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Driver Smashes Plastic Bollards on Santa Monica’s 23rd Street Bike Lane
Using flimsy plastic bollards to separate bikes from automobile traffic is better than nothing, but this recent video makes a strong case that only concrete barriers will truly protect bicyclists
August 18, 2026
Free West Coast Premiere of New 34th Avenue Streetfilms Documentary on August 26 in Long Beach
SBLA interviews Streetfilms' Clarence Eckerson on the occasion of his new documentary, Close Encounters of the 34th Avenue Kind: The Story of NYC's Best Open Street
August 13, 2026
Long Beach lands among U.S.’s Top 10 most bike-friendly cities; ranks 2nd in CA
The analysis evaluated 50 major U.S. cities using five key metrics: bike commute percentage, bike modal share, cyclist fatality rates, PeopleForBikes’ city network ratings, and Walk Score’s Bike Score rankings
June 2, 2026
The Week in Short Videos
CTC Loves Highways, Streets for All Loves High-Speed Rail, and Streetsblog Loves Long Beach!
March 27, 2026
Despite Gav’s Spin, Transportation Commission Funded a Lot of Highway Expansion Last Week
The gas lighting is almost as bad as the funding decisions.
March 26, 2026
Why Cities Need More “Agile” Streets
When projects are routed through a full capital-improvement workflow, solutions tend toward expensive, permanent interventions - not alternatives that might achieve 80 percent of the benefit at 10 percent of the cost.
March 25, 2026
Op-Ed: Don’t Let Fear Flatten Progress on E-Bikes
Advocates react to E-bike legislation.
Justin Hu-Nguyen, Amy Thomas, Claire Amable, Warren Wells
March 20, 2026
UCLA Study Shows How Ambiguous Definition of “Major Transit Stop” Creates Wiggle Room for Municipalities
This is a story of how well-intentioned efforts by the state to tie new development to transit hinge on how local governments (with their own incentives) interpret broad state law.
March 19, 2026
Citizen Initiative Would Raise Sacramento Sales Tax to Fund Safer Streets and Transit
Sacramento is a dangerous place to move around. A new ballot measure hopes to provide the city with the money to change that.
March 16, 2026
