Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Long Beach

The Debate Over CA’s Cap-and-Trade Funds Is Not Over

By Melanie Curry | Aug 14, 2014 | 2 Comments

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti led a group of California mayors on a trip to Sacramento to push for legislation on a number of issues that impact cities before the final, frantic weeks of August that mark the end of the legislative session. On their agenda was getting assurance that cap-and-trade funds would be available […]

RFP Goes Out for Terminal Island Freeway Removal Project; Marks SoCal’s First Freeway Removal Project

By Brian Addison | Jul 28, 2014 | No Comments

It’s been named one of the top “Freeways Without Futures” in the nation and described as a “perfect example of obsolete infrastructure.” Its removal has been fought for by City Fabrick founder Brian Ulaszewski since 2010, long before the existence of Fabrick itself. It has been a blight on a neighborhood that sees some of the least […]

Thanks Everyone, for a Great #LBMayoralForum Last Night

By Damien Newton | Feb 26, 2014 | No Comments

Last night, over 100 residents attended a mayoral candidates forum focused on livability, active transportation, and public health at the ART Theatre in Long Beach. Video from the event will be available on Streetsblog’s YouTube channel later this week and a review of the forum written will be on LongBeachize a little later as well. […]

Redondo Avenue in Long Beach Receives $2.2M Facelift

By Brian Addison | Feb 19, 2014 | No Comments

Shortly after the groundbreaking of a massive redevelopment project focused on downtown Long Beach’s Pine Avenue, the east-meets-west arterial that is Redondo Avenue broke ground on a $2.2M street improvement plan that stretches from the 2nd to the 4th District. One of the stretch’s largest intersections—Redondo and Broadway, home to one of Broadway’s most beloved […]

CNU Deems Terminal Island Freeway Top 10 ‘Freeway Without Future’

By Brian Addison | Feb 14, 2014 | No Comments

The Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU)—the country’s premiere organization which is founded on creating walkable, neighborhood-based development—released its 2014 “Freeways Without Futures” report, listing Long Beach’s own Terminal Island (TI) Freeway amongst its top 10 prospects for removal. Calling it a “perfect example of obsolete infrastructure,” CNU echoes the time-consuming efforts put forth by […]

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