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Press Release: Author and Disability Advocate Anna Zivarts Illuminates Tucson’s Deadly Car Dependency in Book Tour Stop
Living Streets Alliance hosts Author and Disability Advocate Anna Zivarts
What’s up with the RTA and why you should care
The RTA (Regional Transportation Authority) is planning to ask voters like you to renew a 1/2 cent sales tax that expires in 2026. This is a major source of funding for transportation in Tucson and right now it’s headed down the wrong road. That’s where YOU come in…
The Move Tucson project list is live. Did your priorities show up?
For the past several months the Tucson Department of Transportation & Mobility (DTM) has been working to analyze existing conditions of our transportation network and to gain an understanding of community priorities. Taking those things into account, they've identified 234 projects— totaling approximately $5.7 billion dollars—to make Tucson's transportation system more complete. Did your priority projects make the cut?
With 1st Avenue redesign, an opportunity to do so much more than address traffic
As an RTA-funded project, 1st Avenue will change drastically between Grant Road and River Road in the next 5 years. It’s currently a high-crash corridor with lots of foot and bike traffic, and the redesign provides an opportunity to make it much safer for people on foot and on bike. We at Living Streets Alliance are strong supports of less lanes (4 vs. 6) and fully protected bicycle lanes. Find out why…