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How a Crop of Women Activists Is Making Long Beach Safer for Bikes, Everyone
We keep getting safer here in Long Beach—and as a rather stereotypical boy whose palate leans towards danger and risk (or what my fair counterparts rightfully call stupidity), this makes me happy. And it was of no shock to me that the first ever all-female class of League Cycling Instructors (LCI) accredited by the League of American Bicyclist graduated nine women this past month from Long Beach: Jessica Alexander, Krista Leaders, Bernadette McKeever, Elizabeth Williams, Maria Sipin, Henriette Alamillo, Renee Jones, Machiko Yasuda and Nayely Limon
January 7, 2013
Long Beach: The (Simple) Art of Beautification, Part II
(Editor's Note: The Simple Art of Beautification Part I can be found here.)
January 3, 2013
Long Beach Unveils Plan to Make “Most Bike Friendly City” the Safest Too
Glance to the right of this article and you'll see ads geared towards bike safety. Sift through the work of this site and you'll find endless accounts of dooring, commuter frustration, measures to keep one safe, how to "properly" ride a bicycle, riding on sidewalks... The list is as exhaustive as it is important despite its seeming redundancy.
December 21, 2012
Long Beach: The (Simple) Art of Beautification
Oftentimes, we feel far too overwhelmed with the act of bettering our neighborhoods. There's a sense of futility, particularly paired with the economic crisis, that overshadows creative and innovative ways to handle even the most simplest of beautification tasks.
December 18, 2012
As More Cyclists Hit the Road in Long Beach, Need for Clearer Code Emerges
Marking the fifth year of bike counts at fourteen locations throughout Long Beach, data shows that ridership has increased by an astounding 70% on city streets and 45% overall.
November 30, 2012
Long Beach Cyclists Still Struggle with Sidewalk Biking Bans in Business District
It is a pester in all business districts alike, from Retro Row to East Village Arts District: bicyclists on the sidewalk. The concern is not just annoyance; there are clearly safety issues at hand.
November 20, 2012
Long Beach: More Public Meetings to Be Held for Daisy-to-Myrtle Bike Path
Stretching from the northern tip of the 9th District where Long Beach meets Paramount all the way southward to the current court house downtown, the project to build a bike boulevard catering to the more marginalized and less affluent neighborhoods of Long Beach was key to the city's proposed ideal of becoming the "nation's most bike friendly city." At the time, City Manager Pat West knew that a city-wide program catering to biking could easily be created via grants: they would be easy to write given the mantra's wide applicability.
November 15, 2012
Hundreds come out for DIY Public Hearing on Proposed Long Beach Railyard
The Silverado Park Community Center was packed wall-to-wall for 7th District Councilmember James Johnson's Do-It-Yourself public hearing regarding the proposed Southern California International Gateway (SCIG) railyard project. The hearing followed a denial from the Port of Los Angeles to include a meeting in Long Beach for Long Beachers.
November 9, 2012
Will Long Beach One Day Viva Ciclovia?
L.A. loves CicLAvia, Long Beach Would Love Ciclovía
November 6, 2012
Ignoring Port, Councilmember Johnson to Hold Own Hearing Regarding SCIG Railyard
Following the public hearing organized by the Port of Los Angeles (POLA) nearly two weeks ago regarding the proposed Southern California International Gateway (SCIG) railyard by BNSF, Long Beach Councilmember James Johnson has decided to take matters into his own hands--literally.
October 30, 2012