Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Long Beach

Streetfilms: Long Beach Rocks

By Damien Newton | Apr 16, 2010 | No Comments

Last month, when Clarence Eckerson was in town for the Street Summit, he asked me what Streetfilm he ought to shoot besides his coverage of Janette Sadik-Khan’s speech and the Summit itself. For me, the answer was simple. Long Beach. Thanks to the work of Drew Reed and Joe Linton, LA Streetsblog readers have gotten […]

Bike-Friendly Incumbent Faces Energetic New Comer in L.B. Mayor’s Race

By Drew Reed | Apr 12, 2010 | 4 Comments

We’ve got another election coming up this Tuesday, and while most cities in LA county residents won’t be doing any voting, there is one important election in America’s Most Bike Friendly City. Yes, Long Beach is having a mayor’s race, though so far it doesn’t appear to be terribly exciting. The incumbent Mayor Bob Foster […]

Long Beach Signs On To Some Good Ideas

By Drew Reed | Apr 6, 2010 | 3 Comments

Photo: Drew Reed/LA Loyalist A month ago, I had a few ideas about how Long Beach could go about improving its budding network of numbered bikeways. As it turned out, a few of the suggestions I made are slowly beginning to appear on the street lights and signposts of Long Beach. Is this a happy […]

For Cyclists, It’s a Bridge to Nowhere

By Drew Reed | Mar 15, 2010 | 15 Comments

Photo: Drew Reed The Port of Long Beach is green. Very green. And no, we’re not talking about the unsightly tint the port used to give the Alamitos Bay. Port administrators are making a concerted effort to make the giant shipping facility as environmentally friendly as it can be. And they want to make sure […]

Encouraging Signs in Long Beach

By Drew Reed | Feb 24, 2010 | 8 Comments

Signs, signs, everywhere signs. Photo: Drew Reed/LA Loyalist Long Beach’s ambitious campaign to become the Most Bicycle Friendly City in America is well underway. The Second St. sharrows debuted to much fanfare last summer, followed by bike boxes nearby on Second st. and Marina ave. Recently, the city has selected contractors for its Vista Bike […]

Bike Boulevards: The SLO Solution

By Drew Reed | Feb 5, 2010 | 9 Comments

For an image from a differnt angle, click on after the jump. Photo: Drew Reed (editor’s note: Welcome our newest guest blogger, live from Long Beach, Drew Reed. Reed is a writer, film editor, and cycling activist based in Long Beach. He blogs about cycling issues in Long Beach and the greater LA area at […]

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