Valley Freeway Construction

[pbenjamin]

Originally Posted by azriverfan.

The lack of freeways alone is reason not to live in Tucson. Getting around in Tucson is absolutely dreadful. People in Tucson will respond and say the lack of congestion compensates for the lack freeways. I can tell you that is a load of b.s. It's is painfully slow and the 2 lane roads are neanderthal

Completely agree. I once was exiled to Tucson (had a job there, lived in an apartment, came home to Phoenix on weekends). It took nearly an hour to get across town to I-10 to head home. Dreadful place.

[azdr0710]

I believe (?) Tucson is the largest city in the country without a comprehensive/cross-town freeway system.....the locals just aren't ready to embrace it yet, much like Phoenix was until 1986.....keep in mind Phoenix was vehemently anti-freeway until then, even as it's metro population soared well past two million in the mid 80s...only when traffic became a crisis did voters approve the sales-tax hike to fund the great freeway system Phx now has.....most Tucson residents don't yet perceive a crisis, so they continue to vote down enhanced-transportation plans......

also, keep in mind that Tucson's metro population now is what Phx's metro was in about 1965.....

if anybody misses the old easy-going, slow-paced Phx of decades ago, move to Tucson!