Fourth Ave. merchants debate meters' impact

Donna DiFiore, owner of Delectables, hopes the city listens to the public about plans to install parking meters. Her restaurant and catering business has been at 533 N. Fourth Avenue for 35 years - and parking has always been an issue, she says.

Fourth Ave. merchants debate meters' impact

Merchants along North Fourth Avenue are adopting a wait-and-see attitude when it comes to city plans to install parking meters next year.

City to double parking rate downtown to $1 per hour

If you drive downtown, you'll be paying double to park at a meter - once downtown streets are re-opened enough for anyone to drive there and reach a parking meter.

Downtown Tucson merchants boiling over 'construction mayhem'

Hugo Lopez works on tracks near the Hotel Congress. Shopkeepers have been begging for a break on parking rates, to no avail.

Downtown Tucson merchants boiling over 'construction mayhem'

Some meters are out of commission, and some parking spaces have been removed.

Downtown Tucson merchants boiling over 'construction mayhem'

This week marks one full year of streetcar construction in downtown Tucson - and merchants there are fuming.

Tucson may redirect ParkWise funds to buy new parking gear

City officials are considering shifting $2 million out of a restricted ParkWise savings fund so the parking agency can buy new equipment.

Road runner: City, PAG both deploy shuttles for gem show

City-sponsored gem show shuttles are back. The Tucson Gem, Mineral and Fossil Showcase brings thousands of visitors to Tucson - and thousands of extra cars, too.

Bill mandates cities test their meters

Josie Romero fishes for money to pay the meter while holding on to her 11-month-old son, Jonathan Palomares, on West Alameda Street while Rose Delestre, left, keeps tabs on Jordan Palomares, 3. A state legislator wants cities to be held accountable for their parking meters.

Bill mandates cities test their meters

PHOENIX - There are 60 minutes in an hour. Everybody knows that - except, perhaps an indeterminate number of faulty parking meters that may be having trouble keeping time.

Tucson meters, garages may boost parking rates

Tucsonans might be shelling out more to park at downtown meters and city-operated garages in the near future.

It's a lively day downtown; traffic headaches avoidable

A convergence of events in downtown Tucson today could make parking tough.

It's a lively day downtown; traffic headaches avoidable

Nali Pereira, center, sipped Turkish coffee with her neighbor Karen Phelps, right (in purple), at a coffee stand on the opening night of Tucson Meet Yourself on Friday.

Solutions sought on 'sidewalk' parking

After 16 neighborhood representatives said they want to be able to park in front of their own homes, ParkWise spent an hour Tuesday talking about why they shouldn't.

Road runner: ParkWise may eliminate central-area enforcement boundary and go citywide

Do you want parking tickets to be issued here, there or everywhere?

Road runner: Miles of crumbling city roads now slated for paving projects

If you don't feel the potholes first, it certainly takes little time to spot one around the city. Above, a section of East Broadway near Kolb Road shows signs of deterioration and is one stretch that will get mill-and-overlay treatment.

Road runner: Miles of crumbling city roads now slated for paving projects

The city's new pavement-preservation fund will buy us 60 miles of smooth, pothole-free roads. Big projects include mill-and-overlay treatments for two miles of Broadway between Wilmot and Pantano roads and two miles of Mission Road between Grande Avenue and Ajo Way.

Tonight: Public hearing about parking tickets

The ParkWise Commission will hold a public hearing tonight about parking enforcement boundaries and the city's parking code.

Road runner: Bridge construction across CDO Wash only weeks away

After years of anticipation, northwest-siders are finally going to get that bridge across the CDO Wash that they've been wanting.

Streetcar work now in daytime

A last-minute change in construction plans for the steetcar line will leave thousands of commuters into downtown forced to find an alternate route, and probably facing heavy congestion, for the next several months.