Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Long Beach

Long Beach, Santa Monica, If YouDonate to Streetsblog in May…You Can Win More Than Just a New Bike

By Damien Newton | | 1 Comment
The Southern California Streets Initiative, the local non-profit that staffs and edits Streetsblog Los Angeles, has voted to support local journalism outside of the city limits to Long Beach and Santa Monica. Thanks to local support from Santa Monica Bike Center and Long Beach Community Foundation, we’ve been able to do this without reaching into our regular […]

Long Beach’s Desolate Pike to Use Outlets as Catalyst for New Growth

By Brian Addison | | 41 Comments
In an entirely silent fashion, EWB Development–the nation’s largest outlet developer–suddenly created a small page that not only renamed the complex (“The Outlets at The Pike”) but touts that the dismal Pike shopping complex will be the new outlet hub for Los Angeles County and Southern California. While it remains unclear how Vermont-based EWB became attached to […]

Long Beach: Belmont Heights Medians Are Complete with Slower Traffic and More Pedestrians

By Brian Addison | | 11 Comments
First there were fire hydrants and now there are trees and plants–simple yet beautiful trees and plants. Call me overly obsessed about the simple things (this is easily the fourth or fifth piece in which I’ve discussed Long Beachers doing seemingly small things that have large impacts) and I could very well respond that you’re right. But that’s not necessarily a […]

Introducing the Long Beach “Ciclovía”

By Brian Addison | | 1 Comment
For readers and Long Beachers alike, they have known of my dream to bring a ciclovía to our city, my dream of shutting down a large stretch of street to make way for cyclists and skaters, walkers and runners. According to officials, it wasn’t a matter of discussion but one of money. And according to my […]

Port of Long Beach Harbor Commissioners, Despite Benefits to Port, Back Appeal of SCIG

By Brian Addison | | No Comments
In a show of solidarity for the city’s choice to formally appeal the proposed Southern California International (SCIG) railyard, the Port of Long Beach (POLB) Board of Harbor Commissioners unanimously voted to back the appeal despite holding a large amount of business benefits should the project move forward. While Commissioner Thomas Fields recused himself due to […]
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