Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Long Beach

Long Beach’s ‘Beach Streets’ Ciclovía Set to Invade DTLB on March 19

By Streetsblog | Jan 12, 2016 | No Comments

Well, the City of Long Beach will see its second ciclovía on Saturday, March 19—and yes, it will be in Downtown Long Beach for Beach Streets Downtown. We had lamented that Downtown didn’t score a ciclovía last year when Long Beach’s first Beach Streets was held in Bixby Knolls/North Long Beach. Many, particularly our former […]

Long Beach’s First Ever Beach Streets Ciclovía – Open Thread

By Joe Linton | Jun 8, 2015 | 11 Comments

How was your Beach Streets? Long Beach, the aspirational most bike-friendly city in America and demonstrably the most bike-friendly city in L.A. County, has joined the ranks of cities hosting open streets festivals or ciclovías. Long Beach’s first ever Beach Streets was full of camaraderie, chillness, and community. For a photo essay, see our sister site […]

10 Beach Streets Tips for Those Experiencing Open Streets for the First Time Tomorrow

By Damien Newton | Jun 5, 2015 | No Comments

I still remember the feeling in the air right before the 10/10/10 CicLAvia: a mix of anticipation, nervous energy and curiosity. Twelve CicLAvia’s later, including CicLAvia XIII in Pasadena last week, the event brings the same excitement and wonder it ever does. But, as an experienced Open Streets participant, humor me while I share some […]

Now It’s Long Beach Who Could Be 1st to Get Bike-Share

By Damien Newton | May 20, 2015 | No Comments

It looks like Long Beach will be the first city in LA County to have a bike-share program as the City let go of its former contract with the defunct Bike Nation, handing it over to German company Nextbike. This follows the announcement earlier this year that the City would bid for a Downtown bike-share […]

For Goodness’ Sake, Stop Widening the 405

By Damien Newton | May 5, 2015 | 11 Comments

Albert Einstein says that the definition of insanity is “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” I have bad news for transportation planners at OCTA and Caltrans. You’ve gone insane. And the disease is spreading. The Orange County Transportation Authority and Caltrans are banding together for another 1950’s style environmental disaster, […]

Long Beach Announces Open Streets Event

By Brian Addison | Mar 5, 2015 | No Comments

Photo above from Los Angeles’s CicLAvia. Photo by Brian Addison. It’s official: Long Beach will have its first ciclovía, dubbed Beach Streets, on June 6 thanks to $260K from Metro’s Open Streets Program handed to the City of Long Beach last year. (As noted by Streetsblog, Metro has become a major sponsor for open streets events, […]

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