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Legislative Update: More Cap-and-Trade Funds for Transit? | Longbeachize
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Legislative Update: More Cap-and-Trade Funds for Transit? On July 13, 2015. Note: This article first appeared on Streetsblog California. In Sacramento, bills are beginning to move more quickly through the committee process as this week’s policy committee deadline approaches. Below are highlights on some of the bills pertaining to sustainable streets issues. Cap-and-Trade Funds for Transit:. After Streetsblog wrote about its focus on large projects. Author Jim Beall (D-Santa Clara) amended S.B. 9. Muni di...
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Parks & Pedestrian | Longbeachize
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Browsing Category Parks and Pedestrian. Memorial for Cambodian Genocide to Be Built in Long Beach’s Cambodia Town. Renderings courtesy of Prach Ly. It will be the one of the few memorials in the entire nation that recognizes one of human history’s most devastating massacres and it . On May 11, 2016 /. Long Beach Named Southern California’s Most Walkable City. DTLB hit a new milestone: it has a Walk Score of 92 and, in turn, has made Long Beach the most walkable city in Southern California . As the first ...
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L.A. Picks a Bike-Share Vendor…Different than the Ones in Long Beach and Santa Monica | Longbeachize
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LA Picks a Bike-Share Vendor…Different than the Ones in Long Beach and Santa Monica. On June 26, 2015. Yesterday, the Metro Board of Directors approved its $11 million contract with Bicycle Transit Systems. To install and operate a pilot downtown L.A. bike-share system. The downtown system is expected to debut in 2016 with 60 stations and 1,000 bicycles. The road getting this far has been a bit messy. Inglewood Mayor James Butts, who was elected to the Board by government leaders in the Westside and Sout...
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Melanie Curry | Longbeachize
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Browsing All Posts By Melanie Curry. CA Legislative Update: Student Transit Pass Bill Is Dead For Now. A bill that would have created a statewide program to fund low-cost transit passes for students stalled out in the Senate Appropriations Committee. There is still a slim chance to . On August 16, 2016 /. Legislative Update: GHG Targets, Cap&Trade, Transportation Special Session. On August 9, 2016 /. Senate Proposal Tries To End California Transportation Funding Stalemate. On May 3, 2016 /. The Californi...
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The Innovation Team’s Five (Brilliant) Initiatives for Long Beach. Back in May, an impressive cohort of nine creative doers and thinkers came together in Long beach and after months of research and planning, they now have five . On October 14, 2015 /. Mayor Robert Garcia’s First Year: Looking Back (and Moving Toward More Parks, More Safety, and a Cleaner Long Beach). Photo below by Brian Addison. On July 15, 2015 /. Who Bears the Biggest Burden in Long Beach? On January 30, 2015 /. On January 25, 2015 /.
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Sidewalking Society does Pow! Wow! | Longbeachize
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Sidewalking Society does Pow! On July 27, 2015. Love our bicycles without a doubt, but there are times when even the speed of two wheels is too much. Those times when we would rather walk so we can take in the neighborhood, and possibly discover something new. So we have collaborated with the pedestrian advocacy group Walk Long Beach. And visual storyteller and photographer Lisa Beth Anderson of In Good Company. But we felt that Maggie, someone who is a little less connected to the art world, could provi...
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City of Long Beach Tours the Jergins Tunnel in the Hopes of Luring Future Development | Longbeachize
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City of Long Beach Tours the Jergins Tunnel in the Hopes of Luring Future Development. On July 23, 2015. Photos by Brian Addison. Scroll through the gallery above for more pictures. That might just change, as the City of Long Beach opened the tunnel for potential real estate investors interested in not just purchasing and activating the tunnel but buying the entirety of the 100 E. Ocean property. The sole goal of he LRPMP? To get as many pieces as property as possible into future development. Don’t...
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Bicycling | Longbeachize
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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, . On August 11, 2016 /. Beach Streets’ Ciclovía Set to Invade Central Long Beach on November 12. Photo by Brian Addison. On July 26, 2016 /. Photo by Brian Addison. May marks a happy month for bicyclists: Bike Month. On May 18, 2016 /.
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Damien Newton | Longbeachize
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Damien is the executive director of the Southern California Streets Initiative which publishes Longbeachize, Streetsblog Los Angeles, and Santa Monica Next. Damien wins journalism awards, which is cool and surprising because he writes at a third grade level. Browsing All Posts By Damien Newton. CA Legislative Update: Student Transit Passes, ATP, Equity in Climate Policies. On June 30, 2016 /. Ready to Get Back on Your Bike? Sign Up for Safety Class with Empact LB. For Spanish translation, click here.
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Local | Longbeachize
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Long Beach Sees Biggest Rent Increase in State, Raising Concerns About Affordability and Housing. In the most recent data. Released through Apartment List’s annual report this month, Long Beach’s rent isn’t just increasing it’s skyrocketing. An exorbitant 10.8% increase in rents . On July 21, 2016 /. CSULB Students Might Have Access to Affordable Housing in DTLB. Photo by Katie Rispoli. On July 11, 2016 /. Longbeachize Scores for Four LA Press Club Awards Nominations. On May 25, 2016 /. He wrote openly .
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