Re: In switchover to LED lights, Tucson is aware of sleep concerns. The American Medical Association advises cities switching to LED lights, such as Tucson, to carefully choose.
Bradley Williams: Don’t forget the large observing population. One of the pillars of this great area.
Holly Hufstetler: I love Tucson’s dark skies. I hope the city continues to be concerned about light pollution and that we can work our way toward a dark sky designation. I wish we could do something to tone down the light pollution from the parks and high schools. They are so bright and annoying.
Robbi Justice: I wish all outdoor and landscape lighting were turned off by 10 p.m. If it’s a safety issue install a cheap alarm — and let the stars shine.
Valiant Baker: Studies have shown that when cities turn out the lights the crime rate drops. Imagine being a child and never seeing the wonders of billions of stars visible in a dark sky. And now the “powers” are planning on putting I-11 through the Avra Valley endangering the Kitt Peak functioning as a world class observatory with all those thousands of uncontrollable highway lights lighting up the sky.
Elaine Cummings: Asking for Tucson to “see the light” on way too many topics has been ongoing since at least 1971, when I first arrived; and, prior to that date, too.
Here, the dark night sky was and still remains critical to University of Arizona Astronomy and Optical Sciences. They have literally put all of us on the “world map” and into outer space! Now, valid new science is telling us even more. Why do we not listen?
