Moving D-M runway is not an option

I agree that routes of the flights coming into Davis-Monthan that bring the aircraft over campus pose a dangerous situation. Unfortunately the only solution would be to move the base.

The runway at D-M, like the one at Tucson International Airport, is laid out to take advantage of the prevailing winds. Airplanes (both civil and military) must line up at over 100 mph on final approach to make a safe landing. Perhaps the next round of base closures will hit Davis-Monthan and the problem will become moot. [Read article]

Ever since I started going to school here at the UA, I have had to deal with the incredible temperatures of the Arizona desert. We all endure the scorching heat of 100, 110, even 120 degrees where we literally bake ourselves walking around.

Finally it has cooled down, so to speak, to our comfortable 70- or 80-degree clear-sky weather as payment for putting up with these hellish conditions. That's of course why everyone loves Arizona: While the rest of the country is buckled down, bracing for the deep freeze, we get to sit by the pool drinking margaritas and getting a perfect tan. [Read article]

A plan to expand bus routes and add a light rail system through the center of Tucson contains some good ideas, but is too expensive and doesn't provide a comprehensive mass transit solution to the city's traffic problem.

Propositions 200 and 201, which propose a 0.3 percent sales tax increase to cover the cost of an expanded bus system, as well as a new light rail system and a lengthening of the Old Pueblo Trolley, could pump $60 million per year into these changes over the next 20 years. [Read article]