Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Long Beach

We should create open, free, accessible graffiti space. There, I said it. And I know it holds with it a plethora of cons–the term graffiti itself, the worry of what will be painted, the influx of those people that neighborhoods supposedly “don’t want”–and I, albeit begrudgingly, get this. I know my choice of terminology–“graffiti” over […]

The Long Beach City Council I-710 Oversight Committee’s latest meeting was a lengthy one that attempted to quickly go over the more recent updates about the 710 expansion project that is planned to run from Ocean Boulevard in Long Beach all the way to the 60 freeway in East Los Angeles. The general update was […]

The final meeting regarding the proposed Armory Park near 7th and Alamitos brought forth vast traffic changes to the 7th and 6th passageways, while also raising basic community concerns about what the park will be and how it will function. Originally developed by Brian Ulaszewski from nonprofit design studio City Fabrick back in 2007, Armory […]

In closed-session meeting yesterday evening, the Long Beach City Council unanimously voted 9-0 to pursue litigation against the City of Los Angeles for its recent approval of the BNSF-led Southern California International Gateway (SCIG) railyard. The move was not shocking by any means. The city had already previously filed an unanimous appeal (with Councilmember Suja Lowenthal absent) […]

(Want to celebrate Bike Week but can’t make an event? You can help out Bikeside with their L.A. Bike Survey or Bike Nation Long Beach as outlined below. – DN) After the announcement in August of last year that Bike Nation will create one of its largest bike-sharing programs ever–250 kiosks throughout the city–all was quiet […]