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Brian Addison

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The 405 freeway where it snakes through Long Beach under the Orange Avenue overpass. Photo by Brian Addison.

Report: Talk of Climate-Focused Transit Is Empty When CA Still Prioritizes Investment in Automobility

By Brian Addison | Nov 23, 2021 | No Comments
Researchers at the University of California looked at California's progress on climate-focused transit promises and proposals - and find that the state focuses only TWO PERCENT of its funding there. The rest goes towards making driving easier.
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HOPE Converts Long Beach Parcel to Affordable Housing for Adults with Disabilities

By Brian Addison | Jun 26, 2019 | No Comments
In Long Beach, on Redondo Avenue between First Street and Broadway, a parcel has been converted to a five-unit affordable housing complex specifically for adults with developmental disabilities
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Blue Line Closure: Pleasant Surprises and Many Frustrations with Metro’s Temporary Shuttles

By Brian Addison | Jan 30, 2019 | No Comments
Metro's "New Blue" rehabilitation has temporarily closed the lower end of the Blue Line. Replacement buses are making the Long Beach to L.A. an exhaustingly long trek.

Long Beach Newspaper Maps Pedestrian Deaths

By Brian Addison | Oct 2, 2018 | No Comments
Over the past five and a half years, pedestrians in Long Beach have been hit by a car, motorcycle, bicycle, or other type of vehicle almost 2,000 times. This map shows where those crashes happened.
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Long Beach Architects Partner with Religious Leaders to Convert Church Properties into Bridge Housing

By Brian Addison | Sep 13, 2018 | No Comments
Collaborating with the Long Beach firm Studio One Eleven, the unexpected partnership is examining hundreds of church properties throughout the county and looking into how these properties could act as bridge housing for the homeless.
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Motion Seeks to Ease Tensions Over 710 Expansion by Focusing First on Other Upgrades and Eliminating Displacement

By Brian Addison | Feb 28, 2018 | No Comments
Metro Board Member and Supervisor Hilda Solis, backed by fellow board member and Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia, has drafted a motion that will put the 710 expansion on hold while focusing on the community projects attached to the massive infrastructure proposal.

LA Metro & Caltrans Want You to Believe the 710 Expansion Is Good—Here’s Why It’s Not Good at All

By Brian Addison | Jan 26, 2018 | 2 Comments
I’ve been writing about the 710 Freeway expansion project since 2013 and in those five years, one thing is clear: the possible expansion is not just a random, asphalt-driven undertaking; it is one of the largest infrastructural proposals in the region and it comes with consequences—which is why it has taken over 15 years to […]
A man bikes east on Anaheim St. above the 710. Photos by Brian Addison.
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710 Proposal Would Create Further Ped/Bike Danger for West & North Long Beach

By Brian Addison | Aug 2, 2017 | No Comments
Widening the southern 710 Freeway is not going to help Long Beach pedestrians and cyclists.
Photo by Daniel Brezenoff
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DTLB Adds Bar & Zip Code Crosswalk to Long Beach’s Collection of Creative Crossings

By Brian Addison | Jul 10, 2017 | No Comments
While crosswalks are typically marked with zebra markings—simple white and black lines—creative crosswalks serve two larger purposes. The most obvious is the artistic flair they add to the environment; simply put, they’re fun. But more importantly, they increase pedestrian safety and awareness.
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When the Wealthy and Privileged Hijack All the Narratives—Including Convincing the Poor that Housing Is Bad

By Brian Addison | Jan 13, 2017 | No 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

Take Note, California: Oakland Tragedy Shows the Cost of Too Little Housing Construction

By Brian Addison | Dec 15, 2016 | No Comments
Oakland's tragedy at Ghost Ship, where 36 people died after a fire dissolved the makeshift home into ashes, acts as mirror to SoCal and Long Beach specifically.
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