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Bike Recycling: Making It Work For Your Community
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When last we heard from the organizers of Long Beach’s ongoing bike recycling program, they outlined how the program came together, helping to save bikes from being discarded and providing transportation to area families. Now in part 2 of this series of videos, we hear advice on how other communities can initiate bike recycling programs […]
Watch This Video: “Bike Roundup” in Long Beach
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Streetsblog contributor Drew Reed sends along this excellent video for a bicycling recycling project being put on in Long Beach by the city, the local bike co-op, The HUB, and the city’s sanitation department. This video is both a great lesson on what can be done when a public agency and non-profit can work together […]
A Bike Path Over Troubled Water
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As unlikely as it may seem, the City of Long Beach has taken significant steps this week to making the above rendering a reality – or at least having it redone by a much more expensive design team. Last week, the Long Beach City Council succeeded in convincing the port to commit to building a […]
High Speed Rail Conference: Station Motivation
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The story of high speed rail is one of extremes. The thought of high speed trains whizzing up and down the state is enough to induce a futuristic giddiness – and carry a plurality of voters in 2008’s bond measure. But for some, the train line will be a community crushing blight, a noisy Berlin […]
A Photo Tour of Long Beach’s Vista Street Bike Boulevard
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And now for a quick photographic update from the one bicycle project you’ve all been waiting to hear about: Long Beach’s new bike boulevard on Vista Street. There have been a few hangups along the way; additional money needed to be allocated to remove unwanted concrete from under the street, and apparently the painters had […]
Passenger Rail Symposium, Day 2: Stations and Sprinters
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Aerial view of San Francisco showing route to new Transbay Terminal. Image coutesy TJPA On Monday, the Passenger Rail Symposium kicked off with an impressive display of train technology, most of it being used in Europe. But the problem of how to effectively implement train stations, European or otherwise, remains. Fortunately, Tuesday’s speakers had plenty […]
Passenger Rail Symposium, Day 1: Hooray for High Speed Rail
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(Drew Reed is usually our volunteer Long Beach writer. However, he volunteered to cover the CTA’s rail transportation symposium in Long Beach that took place Monday and Tuesday. Here is a review of Monday’s coverage. Tuesday’s will come tomorrow. With the exception of the above graphic, all images are by Drew Reed.) Last Monday afternoon, […]
All Aboard for National Rail Symposium in Long Beach
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As the LA area slowly inches toward having a viable rail network, we occasionally need to be reminded of the tremendous benefits passenger rail can have for our region. And we’ll have a great opportunity to do so next week, when the 2010 Community Transportation EXPO comes to Long Beach. The conference is presented by […]
Streetsblog Interview with Long Beach Film Maker Michael Bauch
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Michael Wolfgang Bauch is a Long Beach based filmmaker, videographer, kayaker, and avid cyclist. He recently talked with Streetsblog over the phone about his latest full-length documentary, Riding Bikes With The Dutch. The film premieres this Sunday, May 9 at the Art Theatre in Long Beach at 5 PM, as part of the Long Beach […]
Andy and Gandy: League of American Cyclists’ President Visits Long Beach
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Charles Gandy and Andy Clarke. All Photos: Drew Reed/ LA Loyalist The League of American Bicyclists is something of an oddity in Washington DC. While most other organizations advocate for strip mining, carcinogens, and other unpleasantries, the LAB argues for something which will actually improve people’s lives. And while they have sadly spent most of […]
Bike-Friendly Incumbent Faces Energetic New Comer in L.B. Mayor’s Race
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We’ve got another election coming up this Tuesday, and while most cities in LA county residents won’t be doing any voting, there is one important election in America’s Most Bike Friendly City. Yes, Long Beach is having a mayor’s race, though so far it doesn’t appear to be terribly exciting. The incumbent Mayor Bob Foster […]
Long Beach Signs On To Some Good Ideas
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Photo: Drew Reed/LA Loyalist A month ago, I had a few ideas about how Long Beach could go about improving its budding network of numbered bikeways. As it turned out, a few of the suggestions I made are slowly beginning to appear on the street lights and signposts of Long Beach. Is this a happy […]