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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
Long Beach Beach Streets II Open Thread
There were plenty of great firsts taking place last Saturday at Long Beach's second iteration of its excellent Beach Streets open streets festival.
March 21, 2016
Long Beach Bike-Share To Launch 100 Bikes At Beach Streets On March 19
At a kick-off event this morning, the city of Long Beach celebrated a soft launch of its new bike-share system, called Long Beach Bike Share. There are currently two stations in operation, with a dozen bikes. The system will fully publicly open at the Saturday March 19 Beach Streets open streets event.
March 10, 2016
Long Beach’s ‘Beach Streets’ Ciclovía Set to Invade DTLB on March 19
Well, the City of Long Beach will see its second ciclovía on Saturday, March 19—and yes, it will be in Downtown Long Beach for Beach Streets Downtown.
January 12, 2016
Long Beach’s First Ever Beach Streets Ciclovía – Open Thread
How was your Beach Streets? Long Beach, the aspirational most bike-friendly city in America and demonstrably the most bike-friendly city in L.A. County, has joined the ranks of cities hosting open streets festivals or ciclovías. Long Beach's first ever Beach Streets was full of camaraderie, chillness, and community.
June 8, 2015
10 Beach Streets Tips for Those Experiencing Open Streets for the First Time Tomorrow
I still remember the feeling in the air right before the 10/10/10 CicLAvia: a mix of anticipation, nervous energy and curiosity. Twelve CicLAvia's later, including CicLAvia XIII in Pasadena last week, the event brings the same excitement and wonder it ever does. But, as an experienced Open Streets participant, humor me while I share some of my views on the best ways to enjoy Beach Streets. Long Beach's very first Beach Streets takes place tomorrow - Saturday June 6 from .
June 5, 2015
Now It’s Long Beach Who Could Be 1st to Get Bike-Share
It looks like Long Beach will be the first city in LA County to have a bike-share program as the City let go of its former contract with the defunct Bike Nation, handing it over to German company Nextbike. This follows the announcement earlier this year that the City would bid for a Downtown bike-share program.
May 20, 2015
For Goodness’ Sake, Stop Widening the 405
Albert Einstein says that the definition of insanity is "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
May 5, 2015
Long Beach Announces Open Streets Event
Photo above from Los Angeles's CicLAvia. Photo by Brian Addison.
March 5, 2015