We all know we have a transportation problem here in the Old Pueblo. Lots of problems; not enough money to fix them.
I support much of the RTA draft plan, which will dramatically expand our transit capacity, frequency, and efficiency. But the half-cent-sales tax that funds it will only go so far. We need to maintain [...]

Yesterday, despite prodigious get-out-the-vote efforts on the part of our cadre of indescribably dedicated volunteers, only 14% of eligible Ward 6 voters cast a ballot. 35% of those who did, voted for me, and I am humbled by their support. Their votes were truly votes coming from a place of hope, and we will build [...]

Crude oil prices peaked over $70 a barrel for the first time on Monday. Gas prices could be soaring past $3 a gallon by this weekend, and $4 or $5 by January. The devastation wrought on the people of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina has also destroyed a large part of the nation’s oil refining [...]

Yep, folks sure love their cars in Phoenix. The freeway construction never seems to stop, no matter how high the smog rises. And the congestion never seems to stop, either.
But an interesting thing is happening in our sprawling metropolis to the north. People with cars are choosing to take the bus instead.
According to an [...]

Most reasonable leaders from John McCain to Raul Grijalva now agree that global warming is a major threat to our environment and economy, and we need to act yesterday to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases at every level to avoid disaster. But President Bush announced this week at the G-8 summit that reducing greenhouse gases [...]

In the same week that Fred is dealing with the major issues facing our city by declaring an “Elephant Crisis”, the Star informs us that we have no choice but to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to drink sewage water direct from our taps in the very near future.
Fred is already on record approving [...]

As a public artist, I get around the country quite a bit to see how other fast-growing communities are dealing with their growth and planning for the future. It is frustrating and disappointing to return home to my beloved Tucson and find most of our leaders — political and business — with their heads in [...]

Chek out this website for the San Francisco League of Conservation Voters sprawl cost calculator.
You punch in the households per acre in your neck of the woods and find out how much less you will pay for gas, how much less pollution you will produce, and how much less water you will use [...]