● Drivers may notice a lot more black rubber tubes stretched across city streets over the next few weeks while an annual traffic survey is under way.
From today through mid-April, the Pima Association of Governments will be measuring traffic in about one-third of Tucson as part of PAG's annual traffic count program, said Tom Cooney, PAG travel forecasting manager.
This year's count will be conducted at 350 locations throughout eastern Pima County, mostly on major roads. The traffic data are important for local governments and businesses.
The survey will include East Grant Road, Cooney said.
"The last time we did this, Grant had the reversible lane," Cooney said, referring to the middle left-turn lane that converted into an express lane for westbound commuters in the morning and eastbound commuters in the afternoon.
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Traffic engineers want to see how last year's elimination of the reversible lane — which extended from North Stone Avenue to North Swan Road — affected traffic on Grant, he said.
The 2006 traffic data will be available in the fall on PAG's Web site, www.pagnet.org, under the "transportation" link. More information is available by calling PAG at 792-1093.
