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Bike Nation Asks Long Beachers to Suggest Location for Its 250 Proposed Bike-Share Kiosks
(Want to celebrate Bike Week but can't make an event? You can help out Bikeside with their L.A. Bike Survey or Bike Nation Long Beach as outlined below. - DN)
May 14, 2013
Long Beach, Santa Monica, If YouDonate to Streetsblog in May…You Can Win More Than Just a New Bike
The Southern California Streets Initiative, the local non-profit that staffs and edits Streetsblog Los Angeles, has voted to support local journalism outside of the city limits to Long Beach and Santa Monica. Thanks to local support from Santa Monica Bike Center and Long Beach Community Foundation, we've been able to do this without reaching into our regular operating funds.
May 10, 2013
Long Beach’s Desolate Pike to Use Outlets as Catalyst for New Growth
In an entirely silent fashion, EWB Development--the nation's largest outlet developer--suddenly created a small page that not only renamed the complex ("The Outlets at The Pike") but touts that the dismal Pike shopping complex will be the new outlet hub for Los Angeles County and Southern California.
May 8, 2013
Long Beach: Plans Move Forward on Los Cerritos/Bixby Knolls Bike Infrastructure
Bixby Knolls/Los Cerritos are getting closer to the reality of Long Beach's master bike plan making tangible changes to the northern neighborhoods. And rightfully so: Pacific Avenue is a main arterial for those on two wheels and the bike lane proposed on San Antonio will connect those to Pacific Avenue from the north.
May 7, 2013
Long Beach: Belmont Heights Medians Are Complete with Slower Traffic and More Pedestrians
First there were fire hydrants and now there are trees and plants--simple yet beautiful trees and plants.
April 18, 2013
Introducing the Long Beach “Ciclovía”
For readers and Long Beachers alike, they have known of my dream to bring a ciclovía to our city, my dream of shutting down a large stretch of street to make way for cyclists and skaters, walkers and runners.
April 17, 2013
Port of Long Beach Harbor Commissioners, Despite Benefits to Port, Back Appeal of SCIG
In a show of solidarity for the city's choice to formally appeal the proposed Southern California International (SCIG) railyard, the Port of Long Beach (POLB) Board of Harbor Commissioners unanimously voted to back the appeal despite holding a large amount of business benefits should the project move forward.
April 16, 2013
Don’t Fret: We’re Golden, Long Beach Boulevard
I have often spoke of the simple art of beautification. From simple streetscaping to large park overhauls, the actual complexity of the projects doesn't interfere with the fact that it's a simple idea that sparks it all: beautifying our neighborhoods.
April 11, 2013
RiverLink: The Best (Over a Decade-Old) Idea Yet to Be Realized for West Long Beach
(The 2002 River Link Report is available off our Scribd Account after the jump.)
April 8, 2013
North Long Beach Closer to Scoring UPBID
This week, the Long Beach City Council--acting as the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency in Long Beach--voted unanimously 6-0 to implement a ballot process to possibly establish the Uptown Business Improvement District (UPBID).
April 4, 2013