City experimenting with bike-only pavement upgrade
The City of Tucson means it when it says they are prioritizing bikes on the Fourth Avenue/Fontanta bicycle boulevard. The city is trying a new repaving scheme that will provide…
Updates from the BAC meeting: Police enforcement and more
I’ve received a few unofficial updates from last night’s Tucson-Pima County Bicycle Advisory Committee meeting. I didn’t attend because I was celebrating my 30th birthday. Here are the high points:…
Traveling cyclist and author presenting about world travels
Writer, photographer, speaker, bicycle advocate and former actor Willie Weir will be in Tucson speaking about the latest bicycling adventures from his book, Travels with Willie . Check out my…
Local elementary school building campus bike track
Students at Elvira Elementary School in the Sunnyside school district may soon have the first campus bicycle track in Arizona. Officials from the Elvira and the Pima County Bicycle and…
Youth cyclist going on bike tour to talk about El Grupo
Although, El Grupo team member Marcos Esparza, 17, won’t officially graduate from BASIS High School until May, he is done with classes and is going to spend two months on…
One month remaining to help fix bike parking code
Tucson cyclists who are unhappy with the proposed bicycle parking code updates —which will make it easier for developers to provide less parking at distances further away from entrances —…
Making pedestrian signals bike friendly
The City of Tucson is investigating ways to make pedestrian signals throughout the region more bicycle friendly. According to Tucson’s bicycle and pedestrian program manager Tom Thivener, there are over…
Q&A with Tucson cycling coach and site contributor: Travis Woodruff
Editor’s note: Travis Woodruff is a Tucson-based cycling coach (USA Cycling certified Level I Elite Coach) and founder of Momentum Endurance, a coaching business. On Monday, Travis will begin providing…
Construction on city’s first bike boulevard beginning soon
Construction on the city’s first official bike boulevard is set to begin in less than two weeks. The city hired two contractors to complete the work on Fourth Avenue and…
Why use a car when you can do it by bike?
As I was loading the wheelbarrow (in the photo above) on to my Xtracycle, a neighbor walked over and asked where I was taking it and whether he could help…
New website puts your bikes to work for you
A new website allowing cyclists to rent bikes or list their own bikes for others to rent launched this month and its founder is hoping Tucson will be home to…
Rillito River path gets new pavement
Crews have begun repaving portions of the Rillito River path. The path has been intermittently closed for repair work, which stated earlier this month. According to the schedule the crews…