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Second Steps: The Riverdale-Maple Greenway Will Connect Parks In Glendale

By Damien Newton | Sep 9, 2011 | 4 Comments

As part of every Policies for Livable Active Communities and the Environment (PLACE) Grants awarded by L.A. County Department of Public Health in 2008, each community had to complete a sample project that demonstrated the types of street improvements that could spread throughout their city as a result of improved planning. The City of Culver […]

Glendale Invests in Safe and Healthy Streets for a Safe and Healthy Future

By Damien Newton | Sep 7, 2011 | 5 Comments

This week’s series on the grants from the L.A. County Department of Public Health’s Policies for Livable and Active Communities and Environments (PLACE) Grants focuses on Glendale and their groundbreaking Safe and Healthy Streets Plan. Glendale’s grant was different than most because it wasn’t the city that was actually awarded the grant, but the Los […]

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 […]

It’s Long Beach Week at L.A. Streetsblog (Vids after Jump…)

By Damien Newton | Aug 15, 2011 | No Comments

As part of our ongoing coverage of the impact of the Los Angeles County Public Health P.L.A.C.E. grants, this week Streetsblog will focus on Long Beach. Because Long Beach is so close to Los Angeles and has been making such strides in the world of sustainable transportation, the city’s strides have been a secondary focus […]

Culver City Walks, Not Runs, Towards Transportation Sustainability

By Damien Newton | Aug 5, 2011 | 1 Comment

Following the decline of the studios in the 1960’s and 1970’s, Culver City had to reinvent itself. In the 1990’s, the city once commonly referred to as “The Heart of Screenland” undertook an aggressive campaign to revitalize their Downtown area that was mostly successful in attracting businesses and tourists to bolster the city’s economy. Today, nearly […]

Unintended Consequences: Culver City Bike Plan Meetings Lead to Formation of Culver City Bicycle Coalition

By Damien Newton | Aug 3, 2011 | 1 Comment

(This is the second of a three-part series on Culver City’s Policies for Livable Active Communities and Environment grant. “First Steps” ran yesterday, and a review of the Pedestrian and Bicycle Initiative will run on Friday.) As part of their PLACE Grant, Culver City had to hold a series of public workshops to bring the […]

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