Residents attended South Tucson’s city council meeting on Tuesday to voice concerns about future transportation routes leading to gentrification.
The Norte-Sur project is funded federally by the Federal Transit Administration. This project has plans to add a bus rapid transit route from South Tucson to the Tucson International Airport.
“The streetcar here is a is a total example of how transit projects make for gentrification. Our point is that if the city's going to do this, they need to build large amounts of housing that poor people can afford, like where the bus stops are-- or don't run it through our town,” said Flagg. “I'm against it. I think there's other important issues like affordable housing for low income and for the future for our children,” said Mario Haro, a South Tucson resident.
“The funding, FTA is very specific to that, but there's other funding out there that can help us determine how to do more affordable housing,” said Liz Morales, Tucson’s Housing and Community Development Director.
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