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Open Thread: Long Beach’s Beach Streets and CicLAvia 30

By Damien Newton | Apr 29, 2019 | 7 Comments

This weekend saw not one, but two, open streets events in L.A. County. If you attended, or have thoughts about either, please leave them in the comments section below. Saturday saw the 6th annual Beach Streets come to 2.5 miles of Pacific Avenue. In addition to opening the streets to bicyclists, pedestrians and any and […]

Metro's 862 line, which is free for all users, connects Downtown Long Beach to the 103rd/Watts Towers Station. Photo by Brian Addison.

The pleasant surprises (and many frustrations) with Metro’s temporary shuttles as Blue Line closure begins

By Brian Addison | Jan 29, 2019

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 Post Maps Pedestrian Crashes

By Brian Addison | Oct 2, 2018

This story originally appeared on LongBeachize at the Long Beach Post. To read the original post, or work with the interactive map, click here. Over the past five and a half years, there have been almost 2,000 times when someone walking through Long Beach was hit by a car, motorcycle, bicycle or other type of vehicle. There were 1,982 […]

Long Beach Architects Partner with Religious Leaders to Convert Church Properties into Bridge Housing

By Brian Addison | Sep 12, 2018

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.

Cesar Rodríguez' ashes are the centerpiece of an altar that takes up one side of the common room where his family lives. Sahra Sulaiman/Streetsblog L.A.

Video of Moments Before Man Crushed by Blue Line Train Raises More Questions for Family in Mourning

By Sahra Sulaiman | Aug 14, 2018 | 5 Comments

"They stole a part of our hearts with my brother."

Motion Seeks to Ease Tensions Over 710 Expansion by Focusing on Displacement Elimination, Community Enhancements

By Brian Addison | Feb 28, 2018 | 6 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.

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