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The University of Arizona Parking and Transportation Services department has extended the bike valet’s trial period. The bike valet will remain free to try until October 15. According to one of the students workers, the most bikes they have valeted in one day was 42.

Proposed changes to the City of Tucson’s bicycle parking regulations are raising concerns in the business community. The bicycle parking rules are being moved from the city’s development standards document to the city’s land use code. Adam Smith, a principal planner for the City of Tucson, said the move makes it much more difficult to [...]

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The Pima Association of Governments wants you… to volunteer to count bikes. Ann Chanecka, a PAG planner and the bike count point person, said they hope to count at 100 locations including 20 on the University of Arizona campus from Oct. 19-21. She said they will need more volunteers this year because they are adding [...]

The Tucson region is no longer in the top 10 for bike commuters. Based on data released by the census’ American Community Survey on Tuesday, the percentage of people commuting by bike in the region fell from 2.04 percent in 2008 to 1.87 percent in 2009. The small drop, combined with other major cities’ increases, [...]

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Pima County officials are still waiting for word on whether they will receive grant money for the Urban Loop. The county applied for $41 million in federal money to help complete the Urban Loop project, but according to Nanette Slusser, a Pima County assistant administrator, the federal government has delayed the decision because so many [...]

Figuring out just how many people are riding around the region might get a little easier is local bike planners have their way. Planners from the City of Tucson and Pima Association of Governments met with a representative from Eco Counter, a French company that sells automatic bike and pedestrian counters on Saturday. Eco Counter [...]

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Just wanted to share this photo of a Tucson Police Department motorcycle officer preparing to stop a motorist for driving in the bike lane at Mountain Avenue ad Grant Road. I’ve seen officers there often in the last few weeks. I have an email in to get the final citation counts once the enforcement is [...]

Cyclists hoping for a respite from increased enforcement against bicycle violations will have to wait another month to relax. Following in Tucson Police Department’s footsteps, the University of Arizona Police Department will begin its own increased enforcement of cyclists starting Friday and lasting at least until the end of October. UAPD spokesperson Sergeant Juan Alvarez [...]

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