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Infrastructure
Urbanism & Development
Long Beach transit mall—with an old Blue Line train as decor—scores additional $1.5M in funding
Initially proposed in March of 2023, the Long Beach transit mall renovation took an inch toward reality this week.
Urbanism & Development
Long Beach’s Orange Avenue Backbone Bikeway project is an important cog for safety
The Orange Avenue Backbone Bikeway is Long Beach's largest biking infrastructure project, revisioning the arterial from Ocean Boulevard in the south to Jackson Street in the north.
Urbanism & Development
Long Beach to host first community meeting of 2025: Connecting Colorado Lagoon to Marine Stadium
The $32.5M project will bring a new tidal flow channel between Colorado Lagoon and Marine Stadium that hasn't been seen since the 1960s.
Urbanism & Development
Discovery of asbestos, weather causes setbacks as Long Beach’s Colorado Lagoon project slowly moves forward
Asbestos. Weather shifts. Change orders. Colorado Lagoon—the city's largest infrastructure project—continues to face delays four years into development.
Urbanism & Development
Local leaders: ‘Pull the plug’ on Metro/Caltrans 91 Freeway expansion in Long Beach
It appears that Metro may not be proceeding with the 91 Freeway expansion through North Long Beach. On Monday, July 22, Metro hosted a community input meeting for the project. Attendees roundly criticized the project, convincing elected leaders of the need to pull the plug on Metro and Caltrans' plans.
Urbanism & Development
Long Beach traffic circles? We have more than any other city in the state
Traffic circles aren't quite ubiquitous in Long Beach, but they're around. Riding and walking through the city one encounters circles in neighborhoods rich and poor, new and old.
Urbanism & Development
Mayor’s Grow Long Beach 2024 lays out future development; Ford Motors opening up R&D shop
Mayor Rex Richardson hosted his Grow Long Beach 2024 event at the Aquarium of the Pacific, coming with big announcements. Spanning an hour-long presentation and covering development, tourism, aerospace, manufacturing, and entertainment, he came with one particularly big announcement: Ford Motors will be moving into town.
Urbanism & Development
Pacific Coast Highway in Long Beach was to receive fully protected bike lanes; that could change
Caltrans initially had Class IV bike lanes—fully protected bike lanes that separate bicyclists and motorists with hard physical barriers like curbs—planned for its rehabilitation...
Urbanism & Development
The waves aren’t returning: The Long Beach breakwater is here to stay—and it’s been that way for a while
This isn't news. That's for sure. But it might have been lost as it was released shortly before the pandemic in December of 2019: The Long Beach breakwater—the vast, linear seawall that joins two others in stretching across the coast of Long Beach and largely prevents larger waves hitting our shores—isn't going anywhere. Meaning said waves aren't coming back.
Urbanism & Development
Streets surrounding Colorado Lagoon project to reopen by end of year, weather permitting
The $32.5M Colorado Lagoon project—set to bring a new tidal flow channel between Colorado Lagoon and Marine Stadium that hasn't been seen since the 1960s—is the city's largest infrastructure project currently under construction and has caused a complete diversion of East Long Beach traffic.
Urbanism & Development
Supervisor Hahn calls for no residential demolitions in Metro’s 710 Freeway Corridor Project
"[For 710 Freeway expansion] Metro needs to commit itself to zero residential property takes. [Metro] should have as one its top priorities ensuring that our projects do not result in kicking people out of their homes."
Urbanism & Development
Thank the bicycle gods: A guide to the new curb-protected Long Beach bike lanes
Concrete curbs are real protection compared to plastic bollard posts that errant drivers regularly mow down—and the fact that four new Long Beach bike lanes feature them means there is hope.
Urbanism & Development
New 710 freeway expansion proposal: Metro still plans to widen, doesn’t rule out residential demolitions
Metro's new 710 freeway widening proposal is not as bad as the mega-widening that Metro was hell-bent on a couple years ago, but there's still a lot of harmful freeway/ramp/road expansion, and precious little transit, walk and bike improvements
Culture & Commentary
The Port of Long Beach’s massive Pier B expansion project scored a huge grant—and how that affects those on the Westside
The Port of Long Beach will receive $283M from the federal government in order to further fund its $1.57B Pier B expansion project, set to begin breaking ground next year and continue through in phases until its completion in 2032.
Urbanism & Development
First look inside Long Beach’s massive Shoemaker Bridge replacement project
City of Long Beach staff met with the community to discuss the replacement of the Shoemaker Bridge, one of the city's largest infrastructure project.
Urbanism & Development
This is what California’s high speed train could look like leaving and coming into DTLA’s upgraded Union Station
Train geeks can dream: A new animation beautifully shows off what a through-track system at Union Station could look like.
Urbanism & Development
Long Beach to Azusa in less than two hours: Metro’s Regional Connector opens June 16 (free rides included)
A decade in the making, th Metro Regional Connector—one of the country's largest transit infrastructure projects—will officially open June 16, connecting the foothills to the beaches.
Food & Drink
Saltwater Deck adapts and evolves—even as construction cuts off idyllic setting
Editor's note: The owners have asked to have their last names removed from the article.Long Beach's waterfront has been undergoing its biggest update in...
Urbanism & Development
Groundbreaking takes place for massive Colorado Lagoon transformation via connection to Marine Stadium
The Colorado Lagoon is one of Long Beach's most successful park comeback stories, going from polluted mess to popular oasis—and its grandeur is about to become even greater as construction crews officially broke ground on one of the city's largest civic projects.
Urbanism & Development
Colorado Lagoon to undergo massive transformation via connecting to Marine Stadium
The Colorado Lagoon is one of Long Beach's most successful park comeback stories, going from polluted mess to popular oasis—and its grandeur is about to become even greater as it will soon fully connect to Alamitos Bay with construction beginning in 2022.
Culture & Commentary
What Removing a Freeway in West Long Beach Could Look Like—And Why It Must Happen
I’ve been talking a lot about park equity and the importance of safe, greener spaces lately, especially when it comes to West and North Long Beach, a conversation that hasn’t been led or driven by me but largely about the community.
Culture & Commentary
710 Project Releases REIR; Proposal Creates Further Ped/Bike Danger for West & North Long Beach
I love West and North Long Beach. For me, they are the forgotten neighborhoods, places that easily fall into the fray of pollution, inequity,...
