Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Long Beach

See the World’s Largest Interactive Urban Diorama in Long Beach!

By James Rojas | Oct 24, 2011 | 1 Comment

Architect Giacomo Gastagnola and I created the world’s largest interactive city diorama right here in the City of Long Beach. This interactive diorama taps into the mental and physical ways people understand the city and transfer information through their body. The diorama is designed to make participants physically interact with it through various positions and […]

Is a Reduction of 1.5 Million New Trucks Worth Building a Rail Yard Near Residential West Long Beach?

By Damien Newton | Sep 28, 2011 | 4 Comments

New environmental documents for a freight rail project near the Port of Los Angeles known as the Southern California International Gateway could reduce truck traffic on the Long Beach to Los Angeles portion of the 710 Freeway. But the SCIG Project faces strong opposition from the communities that will live adjacent to the 153 acre […]

Storify: You Tell The Story from Long Beach’s Bike Station Opening Last Week

By Damien Newton | Sep 19, 2011 | No Comments

[View the story “You Tell The Story: A New BikeStation Opens in Long Beach” on Storify]

Confessions of a Sidewalk Rider and Commentary on L.B.’s “Walk It or Lock It”

By Damien Newton | Aug 31, 2011 | No Comments

Hello, my name is Damien. <Hi, Damien.> And I occasionally ride my bicycle on the sidewalk, and have been since 2008. It’s true. It’s not an uncommon site to see me in the Streetsblog Baby Mover hiking up Barrington Blvd. or back and forth on National Boulevard riding on the sidewalk. I don’t ride […]

Long Beach’s Leap Towards Livabilty IV: Leaping Forward?

By Damien Newton | Aug 22, 2011 | No Comments

You can view the full map at GeoCommons. The above map shows Long Beach broken down geographically by census data and racial diversity. The lighter the dot, the higher the percentage of residents are Caucasian. The Vista Street Bike Boulevard, 3rd and Broadway Segregated Bike Paths and 2nd Street Green Sharrow are in the South […]

Long Beach’s Leap Towards Livability Part III

By Damien Newton | Aug 18, 2011 | 6 Comments

(If you’re not familiar with the infrastructure innovations in Long Beach, you should read this article first. In 2009, Joe Linton wrote a two part series on Long Beach’s “Leap Towards Livability.” Today and tomorrow’s stories are both part of our Annenberg School of Journalism Public Health Fellowship and a continuation of that series.) Sometimes, […]

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