National streets guru, Angie Schmitt, coming to Tucson
If you're passionate about streets as public space and multi-modal transportation, chances are you're a big fan of Angie Schmitt. Angie is one of the country's best known writers and experts on the topic of sustainable transportation. She was the long-time national editor of Streetsblog (swoon!) and her writing and commentary have appeared in the New York Times, The Atlantic, and National Public Radio. She's also the founder and principal at 3MPH Planning & Consulting, a small firm focused on pedestrian safety, and the author of Right of Way: Race, Class and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America, which was published in 2020 by Island Press.
Angie works with leading change makers around the country advancing safer transportation policies and infrastructure and we're excited to share that she'll be here in Tucson (and in Phoenix) for a free event organized by Arizona Partnership for Healthy Communities. Don't miss this exciting opportunity to meet Angie and hear her latest ideas and reflections on the state of safety for people biking, walking, rolling, and taking transit in America. Click below for details and to register.
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Introducing Cyclovita: our new mini-open streets concept
One of the number one requests we receive as organizers of Cyclovia Tucson is: Can you do it more often? and the second most frequent request is: Can you bring it to my neighborhood?
Big open streets events like Cyclovia Tucson take a huge amount of resources and capacity to organize and while we love them, they're hard to scale up. Enter Cyclovita. We've long had the dream to pilot a smaller open streets event—something that neighborhoods could take the lead on organizing themselves. And now, thanks to AARP's Community Challenge and the National Endowment for the Arts Our Town program, we're about to finally be able to try it out!
Next month Amphi neighborhood will host the first Cyclovita along four blocks of car-free streets with a winter market at one end and a resource fair at the other. Cyclovitas are meant to be hyperlocal, so if you're from the neighborhood or the general area (nearby neighborhoods) we invite you to check it out. Learn more by clicking below. Questions about Cyclovita? Contact us!
Interested in volunteering or helping out? Fill out this form!
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Joyful streets filled with people during our 21st Cycovia Tucson event
On Sunday, October 27th we hosted our 21st Cyclovia Tucson event presented by Arizona Complete Health, spanning from Mission View Elementary School in South Tucson to Armory Park in downtown Tucson along a route connecting communities that are close in physical proximity but distinctly different in demographics, histories, and culture.
After months of community outreach, partnerships, and planning, the 21st Cyclovia Tucson emerged as a celebration in honor of health, heritage, and community connection. Click below for highlights from the day and thank to to everyone who joined in the fun!
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An evening with Angie Schmitt
Join us for an insightful discussion on the future of transportation safety with Angie Schmitt, hosted by the Arizona Partnership for Healthy Communities. Nicole Rodriguez of The Urban Phoenix Project, and our very own Emily Yetman, ED of Living Streets Alliance will join in a panel discussion of the vital importance of multi-modal transportation and how we can build safer, more accessible streets for everyone.
TONIGHT!
Thursday, November 14, 6 - 8:00 PM
The Newton
300 W Camelback Road
Phoenix, AZ
TOMORROW!
Friday, November 15, 6 - 8:00 PM
Dragoon Brewing Co.
1859 West Grant Road #111
Tucson, AZ
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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 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.
Tuesday, November 19, 5:00 - 6:30 PM
L.M. Prince Elementary School
125 E Prince Rd (85705)
Thursday, November 21, 2:30 - 4:30 PM
Woods-Memorial Library
3455 N 1st Ave (85719)
Wednesday, December 4, 5:00 - 7:00 PM
Sierra K-8 School
5801 S Del Moral Rd (85706)
Thursday, December 5, 6:00 - 7:30 PM
Rio Vista Elementary School
1351 East Limberlost Dr (85719)
Friday, December 6, 6:00 - 7:30 PM
Building Bridges Community Center
3355 N Fontana Ave (85705)
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Bicycle Education Clinic
The following Bicycle Education Clinics are scheduled in partnership with local organizations. These are free and open to the public!
Thursday, November 21, 2:30 - 4:30 PM
Woods-Memorial Library
3455 N 1st Ave (85719)
Friday, December 6, 6:00 - 7:30 PM
Building Bridges Community Center
3355 N Fontana Ave (85705)
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Block [Painting] Party
@ Los Ranchitos
Saturday, November 23, 10 AM - 3 PM
Mossman Rd
between Brosius Ave & Bonney Ave
Businesses and residents in the Los Ranchitos neighborhood and families from Los Amigos Tech Academy are invited to join us for a Block [Painting] Party to paint murals designed by Los Amigos students within traffic-calming chicanes that are being installed along Mossman Road.
This is a neighborhood party! Enjoy music, food, free mobile bike repair, and lots of family-friendly activities.
Learn more here.
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Save the date! Giving Tuesday
Happy Hour @ Tap & Bottle
Tuesday, December 3, 5:00 - 7:00 PM
Tap + Bottle
403 N 6th Ave #135
Join us as we toast to protected bike lane victories, preserved fare-free transit, the debut of Cyclovita and so many more benchmarks for 2024. We'll have refreshments, door prizes, and more so bring your friends and family and let's toast to all that we've been able to accomplish together!
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Save the date!
Cyclovita—Amphi
Saturday, December 7, 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. Neighborhood residents are invited to experience this Cyclovita.
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Tell National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: make vehicle hoods safer for pedestrians!
The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) is working on a new safety standard (Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards) that would require designs of vehicle hoods to be less deadly to pedestrians. Unfortunately, other design flaws that could save lives, such as front end height, visibility issues and speed governance, are currently not included in the safety requirements.
America Walks is advocating for NHTSA to take more meaningful steps to improve safety and require additional safety standards. The organization will encourage NHTSA to finalize new hood standards, as well as add new rules to address dangerous vehicle size, visibility, and speed.
Click below to learn more and demand action! Deadline to add your voice of support is November 18th.
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Why a Memorial for Victims of Traffic Violence Matters
The Vietnam wall changed the way Americans think about war. For traffic violence, the transformative power of a well-conceived national memorial is still untapped.
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Learning from the past
Big dollars are at stake in next year's transportation vote. The Tucson Agenda looks back to when it all began.
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Cash Lansky and 29th Street Thrive: Hip Hop artist gives back through creative civic engagement
Cash Lansky and his work were recently featured on Arizona Illustrated. Cash worked with us as a Promotore for the City of Tucson's 29th Street Thrive Project, organizing events to gather community-led research. This new and creative approach to civic engagement ensures that solutions are tailored to the unique needs of the neighborhood, often uncovering overlooked perspectives that top-down research misses, and promises to aid people in shaping their neighborhoods with newfound agency and insight.
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