Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Long Beach

Long Beach: Suja Lowenthal Takes Her “One Shot” to Create Inclusive Transportation

By Brian Addison | Aug 13, 2012 | 1 Comment

There is a reason Suja Lowenthal is speaking at the Pro Walk/Pro Bike Conference—and it goes beyond her being a policy maker for Long Beach, where the conference is going to be held this year. It’s because she holds a simple streetscape philosophy: if you gear urban design towards the most vulnerable of mobility types, […]

Derision Grows for Caltrans 710 Study That Argues for Massive Road Widening for Cleaner Air

By Damien Newton | Aug 8, 2012 | 9 Comments

(There are two more meetings for the I-170 Expansion Project, tonight in Long Beach and tomorrow in Commerce. The Long Beach Post has the meeting details. If you can’t make a meeting, you can email comments to 710eir@metro.net by August 29th.) When Streetsblog first looked at the alternatives proposed in 2009 for reducing congestion along the […]

Long Beach: Livingston Drive Repaving Comes with More Sharrows and Wider Sidewalks

By Brian Addison | Aug 6, 2012 | 1 Comment

The 3rd District of Long Beach is home to the first Sharrow lanes in the city on 2nd Street in Belmont Shore. Today, the 3rd is expanding its number of Sharrows as it prepares to repave Livingston Drive between 2nd Street and Termino Avenue. The stretch of road–a little less than a half-mile–desperately needs repaving. […]

Can CUPS Force Out Liquor Stores in North Long Beach

By Brian Addison | Jul 31, 2012 | 5 Comments

It was a five year process that was finally approved in 2007: a strip of used car dealerships along Long Beach Boulevard were told that a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) would be required for their operation along with compliance of what were called “performance standards” that ranged from limiting lot size to landscaping. The legal […]

Streetsblog Opens Shop in Long Beach

By Streetsblog | Jul 31, 2012 | 3 Comments

Let’s be honest. When Streetsblog began its “community based reporting” plans for L.A. County, Long Beach was always in our sites. At long last, we’ve finally added “Long Beach” to “Eastside,” “South L.A.” and “Santa Monica” to our masthead. Regular Streetsblog coverage is coming to Long Beach, starting in a couple of minutes when I […]

EIR Released for the “Other” 710 Project, Let’s Get Ready to Widen

By Damien Newton | Jul 3, 2012 | 24 Comments

The I-710 is a marvel of 20th century transportation planning. The freeway, which is sometimes as large as ten lanes, connects both the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles to Route 60, passing the I-405, SR-91, I-105, I-605, I-10, and SR-60 before heading North. Traffic is so congested north of SR-60, that some local […]

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