Hot off the press: Check out our 2024 Annual Report
Taking the time to reflect on the work we've completed each year is immensely rewarding, as we're taken back in time to the different events we held, people we met, and what we've learned from our community, volunteers, partners, and from the trial-and-error that comes with everyday work.
We're super proud of what Living Streets Alliance has been able to accomplish through intentional collaboration, listening, and uplifting community members. Thank you to the Board of Directors, our dedicated supporters, volunteers, allies, and partners in this work. We hope you enjoy this recap!
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Mini Cyclovias will soon be a reality, thanks to a grant from AARP
Have you heard the news? We couldn’t be more exited to share that LSA has been awarded an AARP Community Challenge Flagship Grant. Even better, check out what we get to do with it:
Through this grant, we’ll pilot an inaugural “Cyclovita” event this November. What is Cyclovita, you ask? It’s a mini open streets program that we’ve been dreaming up—a way to replicate the magic and community of Cyclovia Tucson on a smaller, more sustainable scale.
At LSA we get way more requests for open streets than we have capacity for. This new program is a way to equip more communities to host their own, smaller-scale open streets events.
We’re excited to partner with AARP for the pilot this Fall, with special attention on our neighbors in the ’05 who are aged 50 or older. This event is a way to interrupt the social isolation that many older adults experience, inviting them to find joy in nearby social connections and physical movement without the need to drive a car or leave the neighborhood.
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Uplifting community voices in the 29th Street Thrive area
Over the past year, we’ve been working on the City of Tucson’s 29th Street Thrive initiative as part of the consultant team selected to support planning and community engagement efforts led by the City’s Housing & Community Development Department.
29th Street Thrive is intended to facilitate comprehensive neighborhood planning and resident-driven investment in the neighborhoods along 29th Street between Alvernon Way and Craycroft Road (between 22nd St. and Golf Links Rd.). This effort goes beyond typical neighborhood planning and looks holistically at a place, identifying a vision to transform both the physical environment and to create opportunities for residents to thrive through education, services, and jobs.
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Mobile Bike Repair
Building Bridges
Saturday, July 27 from 10 AM - 12:30 PM
3355 North Fontana Avenue, Tucson, AZ, 85705
Neighborhood families are invited to bring their bikes and attend a mobile bike repair clinic this month at Building Bridges. We'll provide basic tune-ups and youth bicycle helmets for FREE, thanks to Tucson Department of Transportation & Mobility!
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Join our Book Club!
We are so excited to announce the launch of our first summer Book Club series! This summer we will be reading and discussing Anna Zivart's new book "When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency." This book sheds light on the challenges faced by non-drivers in America, and advocates for a transportation system that considers the needs of all individuals to improve, enhancing quality of life for everyone.
While discussing the book we'll also be working together to understand the diverse needs of non-drivers in our community, foster connections and collaboration among advocates in Tucson, and brainstorm effective ways to advocate for inclusive transportation policies and changes.
To sign up for the Book Club, email Sofia by July 12. Don’t wait—seats are limited!
*Club members will pay $20 to receive a copy of the book.
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Reminder: Share your transportation priorities!
Pima Association of Governments (PAG) invites your input on regional transportation priorities and investments. Tell PAG about your transportation experiences and how the region should apply its transportation funding resources in this brief survey and “Shape Your Transportation Future" for the next 30 years.
Results from the survey, which is being conducted by PAG, will help inform development of PAG's long-range transportation plan, the 2055 Regional Mobility and Accessibility Plan (RMAP). Share your priorities before the survey closes on July 19!
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Interview: Pedestrian Deaths Up in Tucson (Arizona Public Media)
The number of people on foot who are being struck and killed in Tucson is growing at an alarming pace. Tucson was ranked the third deadliest metro area in the nation for people walking in Dangerous by Design 2024. Sophia Hammer of Arizona Public Media reached out to our Executive Director Emily Yetman to discuss these devastating statistics.
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Webinar: When Driving is Not an Option — Making Transportation More Inclusive
Transportation equity advocate, author, and nondriver Anna Zivarts presents a case study into the challenges that one third of the US population faces: How to get around with ease and dignity, without driving a car. Join Anna Zivarts, Dustin Black, Michigan Department of Transportation Engineer, and Rebekah Kik, Assistant City Manager for the City of Kalamazoo as they weigh in on what challenges currently exist for nondrivers, how the challenges can be met with compassion, and how nondrivers can be centered in transportation design.
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Article: Traffic Engineers Build Roads That Invite Crashes Because They Rely On Outdated Research and Faulty Data
More pedestrians and bicyclists are getting killed on U.S. streets than at any time in the past 45 years. Crashes are overwhelmingly attributed to errors made by people driving or on foot. Yet, vehicle and road design significantly impact the chances of crashes happening, and surviving a crash. How much blame lies with road users when vehicle and road design prioritize speed over safety?
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