Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Long Beach

The “Bike-Ped.” State of the Union Has Some Interesting Information for L.A. County

By Damien Newton | Jan 29, 2010 | 2 Comments

Really? Los Angeles doesn’t spend much on bicycle or pedestrian infrastructure? Who knew could tell by looking at this beautiful street. For the second time in three months, a national coalition of bicycling and pedestrian advocates took a look at how federal funds are being spent on projects designed to keep cyclists and pedestrians safe […]

Long Beach’s Leap Toward Livability – Part 2 of 2

By Joe Linton | Oct 9, 2009 | 11 Comments

(There’s a lot of great bike and walk improvements happening in Long Beach, so L.A. StreetsBlog has covered it in two parts, for now. Last week’s article featured the past and present; today’s features exciting plans for the future.) Photo: Joe Linton Long Beach’s mobility coordinator Charlie Gandy has big plans. During L.A. Streetsblog’s interview […]

Long Beach’s Leap Toward Livability – Part 1 of 2

By Joe Linton | Oct 2, 2009 | 3 Comments

(There’s a lot of great bike and walk improvements happening in Long Beach, so L.A. StreetsBlog will cover it in two parts, for now. Today’s article features the past and present; next Friday will feature exciting plans for the future.) All Photos by Joe Linton unless otherwise stated. LONG BEACH’S LIVABLE COMMUNITY AGENDA Long Beach […]

Forecast for Ports Is Low, What Does That Mean for Widenings?

By Damien Newton | Aug 17, 2009 | 4 Comments

Photo: Flickered/Flickr This morning’s Times brought the grim economic news that traffic at the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles are struggling. In fact, the ports have lost the momentum that brought them to annual record highs traffic numbers as recently as 2006. In fact, the soonest the ports can expect to reach the […]

Let’s Name the Long Beach Shared Lanes

By Damien Newton | Jul 15, 2009 | 26 Comments

Photo: Russ Roca Photography The new Sharrowed and painted travel lanes in Long Beach have caused quite a stir; but the relatively new concept of painting a shared-lane has yet to draw a catchy adn easy-to-use name. Since Streetsbloggers are nothing if not inventive, I was thinking that we could do our part by coming […]

The “Other” I-710 Project: Widening to Improve Air Quality in Long Beach

By Damien Newton | Jul 8, 2009 | 17 Comments

For the record, this is what a 14 lane highway looks like. Photo:pankaj/Picasa While environmentalists and smart growth advocates focus on the I-710 Tunnel Project, the one that would "complete" by closing the 4.5 mile gap between the current end of the freeway and the 210 Freeway; another massive expansion project for the I-170 is […]

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