Council passes new parking code update
The Tucson City Council unanimously approved changes to the bicycle and motor vehicle land-use code at their meeting last night. The meeting had a very different tone than two weeks…
Bike safety program rolls at local school
The Pima County Department of Transportation created a program to bring bicycle education into middle schools around the region. Check out the video below to see how the program works…
Radio host slams bike parking and advocacy group
Local radio talk show host John Justice of 104.1 The Truth spent much of his broadcast Thursday morning slamming Living Streets Alliance and the push to modify the bicycle parking…
Portland planner: ‘Tucson is right on the cusp’
Mia Birk, a bicycle planner who is largely credited for making Portland one of the most bike-friendly cities in the country spent the weekend here as the guest of Living…
Group hammers out bike parking details
After months of meetings and a city council vote rejecting a bike parking code update, it took a group of about 12 two and half hours Monday night to agree…
Fast food restaurant ordered to replace bike parking
The Carl’s Jr. at Congress Street and the I-10 frontage road received a visit from a code enforcement officer from the City of Tucson’s Housing and Community Development Department on…
Video: Bike rodeo at the El Rio Health Fair
Check out a video from a bike rodeo at the El Rio Health Fair on Saturday, March 5. The Pima County Department of Transportation to the fair and handed out…
More bike-parking details from BAC meeting
In last night’s Tucson-Pima County Bicycle Advisory Committee meeting more details emerged about the city’s plan to work on the bicycle parking code update after the council voted to return…
UA earns silver bike-friendly status
The League of American Bicyclists announced yesterday that the University of Arizona is a silver-level bicycle-friendly university. This year’s announcement is the first time the league has awarded a bicycle-friendly…
Council not happy with bike parking updates
Bike advocates will have two more weeks to make their case for improved bike parking in Tucson. The mayor and council unanimously approved a motion proposed by Councilwoman Regina Romero…
Photo: First strip of pavement installed on Fourth Avenue
Crews began working on the bike-specific pavement upgrades on the Fourth Avenue bike boulevard yesterday. Here are a few photos of the crews and the first completed strip of pavement.…
Parking decision to come tomorrow
The Tucson City Council will decide the fate of bicycle parking in Tucson at their meeting tomorrow night. At issue is how many parking spaces developers are required to provide…