u/ichawks1

Hi everyone, a bit of a rant here:

So I love Tucson but I truly do not understand why this city doesn't invest in public transportation advances, as well as better pedestrian and bike infrastructure, to try and help curb many of the city's urban planning and public safety issues.

This city has had a massive problem with pedestrian and car deaths for years (especially this year, tragically), and the car dependency-degeneracy of this city has also caused so many other issues such as air pollution (another public health concern), traffic congestion resulting in increased commute times and increased emergency response times, poor infrastructure for people with mobility concerns and so many other issues. Not to mention that car dependency only makes life more difficult for low-income individuals and households as it reduces their access to employment opportunities, and can make getting high-quality food difficult to access as car dependency creates more food deserts.

Anyways, with that being said the solution to literally all of these issues is to increase public transportation across the city. This would include adding more trams or expanding the bus system.

Increasing the amount of tram lines in the city would make Tucson so much safer! People across all walks of life, including college students, retirees, low-income or high-income individuals, and young professionals all love and use the tram line that runs from the U of A to downtown, so why in the hell would we not make more of those?

Public transportation is naturally much safer than driving, so pedestrian deaths, bike deaths, and driver deaths would all decrease if Tucson expanded the tram infrastructure to busy streets like Broadway, Speedway, Campbell, 6th/5th Street, and Grant.

The critical thing about this too is that the only way to make driving a better experience for people using cars isn't to build more lanes, it is to create viable alternatives to driving to people who would drive go off the road, which reduces congestions, reduces potholes, and makes a faster and safer commute for people who want to drive.

Anyways, this is a bit of a rant but why does the city of Tucson just not seem to grasp that the best way to make this city safer, healthier, and more efficient and sustainable is to further invest in public transportation (and other alternatives to driving)?

Utah should be proud of themselves but at the same time this was a very realistic opportunity for a deep playoff run and they really botched it with some brutal OT losses.

If they were able to win games 4 and 5 then they would've had to go through a young Ducks team and then they'd be in the WCF with a shot to upset a Minny/Colorado squad for a chance to win a Stanley.

Utah played well this series but you can't help but think what could've been had they pulled away in OT and a few less mistakes were made.

This team has a lot of youth but clearly they need more depth and star power - I mean just look at the way Quinn Hughes has helped the Wild score at will on offense after that acquisition.

I feel like Utah will be back but another tough thing for them is that their division is just absolutely stacked in the Central with top-heavy teams like the Aves, Wild, and Stars who are all cup contenders. Maybe Dallas takes a step back during the regular season next year but the Mammoth arguably have the most top-heavy division in the NHL so they have a tall task ahead of themselves.

As I said before, they lucked out getting placed into the divison-of-mid-pacific bracket for this playoff and wasted a massive opportunity for a deep run. I'm very curious to see how aggressive they get in the offseason as I wouldn't be surprised if they try to make a splash for a guy like Alex Tuch, Raddysh, Carlson, or Andersson.

Also the NHL needs to get VAR next season