands of Americans die on the roads. Individuals take the blame for systemic problems. Seeking to find a single cause for a crash is a fundamentally flawed approach to road safety, but it underpins much of American traffic enforcement and crash prevention."
{Image: David McNew/Getty}
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Lemonade From Lemons: Six Improvements Worth Celebrating Within Flawed Infrastructure Bil
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"Money from the finalized $1.2 trillion infrastructure deal is already flowing out to states and metro areas who are plugging it right into projects both already underway and on the horizon. After covering six things the administration should do immediately to maximize this mammoth infusion of unexpected cash, here’s a longer look at some of the law’s incremental or notable successes, with the aim of equipping the administration and advocates alike to steer this money toward the best possible outcomes.
{Image: Wikimedia Commons}
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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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