Eastside Bike Boulevard Phase I Outreach

This area will need significant improvement to be safe. Make sure police access the area and that there is really good lighting. Consider emergency phones like those on the University campus or better yet just make it a through street for cars and bikes.

I work at Magee MS. The back of school connection point shown on this map is a is just a locked gate. It is too far from the building to be opened and monitored. Consider moving this section to into the desert area that is right next to the school. There is room to build a path there. Kessel on the east of campus would also work for student access.

Students would be safer with a pedestrian light at Kessel. Yes, I know they have a bridge, but jaywalking is a persistent problem.

I live in the Sarnoff Ridge II development. I use Sarnoff Dr to get to the Loop 3 times a week. I have been very blessed/lucky that I have not had any issues with vehicles. However, I'm still terrified when I'm on Sarnoff Drive. I love the new plan. I cannot be critical of the plan because this is way better than nothing. Thank you taxpayers and planners.

I would suggest that once the currently proposed section of the Sarnoff Bike Blvd were complete, consideration of extending a connecting Bike Blvd path South via Golf Links -> Sarnoff-> Escalante -> Pantano -> Poinciana Drive provides bike access to Pima Community College East as well as Lincoln Regional Park and the Fred Enke Golf course. I would strongly support this extension of the Sarnoff Bike Blvd as a way to connect bike enthusiasts and pedestrians biking on the Loop near Pantano and Speedway with bike access to these community public recreational and educational resources.

I agree a pedestrian crossing from Sarnoff to Pantano Wash Bike Loop would be desireable to improve safe connection for bikers and pedestrians to cross the busy Pantano St. I strongly support the development of the proposed Sarnoff Bike Blvd Project.

I agree that the condition of the pavement is poor between Broadway and 22 nd. st. on Sarnoff. I ride this on my bicycle often and find that this section of my ride exposes my bike to the worst pavement. I ride often on this route to get to the Pima Community College East Campus.

I bike from my home near McGee Middleschool (near Speedway and Pantano) to the Pima Community College (PCC) East Campus on a regular basis. A bike path on Sarnoff would greatly improve my commute. The Pima Community College (PCC) East Campus would make the community college more accessible to low income students as well as the general public. The PCC east campus has access via bus and automobile but is somewhat isolated for bike commuters. The proposed Sarnoff bike route would intersect the Pantano Wash protion of the Tucson bike loop making the PCC East Campus accessible to riders who might come from more distant homes via the Tucson Bike Loop path and connect to the Sarnoff bike path to get to and from the PCC East Campus. This would improve student and general public access to the PCC East Campus. The PCC East Campus has excellent programs in computer information systems, has a maker space open to the public, has the unique "Cyber Warfare Range" open to the public and is doing some cutting edge educational programs that would be enhanced by an improved, safe, climate protective, transportation connection. The PCC East Campus has public events that improve the educational and cultural opportunities available to the citizens of Tucson. Providing a bike path connection would improve citizen access to these programs. I strongly support the construction of the Sarnoff Bike Blvd project.

As others have stated, connecting the bike path to the neighborhood/Magee Middle School/Sahuaro High School would be ideal. There are many students who live in apartments down Pantano all the way towards 22nd St. Giving them a safe option to bike to/from school would be ideal.

Does this mean you intend to repave Sarnoff south of 22nd as well as north of it? That segment from 22nd to Pantano Parkway is especially in need and only passable by mountain or gravel bike, riding along side it in the dirt. The roadway itself is barely fit for vehicle traffic. HORRIBLE!!

Camino Seco is HORRENDOUS and last we heard has ZERO plans for re-paving. Why??? Being an avid cyclist I am for bike boulevards but not at the expense of ignoring roadway re-paving on routes I would like to utilize but can't due to their atrocious conditions, like Camino Seco from 22nd to Speedway and 22nd from Camino Seco to Harrison (I am an avid cyclist and taxpaying motorist)

Sarnoff is HORRIBLE between Broadway and 22nd and in desperate need of complete re-paving. Is that in your projected budget? (I am an avid cyclist and taxpaying motorist)

Kenyon is in need of complete re-paving for not cyclists by motorists as well, especially for cyclists from Pantano west to the Loop! (I am an avid cyclist)

It would be nice to have a link from the Loop to Stella, south of Golf Links, and for Stella to be made a Bike Boulevard with a crossing at Wilmot to the bike trail. There is currently no way to get from my house on a bike to the Golf Links trail without riding on a busy road...Thanks

A suggestion for some kind of bike/pedestrian crossing at 29th and Pantano to cross safely to and from The Loop. It's a very dangerous place to cross and people drive way over the speed limit...Thanks

I would love this shortcut from Pantano to the trail. Right now have to turn left at 5th, ride south in traffic a few blocks, then take Centrepark to the trail. I know I would ride more often. Now, if you could find a low stress way for me to get to the Wilmot Library...

This crossing will be a death and injury zone for pedestrians and cyclists. Drivers regularly drive over the speed limit on Harrison. HAWK LIGHT not crosswalk is better here.

This section of Kenyon between Old Spanish Trail and Pantano Loop has terrible rough pavement. If this becomes a bike boulevard, please repave

Seems like there should be a bike lane connection between Pima/Wrightstown and Avenida [can't read name on map] bike blvd

Yes I would like to add a comment. Before you guys switched out the lights at golf links in Pantano Parkway everything was running just fine,
What took me all of three and a half minutes to get from Harrisson & Golflinks to Kolb & Golflinks (before your supposed "improvement"), now takes me 10+ minutes. How about fixing the terrible pot hole ridden roads East of Pantano Parkway south of Kenyon Drive on golf links in 22nd, Before you even think about making anything for 1/2 year residents, who don't even have voting capabilities during their stay. Bicyclists & bird watchers, contribute almost nothing to the betterment of the Tucson & the residents that actually pay the taxes here....???? FIX THE ROADS for your constiuents.WTH????? Remember To whom you serve..."we the people"
And you're surprised by Trump Winning???? Talk about your elitist attitude turning people off. Get the roads done.... please.🙏🙏🙏

29th and harrison is a dangerous intersection drivers don't respect the lights. as a person who walks daily with my dogs, i've almost been hit by cars 3 times. good luck because some drivers feel it's a race to see who can cross first

I too would love a way to ride from the eastside and connect to a east/west running bike path that takes me to the U of A.

Please extend Pima to the loop to allow those three neighborhoods access without having to bike on Speedway.

Can you extend the loop along the Tanque Verde wash all the way to Houghton? That would give access to the main loop to many more people.

Connection to Saguaro National Park East from the Loop would not only be convenient, it would increase safety greatly taking bikers off busy roads. Just make a connecting bike lane going east along Escalante off Harrison and through the wash to connect to the present bike lane east of the wash. Houghton/Irvington or Kenyon/OST are very busy roads for cyclists to use. Thanks!

It would be really helpful and make Wrightstown safer to add a bike lane going east and west.

I have not tried the Escalante connection between OST back to Pantano Wash because the description seems very convoluted. Will these improvements make it Treat Street Blvd. quality of signage? Those are top notch. I'm not sure from looking at this map that work is intended to make that connection crystal clear, but it would be a useful addition. I see many cyclists on OST/East Saguaro Park area.

29th is a sleeper secret to connect with Old Spanish Trail up to East Saguaro Park. The difficult piece is crossing Pantano. I second the request for a bike crossing at this spot. I've tried 22nd Street, and Kenyon also. 29th is my favorite, even with the poor pavement.

The biggest gap I notice is that there still will not be any bike/ped friendly way to cross from west of Pantano to this new network. If you live south of Grant or so, you have to either travel along a busy arterial route or go way out of your way north to get on the loop and then go back south to get onto one of these routes. I know bridges are expensive but it would be a game changer to have even a single option for traveling from wilmot east past Pantano without having to get onto speedway or Broadway. For instance something that connects rosewood to carondelet, across that wash at Jessica and then onward past Pantano. The whole area between wilmot and Pantano is just very tricky to navigate on bike or foot if you want to avoid cars and this project doesn't address that at all. This looks to be a great and much needed network within the Eastside but I really hope the city will also find a way to make connections BETWEEN midtown and the Eastside.

This section of the proposed bike path runs thru a heavily used pedestrian pathway in the Robb Wash Greenway, behind the Cottonwood Trails neighborhood. This is one of the few pedestrian pathways available for running or walking in this area of town. There is very little room to add a bike path, and doing so would be problematic for a couple reasons... 1) The path is currently dirt and is well maintained for pedestrian use. Adding a paved bath for bikes would reduce the quality of the path for pedestrians. 2) The path has low overhung trees and lots of twists which makes the path very enjoyable especially during the 8 hot months of the year (aesthetically and quality) for pedestrian use. This design also makes visibility low. Adding high speed bikes to this path would make it nearly unusable for pedestrians, or alternately adding a bike path would destroy a lot of the current vegetation (keep in mind this is a greenway!). Moving the path to the west and improving existing bike lanes on Pantano would be a much better solution than destroying one of the few pedestrian-focused trails in the city.

The Igo Way bicycle boulevard on this map shows the path connecting to Ricardo Small through Desert Palms Park Drive, which is a private road. The version on the Bicycle Boulevard Master Plan (page 125) shows the path following Hidden Hills Wash north to Hidden Glen Road then to Wrightstown. This is preferable alignment because Ricard Small is two-way traffic in narrow lanes on either side of a wash running north. There would be no space for a dedicated bike/pedestrian lane. In effect, it would be simply signage to note "Bicycle Boulevard" with no amenities to accommodate cyclists and pedestrians.

My observations concern that portion of the project’s proposed “Sarnoff Dr. Bike Blvd.” segment running parallel to Button Willow Rd.

The Robb Ranch Development’s runoff catchment basin and surrounding fence (at the curved juncture of Smooth Sumac Ln. and Button Willow Rd.) completely block any proposed Bicycle Blvd pathway through or around them.

Normal ingress/egress for the Robb Ranch Development is via the Button Willow Rd./Speedway Blvd. juncture. The only other ingress/egress point is available for emergency use only and involves unlocking both of the otherwise constantly locked gates at, on the one hand, the curved juncture of Smooth Sumac Ln. and Silverleaf Oak Pl. and on the other, the property of the Pavilions At Pantano apartment complex. The proposed Bicycle Blvd. merging with Button Willow Rd at the Speedway Blvd. juncture (combined with a HAWK light at the same point) would potentially create untenable congestion. Furthermore, I don’t believe the 6 foot wide Bike Blvd. pathway could fit into this constricted merge point. Note both the west end of the Speedway Blvd. bridge wall and a utility station at the merge point.

The Robb Ranch HOA has always paid for the maintenance of the strip of land on which the proposed route of the Bicycle Blvd would lie. Would the HOA , or the City of Tucson, be responsible for this maintenance if the Bicycle Blvd. pathway is built there?

I hope TDOT/City of Tucson will liaise with all appropriate Pima County Govt., AZ State Govt. and U.S. Federal Govt. agencies to assure that the proposed Bicycle Blvd. will comply wth all applicable guidelines/regulations. My concern is based on local news media reporting that the City of Tucson recently ignored required State and Federal permit processes relating to archaeological resources when it started public works projects on Tucson’s West Side. I am particularly interested in compliance with any potentially applicable U. S. Army Corps of Engineers’ requirements involving the Robb Wash banks and land adjacent to the banks, the small flood plain (designated by the Corps of Engineers) abutting the south side of the Speedway Blvd. bridge at its juncture with Button Willow Rd. and the proposed traversing of Robb Wash via what is presently just an alley currently ending opposite to the N. Kent Dr. cul-de-sac. I have actually seen Robb Wash filled to the bank tops with fast running water in the exact zone I have been discussing, a clear example of why the integrity and functionality of the wash must be maintained.

In Kenyon the median is hideous. There are no plants except one tree down the whole street. PLEASE include making our street more esthetically pleasing! Thank you

On Kenyon, between Camino Seco and Old Spanish Trail, the city has left our median barren. It needs foliage!

For safety reasons, the segment between Pantano Road and the Pantano Wash path seems to be the most urgent to complete. At present, coming from the Eastside neighborhood on 5th St and going west to the Pantano Wash path requires crossing at the light on 5th St and cycling down a very busy section of Pantano to get to Centre Park and the Pantano Wash path. Returning east to the neighborhood then requires either crossing Pantano without a light at Centre Park, or riding north on the sidewalk to get to the light at 5th/Pantano. Neither option is safe and both are quite dangerous considering the traffic and number of apartment entrances. Having access to the Pantano Wash path via the easement north of the 5th St stoplight would allow for safe access from this Eastside neighborhood.

We use this crossing point to get from the Loop across Pantano to get to Rolling Hills park from our house. Would be nice to have more bike boulevard infrastructure along Pantano here running to Golf Links and/or crossing and path here along 29th.

It would be really neat if there was a way to add a path to the back of the Miller Golf Links Library along this route. You can get to an alley that lets you out very close to the library, but due to fencing, you can't access the library without riding on Golf Links and/or Harrison. I would be much more comfortable riding to the library with my children if it was accessible along a safer route.

I ride a cargo bike with my children across Harrison right here. An actual crossing will be excellent and make it a safer ride! I am currently hesitant to let my older children ride along with me on this route to go to school primarily because of this crossing. Very excited for this addition.

Repair/update streets in areas adjacent to 5th St.
Add speed tables to 5th St to slow traffic for cyclist safety as speeding is common between Pantano and Sarnoff.