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Long Beach Leads in Traffic Circles
Traffic circles aren't quite ubiquitous in Long Beach, but they're around. Riding and walking through the city one encounters circles in neighborhoods rich and poor, new and old.
July 15, 2024
Metro Committee Approves 710 Freeway Plan with Reduced Widening and “No Known Displacements”
Metro's new 710 Freeway plan is definitely multimodal, definitely adds new freeway lanes, and probably won't demolish any homes or businesses
April 22, 2024
Rundown of New Federal Reconnecting Communities Grants for L.A. County
There are seven L.A. County Reconnecting Communities grants totaling $162 million - about 90% of that goes to Metro's Removing Barriers project, which includes new bus lanes, first/last mile walk/bike facilities, bike-share, and more.
March 19, 2024
Many Cities Get Free Bike and Bus Upgrades from New Development
L.A. City could shift current resources that today go to widening streets - and instead upgrade sidewalks, bus stops, and bike lanes - especially when new development pays for it
March 14, 2024
Long Beach’s Concrete Curb-Protected Bike Lanes
Concrete curbs are real protection compared to plastic bollard posts that errant drivers regularly mow down
February 1, 2024
Long Beach Opens New Mark Bixby Walk/Bike Path along Harbor Bridge
The spectacular path would not have happened without the vociferous, aggressive advocacy of its namesake Mark Bixby
May 25, 2023
Long Beach’s Beach Streets Returns – Open Thread
Yesterday's Beach Streets route took place in the eastern portion of Long Beach, from the north end of Cal State University Long Beach to Spring Street
September 20, 2022
HOPE Converts Long Beach Parcel to Affordable Housing for Adults with Disabilities
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
June 26, 2019
Open Thread: Long Beach’s Beach Streets and CicLAvia 30
This weekend saw not one, but two, open streets events in Long Beach County.
April 30, 2019
Long Beach Newspaper Maps Pedestrian Deaths
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.
October 2, 2018
