Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Long Beach

Part I: Architects, Advocates, Ponder Future of Long Beach Civic Center

By Brian Addison | Sep 12, 2012 | 11 Comments

Monday night, Long Beach Heritage (LBH) and the Long Beach/South Bay chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) hosted a discussion posing one question: What are the possibilities for our Civic Center? That question–simple albeit absolutely essential–was mainly focused on the 1978 Civic Center that currently huddles between Ocean Blvd/Broadway Ave. and Magnolia Ave./Pacific […]

Next Week in Livable Streets Events: Long Beach Takes Center Stage

By Damien Newton | Sep 6, 2012 | 5 Comments

It’s no secret to Streetsblog readers that Long Beach is staking it’s claim as being the most bike friendly city in the country. While Portland and Minneapolis might have something to say about that, next week all eyes will be on Long Beach as a trio of national conferences focused on bicycling, walking and other […]

Major Changes at Long Beach Transit

By Brian Addison | Sep 4, 2012 | 9 Comments

Long Beach Transit (LBT) underwent what it considered to be major changed last week, replacing much of its diesel model buses with compressed natural gas (CNG) buses, a revamp of its mobile website, and the alteration of routes which included its controversial halting of service to Seal Beach. THE CNG SWITCH: The switch to CNG […]

Long Beach: Bike Nation Brings 10 Year, $12 Million Investment

By Brian Addison | Aug 27, 2012 | 43 Comments

The Long Beach City Council, in a 9-0 vote, will permit Bike Nation to launch a 10-year, $12 million bike share program in the city, thereby creating one of the largest of its kind in the state. Bike Nation, which manufactures its own GPS-equipped, airless-tires bicycles, was inspired by similar systems that developed in Europe, […]

Long Beach: Finding Ways to Get More People Walk

By Brian Addison | Aug 22, 2012 | 2 Comments

Walk Long Beach inaugurated its walk audit tours this weekend in the Cambodia Town neighborhood huddled north of Anaheim Street between Atlantic and Junipero Avenues. The audits–a collaboration between YMCA of Greater Long Beach, Building Helathy Communities Long Beach, and the newly minted urban design non-profit City Fabrick–have a simple agenda: to walk around five […]

Long Beach: Downtown Promenade Continues to Grow

By Brian Addison | Aug 17, 2012 | 5 Comments

Back in 2005, the City started planning for the Promenade in Downtown. It was at the time a very stark and bland stretch of concrete with little around it besides parking lots and a lack of amenities. Since then, things have changed, particularly for pedestrian and bike-geared citizens.< “The improvements encourage local residents and employees […]

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