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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
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
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
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
Metro service reductions, due to labor shortages, could have massive effects in LB and beyond
Danny Hom, Long Beach native and Chair of Metro's Gateway Cities council, depends on a handful of bus lines from Metro's network of services,...
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,...
