Department of Transportation

4th Avenue/Fontana Bicycle Boulevard

Project Happenings

• August Open House Presentation
• Project Fact Sheet
• October Project Open House Announcement
• August Project Open House Announcement
• Bike Boulevard Wayfinding Signs - Vote on which design the City goes with
• October Open House - Click to view plans for corridor
• October Open House - Click to view intersection improvements

Background

The 4th Avenue/Fontana Bicycle Boulevard Project will provide bicyclists of all abilities a safe and pleasant place to ride in midtown Tucson. The route connects thousands of residents between Prince Road and University Boulevard to shopping, jobs, schools and to several other bicycle friendly routes that easily reach the University of Arizona, downtown and beyond.

Tucson's first planned Bicycle Boulevard plan was produced by the Drachman Institute for the Amphi, Keeling, El Cortez Heights, Northwest, Feldman's and West University Neighborhood Associations.

Planned Features

• Traffic circles with yield signs at key intersections to calm traffic and to provide for additional vegetation/ public art amenities. Traffic circles will allow bikes to keep most of their momentum while traveling through intersections.
• Street trees will one day create a shaded canopy over the road and enhance the roadway by helping keep the route cool.
• Entrance restrictions would help eliminate cut through traffic on 4th Avenue/ Fontana, but still allow non-motorized users and emergency vehicles access.
• Planned TOUCAN signal at Grant Road crossing (with Grant Road RTA project)
• Wayfinding signage and pavement markings
• Existing HAWK signals at Ft. Lowell and Prince help users cross busy roads
• Focus on getting more people bicycling to school, work, and commuting purposes
• The 4th Avenue/Fontana corridor provides a direct and continuous connection for bicyclists
• On-street bike parking corral

Comments

The City of Tucson is interested in your ideas and concerns regarding this project.

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General comments:
Which version of the Bike Boulevard Wayfinding Signage do you like best?	123456
Do you have additional comments about the signage?
Help us design the kiosks that are going in with this project. What sort of information/amenities would be handy to have at them? There are three planned along the corridor

Information on Bike Boulevards

National

• Bike Boulevard Guidelines Report
• Streetswiki definition

Tucson

• Masters Thesis: ‘Breaking the Barriers’ by Jenny Leijonhufvud
• Drachman Institute Plan: ‘4th Avenue/Fontana Bike Boulevard Design Concept’
• 2008 Regional Bike Counts
• Tucson-Pima County Bicycle Advisory Committee Support Letter

Berkeley

• City of Berkeley
• Short documentary of Berkeley's Bike Boulevards

Portland

• Advocates for Bike Boulevards
• Infomercial for Bike Boulevards
• Short documentary of Portland's Bike Boulevards
• News on Bike Boulevards

Palo Alto

• Bryant Street Case Study

Miscellaneous

• Active Living Report