Tucson has the worthy goal of accommodating the development of 35,000 housing units by the year 2033. This could mean the addition of tens of thousands of vehicles to our current traffic situation. But continuously widening and adding roadways does not make sense. It’s expensive, ugly, environmentally unsound, and only encourages more traffic. Endless hot lanes of asphalt and moonscape parking lots do not make for a desirable city. Now is the time to promote and nurture alternatives. Keep mass transit free, build new developments along transit routes, and use the money that would be spent on new roads to create a world-class transit system and tree-lined bike paths and sidewalks.
As we all know, cars are crazy expensive -- gas, insurance, registration, maintenance, parking, tires, on top of the purchase price. We can save a lot by living without car ownership, or at least two car ownership, but it’s up to the city to make that possible.
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Linda Dobbyn
Midtown
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