Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Bicycling

Long Beach’s Leap Towards Livabilty IV: Leaping Forward?

By Damien Newton | Aug 22, 2011 | No Comments

You can view the full map at GeoCommons. The above map shows Long Beach broken down geographically by census data and racial diversity. The lighter the dot, the higher the percentage of residents are Caucasian. The Vista Street Bike Boulevard, 3rd and Broadway Segregated Bike Paths and 2nd Street Green Sharrow are in the South […]

Long Beach’s Leap Towards Livability Part III

By Damien Newton | Aug 18, 2011 | 6 Comments

(If you’re not familiar with the infrastructure innovations in Long Beach, you should read this article first. In 2009, Joe Linton wrote a two part series on Long Beach’s “Leap Towards Livability.” Today and tomorrow’s stories are both part of our Annenberg School of Journalism Public Health Fellowship and a continuation of that series.) Sometimes, […]

Box: Metrolink Passes Bike Friendly Test

By Stephen Box | Aug 18, 2011 | 4 Comments

(This is the first in a three-part series from Stephen Box. In the coming weeks he’ll be discussing the bike (and passenger) friendliness of Metro Rail and Amtrak. – DN) When I embark on a #BikeTrain adventure, I typically put my train-boarding theory to work by heading for the front car. I believe that this […]

Long Beach: Good for Bikes, Good for Business

By Damien Newton | Aug 17, 2011 | 13 Comments

Bicycle advocates from Copenhagen to Bogota to Northeast Los Angeles have all made the case that what’s good for bicycles is good for business. Nowhere in America is that statement being put to the test more than in Long Beach. During my two bike tours of Long Beach, I talked with business owners along the […]

A Possible Fix for Expo Bikeway Safety Problems on the Westside: Elevate the Bikeway

By Damien Newton | Aug 15, 2011 | 7 Comments

When people try to describe the future Expo Bikeway that will provide a bike connection from Downtown Los Angeles to Downtown Santa Monica they reference the Orange Line Bike Path as the example. The Orange Line Path runs parallel to the Bus Rapid Transit Line in the Valley and many people are at least aware […]

New Bike Lanes Come to 7th Street (Updated: 1:55 P.M.)

By Damien Newton | Aug 15, 2011 | 18 Comments

Back in the day when I lived in Mid-town and regularly traveled Downtown 7th Street was by far my favorite route. I would pair it with 4th Street and a North-South connecting street and it was a relatively safe and easy ride excepting that one hill right before the end of Downtown where the wind […]

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