Tucson Transportation Tips by matcrazy1 Top 5 Page for this destination

Parking a car Driving in Tucson Review

Driving around Tucson I must admit that I didn't have a lot of problems with finding a parking lot for my car. Surely it's not so easy to find a free parking in a downtown (there are parkometers with limited parking time at daytime in business days), but there are a lot of parkings around Tucson Convention Center. Look at my picture and follow the link below.

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Other Contact: CLeight1@ci.tucson.az.us

Phone: +1 (502) 791-5071

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Center lane Driving in Tucson Review

Wear good glasses, enlarge my picture and look at this strange (for me ;-) traffic signs with left-bended arrows. It's written "center lane" above and "only" below the arrows. So, center lane on a street is designated ONLY for left turn traffic. It does mean that this center lane is for both directions but exclusively for vehicles which are going to turn left ----> don't drive this lane otherwise. Is it clear?

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Empty streets? Driving in Tucson Review

I was driving around Tucson just before (and after) sunset on business day. Streets were mostly empty or almost empty. It seems that rush hours were a few hours earlier. As I know they usually work 8am - 5pm.

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Rent a car in Tucson You need a car to get around Review

No public transportation is available to or within either district of Saguaro National Park.

You must rent a car in Tucson to get there. Hmm... there are many car rental agencies in Tucson to choose from.

I didn't rent a car there I did rent my Buick Century at Budget rent a car agency in San Diego. And I was very satisfied about Budget. So, you can try to rent your car at Budget (6 locations including at Tucson Airport):
Budget in Tucson

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Do you look for something cheapest? Check VT link "Cars" at the top of this page and choose " Orbitz - Save on Car Rentals" - it's Orbitz, VT Affiliate - click here

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My two questions for you!

As I already said Tucson is located by one of the main USA highways: trascontinental Interstate 10 freeway (I-10) which goes from Jacksonville at the Atlantic Ocean in Florida to Santa Monica at the Pacific Ocean in California.

To be honest it was one of my many possible itineraries I thought over before my USA trip. And from point 1 to 11 still is.

Enlarge my map, please and look at my/your? possible stops:
1 - Jacksonville, Florida (mile 0)
2 - Tallahassee, Florida (mile 198)
3 - Mobile, Alabama (mile 438)
4 - Biloxi, Mississipi (mile 495)
5 - New Orleans, Louisiana (mile 580)
6 - Baton Rouge, Louisiana (mile 664)
7 - Lafayette, Louisiana (mile 718)
8 - Beaumont, Texas (mile 849)
9 - Houston, Texas (mile 936)
10 - San Antonio, Texas (mile 1141)
11 - El Paso, Texas (mile 1693)
12 - Las Cruces, New Mexico (mile 1736)
13 - TUCSON, Arizona (mile 2010)
14 - Phoenix, Arizona (mile 2124)
15 - Los Angeles, California (mile 2499)
16 - Santa Monica, California (mile 2512.5 = 4043.5 km!)

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My two questions:
1. Which month is the best to do the above itinerary (NO heat, please :-)?
2. Are the above stops interesting? What to add and what to skip?
Please e-mail me your suggestions for my future use. Thank you very much :-).

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By a car to Tucson Driving in Tucson Review

Tucson is located on Interstate 10 (I-10)

I drove from Yuma I-8 and than I-10 towards Tucson (both were of two lanes in each direction). I took exit 236 in Marana that is 23 miles (37 km, 30 min.) northwest of Tucson. I drove southward to Saguaro National Park (western part) first. Then I drove to Tucson.

Driving without wearing your seat belt is forbidden in Arizona.

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2430 miles from New York City :-)

Tucson is located only 2430 miles (3910 km) southwest of New York City :-) Where is it?
OK, wear good glasses and enlarge my picture first, please!

Look where Arizona is located in the USA.
Tucson is located in southern Arizona (green square with number 1 on my picture - map).

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To Tucson by bus

You can get to Tucson by Greyhound Intercity bus - connections with major cities in Arizona, California and New Mexico.

MORE:
Greyhound

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To Tucson by train

You can get to Tucson by train (Amtrak) or more exactly by Texas Eagle Train:
Orlando, Florida - Los Angeles, California or Chicago, Illinois - Los Angeles, California.

MORE:
Tucson Amtrak Information
Map of Texas Eagle Amtrak train itinerary

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To Tucson by air

To get to Tucson except driving a car you can choose a lot of possibilities including by a plane to Tucson International Airport (TIA): direct nonstop flights to/from 16 major US airports.

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Tucson International Airport

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