Develop Historic Broadway NOT wastefully widen the roadway

As a pedestrian and bicyclist, and resident of this neighborhood, I can attest that this is a BAD plan. It will NOT improved the use of this area and will cause permanent harm to Tucson. Please do not widen historic Broadway!! Wait for a plan that is endorsed by the community!!

Let's use our common sense, business sense & sense of community to not waste money on an unnecessary project with will destroy neighborhoods.

Money and time wasted with a never ending parade of consultants and "experts in the field" who's answer to any opposition is "have you ever been to Portland" ... My fear is that the City will demo the buildings, run out of money and leave a waste land along Broadway with the pavement in just as poor of condition as today and wait to try to get another bond passed in a future election when everyone has forgotten this.

Preserve history and foster community in Tucson - please do NOT widen Broadway!

Wider roads means more cars - more traffic. We need to grow our city in more progressive ways, not with the same auto-centric mentality.

Let's widen the road and make Tucson look even more like ugly Phoenix!

Remember Jane Jacobs, who fought an expressway with me in Toronto—and we won. She always said, correctly of course, that street widening is, by no means, a solution to traffic problems. It just encourages more traffic.

Do not widen the road. Use money for better use!

Effective responses to the challenges of global warming require a dramatic reduction in fossil fuel consumption, 29% of which (in Tucson) is transportation related. Given our knowledge regarding the effects of global warming, increasing carbon-based transport infrastructure is beyond absurd.

I would support the widening if it included extension of the street car route along Broadway as part of the widening. If you cannot afford to repave our streets why widen?

We don't need to widen Broadway, simply unnecessary.

I feel that the current plan yet again ignores the feedback from the residents it will actually impact. I am an advocate for the widening, but NOT this plan which is not a reflection of the residents it will impact.

Tucson needs freeways not destroy historic buildings and force business's to close or relocate.

If implemented, the recently unveiled Broadway widening plan would create yet another dead traffic corridor through Tucson's central historic neighborhoods. This outdated suburban approach is contrary to nationally & internationally recognized 'best practices' of urban design, which would instead focus activity on the street front, preserving what urban fabric exists, and allowing infill and increased density & urban vitality. Our City Planners downtown have recognized and embraced this (in creating Infill Incentive District) -- this message needs to be shared with the traffic engineers, too! Urban design should not be a by-product of traffic planning. This is our chance to break with past widening schemes, and do something different. We urge Mayor & Council to table the current plan, and reassign the funding to meet other pressing transportation needs, including maintenance of deteriorated existing roadways, and the provision of bus shelters with adequate seating & shading throughout the city.

No need to demolish buildings. What about increasing public transit?

Lets make our streets safer and more available for pedestrians, bikes and bus riders.

Make Broadway more like Broadway. Fewer cars, more green space, and a pedestrian friendly environment!

Use thoughtful planning to create a beautiful city for us!

I grew up in Tucson. Back in about 1973, traffic on Broadway between Country Club and Downtown would back up from stoplight to stoplight during rush hours. These conditions forced the City to implement a Reversible Lane (Suicide Lane) on Broadway and to put a plan together to handle even more traffic 25 years in the future. However, today, conditions have changed for Broadway between Country Club and Euclid. Traffic congestion has not increased per the predictions 25 years ago. Traffic does not back up from stoplight to stoplight during rush hours. Due to the changing atmosphere & landscape Downtown, Fourth Avenue and the University Area, traffic on Broadway between Country Club and Euclid has actually declined over the last 25 years. There is absolutely no need to spend over 70 million dollars to widen Broadway and destroy historic structures along Broadway that add to Tucson’s culture. The money should be used to make nice improvements (Smart Development) to Broadway and NOT to widen it per a Bad Alignment Plan!

Please find 21st Century solutions! Tucson doesn't need wider roads--it needs mass transit, better bike lanes and safe, walkable streets.