Brian Addison
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Long Beach: City Approves RFQ to Redesign ‘Functionally Obsolete’ Civic Center
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Following an odd—albeit eventually retracted—closed meeting on February 4 discussing the Civic Center’s property, the City Council has moved forward in its quest to begin examining an entirely new civic center. In the conclave, City Council was originally planning on whether to begin the process through a Request for Proposals to potentially construct an entirely […]
Long Beach: Pier J Bike Path Takes One More Step; Engineering RFP Recommended
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After a tumultuous process, an engineering firm from Orange has finally won the approval from staff to begin the design process for the $8 million Pier J Bike & Pedestrian Path following the issue of a RFP last July and the submission of ten proposals in August. It will go to the Board of Harbor […]
New Route, Major Changes in LB Transit Began Yesterday
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Major changes take effect this week on multiple Long Beach Transit (LBT) routes. But the biggest change is the creation of a new 11-mile 176 Zap Route. NEW ROUTE: 176 ZAP The new 176 ZAP was funded through a special federal operating grant–the Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) program under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible […]
Long Beach: Say What You Will, But the Promenade Is Complete and It’s Completely Awesome
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Firstly, we will (finally) have free WiFi not just in our libraries but in our parks as well, expanding the city’s offering of free Internet access that already exists at the Long Beach Airport and City Hall. Just as cool is that one can enjoy said WiFi when it is installed at the (also finally) […]
Three Government Committees Reject Current Plans to Widen 710 Between Long Beach and East LA
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Long Beach City Council I-710 Oversight Committee, Gateway Council of Governments and The Project Committee all reject current environmental documents for 710 widening between Long Beach and East Los Angeles. Following thousands of comments from leaders within community health and environmental coalitions, the State-led project to expand the 710 Freeway from eight lanes to 14 lanes for […]
Will a Smooth Blue Line Ride Finally Come to Long Beach?
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It is the wrong way to be advertising the use of public transportation–and to experience this egregious advert, one simply has to take the Blue Line through Long Beach. And if you’re lucky, you’ll only hit one or two lights as you watch individual commuters putt-putt past you while the entire Metro trains halts. The […]
Long Beach: Bringing Ghost Bikes to Life
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2011 marked an extraordinarily hard year for Long Beacher Danny Gamboa: cyclists seemed to be getting killed far too often. In that year alone, Southern California saw a staggering 70% increase in deaths from 2010, with 70 cyclists losing their lives in the seven-county region of SoCal alone in 2011. And in a rather morbid […]
Bike Smut 6: Bike Porn Comes Back to Long Beach
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Before you, dear reader, make any assumptions, I will be entirely frank: when I say “bike porn,” I am not being metaphorical or symbolic. I truly mean… Well, bike porn. Or as the creators Reverend Phil and Poppy Cox call their annual dive into bike-sexuality: Bike Smut 6, set to screen 13 filmic interpretations of […]
Long Beach: Bridging the Racial Inequalities within Cycling
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The racial and economic disparities amongst the bicycling communities in Long Beach is not one to be understated. In fact, a friend of mine pointed this out while we were doing the cover photoshoot for the Long Beach Post’s Person of the Year, the Bicyclist: “Wow, this crowd is overwhelmingly… white.” Though disdainful, the lack of racial […]
How a Crop of Women Activists Is Making Long Beach Safer for Bikes, Everyone
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We keep getting safer here in Long Beach—and as a rather stereotypical boy whose palate leans towards danger and risk (or what my fair counterparts rightfully call stupidity), this makes me happy. And it was of no shock to me that the first ever all-female class of League Cycling Instructors (LCI) accredited by the League […]
Long Beach: The (Simple) Art of Beautification, Part II
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(Editor’s Note: The Simple Art of Beautification Part I can be found here.) Talk to anyone who has lived in Long Beach for a bit and—whether one gripes about or praises this particular characteristic—this city is always described as a “little-big city,” essentially meaning that though the city houses over a half-million people, the engagement […]
Long Beach Unveils Plan to Make “Most Bike Friendly City” the Safest Too
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Glance to the right of this article and you’ll see ads geared towards bike safety. Sift through the work of this site and you’ll find endless accounts of dooring, commuter frustration, measures to keep one safe, how to “properly” ride a bicycle, riding on sidewalks… The list is as exhaustive as it is important despite […]