Saying goodbye to 2011
It’s been an interesting and eventful year for cycling in Tucson. I’ve tried new things and learned a lot in this past year and am hopeful 2012 will be even…
Take a break and ride your bike
We are going to take a few days off here at TucsonVelo.com to enjoy spending time with our family, our friends, our bicycles and preparing for the upcoming year. If…
Cyclist killed by train remembered by cousin
The cyclist killed by a train at 6th Street and 9th Avenue last week spent his winters in Tucson and summers in Minnesota. His cousin Marv Vredenburg sent me an…
Bike jacking on Santa Cruz River Path
A Tucson cyclist was assaulted by several teens and had his bike stolen on the Santa Cruz bike path last week. Dean Gray wrote in an email that the bike…
Ordinary Bike Shop feeling pinch from construction
Business at Ordinary Bike Shop has been a little slower in the past few months because of construction which has limited access to the bike shop. Ordinary owner David Tang…
Cyclist killed by train in downtown Tucson had just left BICAS
A 53-year old cyclist was killed after being truck by a train after he left BICAS on Saturday. According to a Tucson Police Department press release, Carl Astrum was stuck…
Cyclist hit by train today
The Arizona Daily Star is reporting a cyclist was hit by a train in Downtown Tucson today. According to the Star the cyclist was in his 40s or 50s and…
Cyclist killed in crash had ‘significant’ amount of alcohol and marijuana in system
The cyclist killed in a crash on Grant Road had a significant amount of alcohol and marijuana in his system at the time of the crash a Tucson Police Department…
BAC fails to meet quorum again; says farewell to transportation director
For the second time in four months, the Tucson-Pima Bicycle Advisory Committee failed to make a quorum and canceled their meeting. They did however receive a brief update from outgoing…
Toole/4th Ave underpass gets new bike markings
The city continues to retrofit the the Toole/Congress/Broadway/4th Avenue intersection to make the multimillion dollar underpass friendly to bicycles and pedestrians. Crews have been adding pavement markings, sharrows and bike…
The face of Tucson rickshaws
Editor’s note: This post originally appeared on borderbeat.net and is published here with the permission of the producer, UA Journalism Senior, Tyler Kurbat. Wesley Weisheit is the face of Tucson…
Back to school and what that means for Tucson Velo
First things first, Tucson Velo will always be the best site for information about cycling in Tucson. I am, however, returning to school to get an MBA at the UA’s…