Urban Phoenix Project
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Working to create a more livable city where you can comfortably walk, bike, take transit, and enjoy quality urban spaces.
#WeekWithoutDriving starts next Monday! Let’s raise awareness about the barriers nondrivers face and build more accessible communities. Learn more at tinyurl.com/4fk352cz
📸 Share your experience and tag us! — we want to see how you roll!
📸 Share your experience and tag us! — we want to see how you roll!
September 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
#WeekWithoutDriving starts next Monday! Let’s raise awareness about the barriers nondrivers face and build more accessible communities. Learn more at tinyurl.com/4fk352cz
📸 Share your experience and tag us! — we want to see how you roll!
📸 Share your experience and tag us! — we want to see how you roll!
Bring the kids and celebrate safe, inclusive, and family-friendly streets on Oct 18 at the first Kidical Mass PHX! A leisurely ride for little riders and bikers of all ages will kick off at Hance Park at 9:30, and the event will also include a bike rodeo and food trucks: tinyurl.com/bdh3w72r
September 15, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Bring the kids and celebrate safe, inclusive, and family-friendly streets on Oct 18 at the first Kidical Mass PHX! A leisurely ride for little riders and bikers of all ages will kick off at Hance Park at 9:30, and the event will also include a bike rodeo and food trucks: tinyurl.com/bdh3w72r
Nearly a decade after Phoenix voters approved Transportation 2025, questions remain about how well T2050 investments align with Phoenix’s Vision Zero goal of eliminating traffic deaths and serious injuries, as well as with the city’s broader Climate Action Plan objectives: tinyurl.com/nvkaya92
Rethinking T2050: Aligning Phoenix’s Transportation Funding with Safety and Equity — Urban Phoenix Project
Nearly a decade after Phoenix voters approved Transportation 2025, questions remain about how well T2050 investments align with Phoenix’s Vision Zero goal of eliminating traffic deaths and serious inj...
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August 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Nearly a decade after Phoenix voters approved Transportation 2025, questions remain about how well T2050 investments align with Phoenix’s Vision Zero goal of eliminating traffic deaths and serious injuries, as well as with the city’s broader Climate Action Plan objectives: tinyurl.com/nvkaya92
We’re Hiring a GIS Consultant!
Urban Phoenix Project just launched an RFP for a GIS consultant to support our AARP Community Challenge Flagship Grant project!
Urban Phoenix Project just launched an RFP for a GIS consultant to support our AARP Community Challenge Flagship Grant project!
August 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
We’re Hiring a GIS Consultant!
Urban Phoenix Project just launched an RFP for a GIS consultant to support our AARP Community Challenge Flagship Grant project!
Urban Phoenix Project just launched an RFP for a GIS consultant to support our AARP Community Challenge Flagship Grant project!
Thank you to everyone who came out to Civic Spark today! This fantastic event connected residents with myriad community and nonprofit organizations to help turn advocacy into action. 👏
August 10, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Thank you to everyone who came out to Civic Spark today! This fantastic event connected residents with myriad community and nonprofit organizations to help turn advocacy into action. 👏
👉️ Eager to make a difference in your community, but not sure how? This Saturday from 9-11 a.m., Civic Spark will bring together over 40 organizations to help you get informed and involved (including yours truly).
Learn more & RSVP: shorturl.at/GnpcY
Learn more & RSVP: shorturl.at/GnpcY
August 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
👉️ Eager to make a difference in your community, but not sure how? This Saturday from 9-11 a.m., Civic Spark will bring together over 40 organizations to help you get informed and involved (including yours truly).
Learn more & RSVP: shorturl.at/GnpcY
Learn more & RSVP: shorturl.at/GnpcY
Join us for our August Volunteer Meeting featuring a special presentation from Nick Klimek & Cam McCutchen of the City of Phoenix Transit Oriented Communities Planning Team 🏙️🚊
Virtual option available — RSVP for details!
🔗 RSVP now : tinyurl.com/aj574bsx
Virtual option available — RSVP for details!
🔗 RSVP now : tinyurl.com/aj574bsx
July 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Join us for our August Volunteer Meeting featuring a special presentation from Nick Klimek & Cam McCutchen of the City of Phoenix Transit Oriented Communities Planning Team 🏙️🚊
Virtual option available — RSVP for details!
🔗 RSVP now : tinyurl.com/aj574bsx
Virtual option available — RSVP for details!
🔗 RSVP now : tinyurl.com/aj574bsx
🚦Our series on the impact of the reverse lanes rolls on! Today, local business owner Mark Howard shares how the lanes are affecting central Phoenix shops and neighborhoods.
Hear his perspective and join the conversation: tinyurl.com/yvef7zwd
Hear his perspective and join the conversation: tinyurl.com/yvef7zwd
Reverse lane reactions: If you think the problem is increased congestion or people who can't read signs, you are missing the point. — Urban Phoenix Project
After 50 years of having these lanes, THINGS CHANGE. But one thing never changes on this issue - the Council's decision to KEEP these lanes in support of a few constituents who may use these lanes ove...
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July 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
🚦Our series on the impact of the reverse lanes rolls on! Today, local business owner Mark Howard shares how the lanes are affecting central Phoenix shops and neighborhoods.
Hear his perspective and join the conversation: tinyurl.com/yvef7zwd
Hear his perspective and join the conversation: tinyurl.com/yvef7zwd
We're excited to see stop bars and high-visibility crosswalks gaining traction. 😄
Last week, City Council's Transportation, Infrastructure & Planning (TIP) Subcommittee reviewed a citizen petition to add these citywide. Thank you to Council Members Hodge-Washington and Pastor for supporting this. 👏
Last week, City Council's Transportation, Infrastructure & Planning (TIP) Subcommittee reviewed a citizen petition to add these citywide. Thank you to Council Members Hodge-Washington and Pastor for supporting this. 👏
June 28, 2025 at 3:27 AM
We're excited to see stop bars and high-visibility crosswalks gaining traction. 😄
Last week, City Council's Transportation, Infrastructure & Planning (TIP) Subcommittee reviewed a citizen petition to add these citywide. Thank you to Council Members Hodge-Washington and Pastor for supporting this. 👏
Last week, City Council's Transportation, Infrastructure & Planning (TIP) Subcommittee reviewed a citizen petition to add these citywide. Thank you to Council Members Hodge-Washington and Pastor for supporting this. 👏
Send an email in ✨️one click✨️ to help us get bike lanes on 3rd Street!
It doesn't matter what district you live in; we're working to educate all council members and encourage them to support protected bike lanes on 3rd Street. Let's make it happen! 👏
Send your email: shorturl.at/HptOQ
It doesn't matter what district you live in; we're working to educate all council members and encourage them to support protected bike lanes on 3rd Street. Let's make it happen! 👏
Send your email: shorturl.at/HptOQ
June 9, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Send an email in ✨️one click✨️ to help us get bike lanes on 3rd Street!
It doesn't matter what district you live in; we're working to educate all council members and encourage them to support protected bike lanes on 3rd Street. Let's make it happen! 👏
Send your email: shorturl.at/HptOQ
It doesn't matter what district you live in; we're working to educate all council members and encourage them to support protected bike lanes on 3rd Street. Let's make it happen! 👏
Send your email: shorturl.at/HptOQ
Despite a push by city residents to remove the outdated reverse lanes in central Phoenix, the City Council recently decided to punt on the issue and asked instead for another study.
The lanes don’t work, and it’s time for action.
Read more: tinyurl.com/3uhtzyc7
The lanes don’t work, and it’s time for action.
Read more: tinyurl.com/3uhtzyc7
Just One More Study: Process Delays Progress Once Again For Reverse Lanes — Urban Phoenix Project
Despite a push by city residents to remove the outdated reverse lanes in central Phoenix, the City Council recently decided to punt on the issue and asked instead for yet another study.
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June 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Despite a push by city residents to remove the outdated reverse lanes in central Phoenix, the City Council recently decided to punt on the issue and asked instead for another study.
The lanes don’t work, and it’s time for action.
Read more: tinyurl.com/3uhtzyc7
The lanes don’t work, and it’s time for action.
Read more: tinyurl.com/3uhtzyc7
Help make Phoenix a better place to live. 👏
Want to learn how? R.S.V.P. for our next volunteer meeting. Get the scoop on our latest efforts and how you can contribute to what we're working on. We'll see you there.
🔗 RSVP: shorturl.at/f4W8z
Want to learn how? R.S.V.P. for our next volunteer meeting. Get the scoop on our latest efforts and how you can contribute to what we're working on. We'll see you there.
🔗 RSVP: shorturl.at/f4W8z
June 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Help make Phoenix a better place to live. 👏
Want to learn how? R.S.V.P. for our next volunteer meeting. Get the scoop on our latest efforts and how you can contribute to what we're working on. We'll see you there.
🔗 RSVP: shorturl.at/f4W8z
Want to learn how? R.S.V.P. for our next volunteer meeting. Get the scoop on our latest efforts and how you can contribute to what we're working on. We'll see you there.
🔗 RSVP: shorturl.at/f4W8z
Arizona’s HB2721 presents Phoenix with a rare opportunity to make progress on multiple challenges at once: housing affordability, infrastructure efficiency, climate resilience, and long-term fiscal stability: tinyurl.com/5z48w77n
Maximizing the Impact of HB2721: A Bold Approach for Phoenix Zoning Reform — Urban Phoenix Project
Arizona’s HB2721 presents Phoenix with a rare opportunity to make progress on multiple challenges at once: housing affordability, infrastructure efficiency, climate resilience, and long-term fiscal st...
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June 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Arizona’s HB2721 presents Phoenix with a rare opportunity to make progress on multiple challenges at once: housing affordability, infrastructure efficiency, climate resilience, and long-term fiscal stability: tinyurl.com/5z48w77n
The City of Phoenix is looking for a new Street Transportation Director to guide the department. Help improve our city streets, including improved infrastructure for cyclists and pedestrians.
Learn more: shorturl.at/JdxeO
Learn more: shorturl.at/JdxeO
June 1, 2025 at 5:51 AM
The City of Phoenix is looking for a new Street Transportation Director to guide the department. Help improve our city streets, including improved infrastructure for cyclists and pedestrians.
Learn more: shorturl.at/JdxeO
Learn more: shorturl.at/JdxeO
In 2015, Phoenix voters passed Proposition 104, a 35-year sales tax plan called Transportation 2050 that promised a more walkable, bikeable, transit-friendly city. Ten years later, it’s time we ask: Why are key projects still waiting for funding? tinyurl.com/3u2ezwp7
Why Isn’t Phoenix Funding the Projects That Matter? — Urban Phoenix Project
In 2015, Phoenix voters did something visionary: they passed Proposition 104, a massive 35-year sales tax plan called Transportation 2050 (T2050). Ten years later, it’s time we ask: Why are key projec...
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May 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
In 2015, Phoenix voters passed Proposition 104, a 35-year sales tax plan called Transportation 2050 that promised a more walkable, bikeable, transit-friendly city. Ten years later, it’s time we ask: Why are key projects still waiting for funding? tinyurl.com/3u2ezwp7
You can have an impact. 👏
Want to learn how? R.S.V.P. for our next volunteer meeting! Get the scoop on our latest efforts and how you can contribute to what we're working on. We'll see you there.
• Tuesday, June 3, 5:30 p.m.
• Burton Barr Library
• option to join virtually
🔗 shorturl.at/mRpwf
Want to learn how? R.S.V.P. for our next volunteer meeting! Get the scoop on our latest efforts and how you can contribute to what we're working on. We'll see you there.
• Tuesday, June 3, 5:30 p.m.
• Burton Barr Library
• option to join virtually
🔗 shorturl.at/mRpwf
May 21, 2025 at 3:04 AM
You can have an impact. 👏
Want to learn how? R.S.V.P. for our next volunteer meeting! Get the scoop on our latest efforts and how you can contribute to what we're working on. We'll see you there.
• Tuesday, June 3, 5:30 p.m.
• Burton Barr Library
• option to join virtually
🔗 shorturl.at/mRpwf
Want to learn how? R.S.V.P. for our next volunteer meeting! Get the scoop on our latest efforts and how you can contribute to what we're working on. We'll see you there.
• Tuesday, June 3, 5:30 p.m.
• Burton Barr Library
• option to join virtually
🔗 shorturl.at/mRpwf
Speak up against the reverse lanes. 👏
👉️ Join in person at city hall or virtually and speak up. Register to speak virtually by Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. Attending in person? Arrive by 1:30 p.m. to make your request.
👉️ Submit an online comment on item #107.
Register now: shorturl.at/g4D6e
👉️ Join in person at city hall or virtually and speak up. Register to speak virtually by Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. Attending in person? Arrive by 1:30 p.m. to make your request.
👉️ Submit an online comment on item #107.
Register now: shorturl.at/g4D6e
May 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Speak up against the reverse lanes. 👏
👉️ Join in person at city hall or virtually and speak up. Register to speak virtually by Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. Attending in person? Arrive by 1:30 p.m. to make your request.
👉️ Submit an online comment on item #107.
Register now: shorturl.at/g4D6e
👉️ Join in person at city hall or virtually and speak up. Register to speak virtually by Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. Attending in person? Arrive by 1:30 p.m. to make your request.
👉️ Submit an online comment on item #107.
Register now: shorturl.at/g4D6e
Take the City of Phoenix speed limit setting survey and let them know you value pedestrian and bicycle safety over high vehicle speed. Take the survey: shorturl.at/vhwQN
City of Phoenix Speed Limit Setting Survey
The City of Phoenix is developing a Speed Limit Setting Procedure which may be used to appropriately set speed limits that satisfy all users' mobility and safety needs.
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May 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Take the City of Phoenix speed limit setting survey and let them know you value pedestrian and bicycle safety over high vehicle speed. Take the survey: shorturl.at/vhwQN
For decades, the reversible lanes on 7th Avenue and 7th Street have been a daily frustration for drivers, a danger to pedestrians and cyclists, and a barrier to local businesses.
Learn more about reverse lanes and how you can join the movement to end them: shorturl.at/ZJMQM
Learn more about reverse lanes and how you can join the movement to end them: shorturl.at/ZJMQM
The Reverse Lanes Are Outdated. Here's Why It's Time for Phoenix to Move On. — Urban Phoenix Project
For decades, the reversible lanes on 7th Avenue and 7th Street have been a daily frustration for drivers, a danger to pedestrians and cyclists, and a barrier to local businesses. As Phoenix grows into...
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May 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
For decades, the reversible lanes on 7th Avenue and 7th Street have been a daily frustration for drivers, a danger to pedestrians and cyclists, and a barrier to local businesses.
Learn more about reverse lanes and how you can join the movement to end them: shorturl.at/ZJMQM
Learn more about reverse lanes and how you can join the movement to end them: shorturl.at/ZJMQM
Come hang out with us at Valley Coffee Co. on Saturday, May 17 at 9:30 a.m. for a morning of coffee and creativity.
Talented artist and urbanist Aileen Martinez of Look See Draw will guide you through drawing your own version of a complete street!
RSVP: shorturl.at/FOL4m
Talented artist and urbanist Aileen Martinez of Look See Draw will guide you through drawing your own version of a complete street!
RSVP: shorturl.at/FOL4m
May 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Come hang out with us at Valley Coffee Co. on Saturday, May 17 at 9:30 a.m. for a morning of coffee and creativity.
Talented artist and urbanist Aileen Martinez of Look See Draw will guide you through drawing your own version of a complete street!
RSVP: shorturl.at/FOL4m
Talented artist and urbanist Aileen Martinez of Look See Draw will guide you through drawing your own version of a complete street!
RSVP: shorturl.at/FOL4m
Come pedal with us for Phoenix Bike to Work Day on Thursday, May 15 at 7 a.m.! The 3-mile route will showcase the protected bike lanes on 3rd Street, heading south from Steele Indian School Park to Downtown Phoenix.
🔗 Register for this free event here: shorturl.at/waDIk
🔗 Register for this free event here: shorturl.at/waDIk
April 28, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Come pedal with us for Phoenix Bike to Work Day on Thursday, May 15 at 7 a.m.! The 3-mile route will showcase the protected bike lanes on 3rd Street, heading south from Steele Indian School Park to Downtown Phoenix.
🔗 Register for this free event here: shorturl.at/waDIk
🔗 Register for this free event here: shorturl.at/waDIk
We love a good book discussion. 👏
Join us for a virtual book club on Sunday, April 27 at 1 p.m. with historian, author and deputy executive editor of The Atlantic, Yoni Appelbaum, moderated by Sarah Liguori.
Register here: shorturl.at/qX0Sy
Join us for a virtual book club on Sunday, April 27 at 1 p.m. with historian, author and deputy executive editor of The Atlantic, Yoni Appelbaum, moderated by Sarah Liguori.
Register here: shorturl.at/qX0Sy
April 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
We love a good book discussion. 👏
Join us for a virtual book club on Sunday, April 27 at 1 p.m. with historian, author and deputy executive editor of The Atlantic, Yoni Appelbaum, moderated by Sarah Liguori.
Register here: shorturl.at/qX0Sy
Join us for a virtual book club on Sunday, April 27 at 1 p.m. with historian, author and deputy executive editor of The Atlantic, Yoni Appelbaum, moderated by Sarah Liguori.
Register here: shorturl.at/qX0Sy
Time for our next street cleanup! 🗑️😎
Come get your steps in, chat with fellow urbanists, and enjoy a hopefully-not-too-hot morning in Midtown.
🔗 RSVP: shorturl.at/KniI8
Come get your steps in, chat with fellow urbanists, and enjoy a hopefully-not-too-hot morning in Midtown.
🔗 RSVP: shorturl.at/KniI8
April 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Time for our next street cleanup! 🗑️😎
Come get your steps in, chat with fellow urbanists, and enjoy a hopefully-not-too-hot morning in Midtown.
🔗 RSVP: shorturl.at/KniI8
Come get your steps in, chat with fellow urbanists, and enjoy a hopefully-not-too-hot morning in Midtown.
🔗 RSVP: shorturl.at/KniI8
When it comes to the future of McDowell Road between 7th Street and SR-51, Phoenix stands at a crossroads. The city must decide whether to honor its own vision for a safe, equitable, climate-resilient city — or stall progress with outdated fears of traffic congestion. Read more: tinyurl.com/p2yv9ktk
Phoenix has a choice on McDowell Road: Lead or Fall Back — Urban Phoenix Project
When it comes to the future of McDowell Road between 7th Street and SR-51, Phoenix stands at a crossroads. The community has spoken, experts have weighed in, and the foundation has been laid. But desp...
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April 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
When it comes to the future of McDowell Road between 7th Street and SR-51, Phoenix stands at a crossroads. The city must decide whether to honor its own vision for a safe, equitable, climate-resilient city — or stall progress with outdated fears of traffic congestion. Read more: tinyurl.com/p2yv9ktk
In the first post of our new blog series, we look at misinformation surrounding Vision Zero, and what you can do about the AZ State Senate's passage of SCM1002, which urges the President and U.S. Congress to eliminate the Vision Zero approach to transportation planning: tinyurl.com/5n8rd4rt
SCM1002 and the War on Road Safety: Debunking Misinformation About Vision Zero — Urban Phoenix Project
Arizona’s SCM1002 and the War on Road Safety: Unlike conventional traffic safety approaches, which focus on individual responsibility, Vision Zero focuses on system-wide design improvements that prev...
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March 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
In the first post of our new blog series, we look at misinformation surrounding Vision Zero, and what you can do about the AZ State Senate's passage of SCM1002, which urges the President and U.S. Congress to eliminate the Vision Zero approach to transportation planning: tinyurl.com/5n8rd4rt