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Motion Seeks to Ease Tensions Over 710 Expansion by Focusing on Displacement Elimination, Community Enhancements
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.
February 28, 2018
Original Blue Line Train Officially City of Long Beach Property with Hopes to Turn It Into a ‘New Kind of Public Space’
Via:LongBeachize
September 29, 2017
710 Project Releases REIR; Proposal Creates Further Ped/Bike Danger for West & North Long Beach
Widening the southern 710 Freeway is not going to help Long Beach pedestrians and cyclists.
August 1, 2017
Metro Blue Line to (Finally) Receive Light Synchronization Along Long Beach Stretch
After years of discussion, light synchronization along the Blue Line in Long Beach is coming this fall.
May 9, 2017
Construction Committee Approves Blue Line Improvement Study
Metro's Construction Committee approved a motion for short- and long-term improvements to Metro's oldest and busiest light rail line.
February 16, 2017
When the Wealthy and Privileged Hijack All the Narratives—Including Convincing the Poor that Housing Is Bad
if passed, Measure S - the "Neighborhood Integrity Initiative" - would shut down housing on practically all levels in a city that is short on housing in a county that is short on housing in a state that is short on housing
January 12, 2017
Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia Elected to Metro Board; Talks Blue Line, System Policing, More
Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia was elected to the Metro Board. He replaces Lakewood Councilmember Diane DuBois representing the Gateway Cities Region.
January 6, 2017
Long Beach Celebrates New Protected Bike Lanes On Artesia Boulevard
Long Beach celebrated its newest protected bike lane facility this morning. The Artesia Boulevard bike lanes extend half a mile from Atlantic Boulevard to Orange Avenue. The lanes are parking-protected, and feature green plastic reflective bollards, rubber curbs, and intermittent green pavement markings.
August 11, 2016
Judge Backs City of Long Beach in Rail Yard Project Suit; Port of LA & BNSF Sent Back to Drawing Board
When our former editor Brian Addison first joined the Streetsblog team (parent of Longbeachize), one of his first pieces he wrote openly criticized a rail yard project dubbed the Southern California International Gateway (SCIG) that was to be built in West Long Beach by rail giant BNSF.
March 31, 2016