Question: "I live on Dodge Boulevard. near El Con Mall, and when I'm going (east) down Fifth toward Alvernon, the left turn onto Dodge off Fifth is prohibited. You can turn left down Richey, or you can do a U-turn so you can make a right turn onto Dodge, but you can't make a left. Dodge is not a one-way street. Is there a reason behind this?" wrote Megan Lavey, who is an Arizona Daily Star employee.

Answer: The left turn for eastbound Fifth Street traffic onto Dodge is prohibited because the way the streets line up; cars attempting to make that turn would have to turn into the left- turn lane for southbound Dodge, said Michael Graham, spokesman for the Tucson Department of Transportation.

Dodge doesn't run straight through Fifth Street but takes a jog to the east. There's a turn lane for people turning south onto Dodge because there's heavier traffic turning into El Con Mall there, Graham said. That turn lane is in the way of people trying to turn north on Dodge, so those turns are prohibited, he said.