Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Long Beach

When the Wealthy and Privileged Hijack All the Narratives—Including Convincing the Poor that Housing Is Bad

By Brian Addison | Jan 12, 2017 | 12 Comments

if passed, Measure S - the "Neighborhood Integrity Initiative" - would shut down housing on practically all levels in a city that is short on housing in a county that is short on housing in a state that is short on housing

Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia - photo: Brian Addison/LongBeachIze

Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia Elected to Metro Board; Talks Blue Line, System Policing, More

By Brian Addison | Jan 6, 2017 | 8 Comments

Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia was elected to the Metro Board. He replaces Lakewood Councilmember Diane DuBois representing the Gateway Cities Region.

Long Beach Celebrates New Protected Bike Lanes On Artesia Boulevard

By Joe Linton | Aug 11, 2016 | 6 Comments

Long Beach celebrated its newest protected bike lane facility this morning. The Artesia Boulevard bike lanes extend half a mile from Atlantic Boulevard to Orange Avenue. The lanes are parking-protected, and feature green plastic reflective bollards, rubber curbs, and intermittent green pavement markings. The majority of the new lanes are parking-protected, meaning that cyclists ride between parked […]

Judge Backs City of Long Beach in Rail Yard Project Suit; Port of LA & BNSF Sent Back to Drawing Board

By Streetsblog | Mar 31, 2016 | 1 Comment

When our former editor Brian Addison first joined the Streetsblog team (parent of Longbeachize), one of his first pieces he wrote openly criticized a rail yard project dubbed the Southern California International Gateway (SCIG) that was to be built in West Long Beach by rail giant BNSF. Not only was the 153-acre project massively detrimental […]

Long Beach Beach Streets II Open Thread

By Joe Linton | Mar 21, 2016 | 7 Comments

There were plenty of great firsts taking place last Saturday at Long Beach’s second iteration of its excellent Beach Streets open streets festival. It was not Long Beach’s first ciclovía; that took place nearly a year ago, in June 2015. It was the first time the city of Long Beach has held an open streets […]

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