Tucson To Close Part Of Congress Street To Vehicles On Halloween Night
Tucson is testing a pedestrian-only zone by closing a section of Congress Street to vehicles on Halloween night, from 5 p.m. to 3 a.m.
Phoenix, AZ, October 18, 2026 —
Tucson is testing a pedestrian-only zone on Congress Street by closing a section of the street to vehicles on Halloween night. The closure is scheduled to run from 5 p.m. until 3 a.m., extending into the following morning.
The plan means vehicles will be excluded from the section during the stated hours, while the area is designated for pedestrians. The available information does not identify the specific blocks affected or give a calendar date or year for the closure. It also does not describe how pedestrians will enter or move through the zone.
Details about the purpose of the test have not been provided. The available summary does not say whether the city plans to assess the closure, what measures it might use to evaluate the trial, or whether similar street closures are being considered for other dates. No information was provided about access for residents, businesses, deliveries, emergency vehicles or public transportation during the closure.
The stated schedule begins at 5 p.m. on Halloween night and ends at 3 a.m. The summary does not specify how vehicle access will be managed at the boundaries, whether detours will be in place, or where drivers can find additional guidance. Those operational details, along with the exact location and date, were not included in the information available about the test.
For now, the confirmed details are limited to the location, the pedestrian-only designation, and the hours: a section of Congress Street in Tucson will be closed to vehicles from 5 p.m. to 3 a.m. on Halloween night.
Story summarized from the original created by Connor Greenwall on www.kjzz.org, see more information here.
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