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Quick-build 101: How to transform your streets with paint, planters, flex posts
Paint, planters, and flexible lane delineators can do quite a lot to slow traffic, make a street safer for non-vehicle movement, and beautify a neighborhood. This month we explore what all of the buzz is around this "Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper" approach to transforming our streets. Click below to learn more about this approach to place-lifting/place-making that's all about making community-visioned changes on the ground happen quickly and in a way that's inclusive and flexible.
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Preview the 6th Avenue Asphalt Art mural + get ready for next month!
The votes are in and Concept #1 was the clear winner for the 6th Ave Asphalt Art project. The design, created by Tucson artist Yu Yu Shiratori, will get implemented during an all-day block-painting party this October as part of a project to calm traffic, improve connectivity, and enhance safety and comfort for people in the block between Children's Museum Tucson and Armory Park.
The "quick build" project was made possible through a Bloomberg Philanthropies Asphalt Art Initiative grant award in partnership with Tucson Department of Transportation & Mobility. Click below to learn more about the project, and make sure to sign up to help paint the street on October 22nd as part of United Way Days of Caring (scroll down for details).
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Barrio Blue Moon block-painting party
10/1 Saturday 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
@ the intersection of N 14th Ave & W Helen St
Live in the Barrio Blue Moon neighborhood? Join us to install a new traffic-calming measure as part of the Thrive in the 05 initiative. Enjoy music, food, free bike repair, and fun activities while you paint and plant!
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Volunteer to transform 6th Avenue
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Help bring the 6th Ave Asphalt Art mural to life during United Way Days of Caring. We need your help painting the mural, filling planters, and more.
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If you know and love Cyclovia, you know it can't happen without the support of the community! Sign up as an individual or with a group of six or more to take a shift between riding and roaming.
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Can Anacostia build a bridge without displacing its people?
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{Image: New York Times}
How do we create public space and lessen the affects of gentrification? One neighborhood in Washington D.C. has been working on it--and there's a lot of learn from them.
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How walkable cities can curb urban heat islands
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{Graphic: World Meteorological Association}
In Tucson we've experienced the heat island effect in areas that have lots of paved surfaces and lack shade. Learn how creating a more walkable city helps to ease the heat.
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Chicago's first Indigenous garden
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{Image: Next City}
"While Native youth work to beautify the city and combat public health crises and climate change, their struggle for recognition and respect continues."
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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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