In a city where traffic and triple-digit heat are part of daily life, residents in one midtown neighborhood say a grassroots effort is already making their streets safer.
Neighbors in Tucson’s Garden District successfully applied for a Safe Streets Mini-Grant through the city’s Department of Transportation and Mobility, leading to the installation of a new traffic circle and other traffic-calming measures along Fairmount Street and nearby roads.
The effort began with residents identifying a persistent safety issue at the intersection of Fairmount and Venice avenues, where speeding and ignored stop signs had led to repeated close calls and crashes…