January Meeting:  Organizing Questions:
I would like to see a Rapid Transit Magnetic Train between Tucson and Phoenix
How can we get a fast train between Tucson and Phoenix?
How can we as the residents and citizens of Tucson shift to a predominately car-free culture? Car free city = Uban spce absent of personal motorized petroleum-consuming vehicles.
How [...]

[ December 19, 2008; 9:45 am to 11:45 am. ] Avoid a Wrong Turn in Arizona…Oppose the proposed I-10 Bypass!

Meeting Time and Location:
9:45 a.m., Friday, December 19, 2008
City of Tucson Council Chambers
255 W. Alameda
Dear Arizona Wildlife Supporter,
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is proposing a new bypass around Tucson that would have devastating consequences for Arizona wildlife — and they need to hear from you!  [...]

An important message by an average citizen from Michigan
Friends,
I drive an American car. It’s a Chrysler. That’s not an endorsement. It’s more like a cry for pity. And now for a decades-old story, retold ad infinitum by tens of millions of Americans, a third of whom have had to desert their country to simply find [...]

The Peak Oil Crisis: Memorandum for the President-Elect
by Tom Whipple, retired CIA analyst, columnist for the Falls Church (VA) News-Press, and editor of Peak Oil Review. Published November 6, 2008
The way things are shaping up, in less than three months you will be in charge of solving the direst set of crises since the ones [...]

A Desire Named Streetcars: Alan Drake Interview
Click here for interview.
How should North Texas cities meet the public transportation needs of the near and distant future? This is an hour-long interview with engineer Alan Drake and Jay Kline, interim vice president of planning and development at Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART),. They both participated in a [...]

[ May 2, 2008; ]
Support clean energy by going to the movies…

This Friday, May 2, the Fox Theatre will be showing a screening of the documentary “”Gas Hole””.
And proceeds from the movie will go to the PAG Clean Cities program to advance outreach and education of the use of alternative fuels in the region.

As gas prices continue [...]

[ April 10, 2008; 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. ] Public meeting of Grant Road Corridor Planning Task Force.

This is a public meeting to provide an update on the project to widen Grant to six lanes from Oracle to Swan roads, in order to accommodate a projected 50% increase in car traffic over the next 10-15 years.

Arizona Small Business Association, 4811 E. Grant Road, Suite [...]

[ March 15, 2008; 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. April 19, 2008; 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. May 17, 2008; 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. June 21, 2008; 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. July 19, 2008; 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. ]
Tucson Electric Vehicle Association
meets the 3rd Sat of each month
Visit our website to confirm details: www.teva2.com
generally 9am-noon
at UMC Hospital
(on Campbell Ave., just north of Speedway)
Meeting Room E
(directions: go in the main entrance, past the waiting room, past the reception, past the elevators, to the cafeteria; go to meeting room E on the south side; [...]

Mobility & Urban Villages – The new Face of Tucson
Actions on Transportation
The Grant Road Improvement Plan process is developing a vision and plan for major changes to Grant Road. This project is part of the recently adopted Regional Transportation Authority plan (RTA), funded by a 1/2¢ Sales Tax. Voters have already approved $160 million [...]

[ March 30, 2008; ] Seventeen (17) Clean Air Days and Bike Fest activities are scheduled from Sunday, March 30 through Wednesday, April 30 at various locations around town. The Clean Air/Bike Fest Contest kicks off on April 1 and runs through April 24th. If an individual takes action to reduce air pollution, and a Contest entry form is completed [...]