City of Tucson

Tucson Transit fares still waived during pandemic

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“Transit fares remain free. Sun Tran will announce when fares will be reinstated on social media, our website, on buses and at transit centers.” Regular bus fare is $1.50 one way with various discounts,using Sun Go card: https://www.suntran.org/how-to-ride/bus-fares-and-pass-locations. To ride the 4 mile Sun Link streetcar, the all day pass costs $4.50, with semester discounts … Read more

Team Up Clean Up Tucson

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UPDATE: Due to increase in COVID 19 cases, this clean up has been postponed to the Fall. What is TEAMUPtoCLEANUP? “The City of Tucson, along with other community partners, will lead a city-wide clean-up effort the week of June 8-13, 2020 (postponed to week of June 22).  As many COVID-19 restrictions are slowly being phased … Read more

Ronstadt Transit Center redevelopment

Ronstadt Center Remake on Transit & City Council Agendas this Week

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What would Tucson do without smart activists with tenacity and good computer skills? I recently received an update on the Ronstadt Transit Center redevelopment project– complete with drawings and a project timeline– not from the City of Tucson but from a local transit watchdog who has been following transit-related decisions for years.

Ronstadt Transit Center
Remember the entrance to the Ronstadt with the brick arch and the clock? That will be another hotel, according to the drawings.

The redevelopment of the Ronstadt Transit Center will be on both the Transit Task Force agenda for Monday, October 7, 2019 and on the Mayor and Council Agenda for Thursday, October 10, 2019.

  • Transit Task Force agenda, drawings and a Ronstadt Center redevelopment timeline can be found here. This link also includes minutes from the transit group’s September meeting (very interesting).
  • Mayor and Council agenda here. Ronstadt redevelopment is dead last on a long agenda. Thursday looks like another long day for the Mayor and Council and those of us who follow them. There are multiple agendas and addenda here.

More background and links below the fold.

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AC Marriott in Tucson

GPLETs, Tax Breaks & Annexations on Sept. 17 Tucson Mayor & Council Agendas

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Tax breaks for economic development were hotly debated during the recent Democratic Primary for Mayor, and they continue to be a really hot topic for many Tucson voters. Recently, I had a two-hour meeting with a Tucson woman who is hopping mad about the GPLETs (Government Property Lease Excise Tax) that are being used to … Read more

Ronstadt Transit Center

Why Can’t the Ronstadt Center Be an Open-Air Transit & Community Space?

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Do you remember the controversy surrounding redevelopment of the Ronstadt Transit Center? Back in 2013-2014, developers were making a play to redevelopment the Ronstadt Transit Center. They had pitched redevelopment of the Ronstadt in the past and failed; the 2013-14 plans revolved around building something on top of the Ronstadt. I mention this ancient history because the … Read more