Bob Kanter, Managing Director of Environmental Affairs and Planning for the Port of Long Beach, made public comment at the California Coastal Commission meeting, held in Long Beach on January 12, 2011. In those remarks, Mr. Kanter explained that the Port is working on bike improvement projects to bring people to the Port and to [...]

Todd Rose, President of A Running Experience Long Beach, a club with 465 members, says: “We believe that a running trail / pedestrian walkway from Downtown Long Beach would be utilized by short and long distance runners as a great training route, with the advantage of a 250 foot hill climb affording stunning views of the [...]

The intent of the following laws and policies clearly support the inclusion of bicycle and pedestrian access on major state and federally funded projects. For an overview, download the following five page PDF file: United States and California Law and Policy Links to websites containing full text of each law or policy: CA State Highways [...]

At the Sunday January 9th, 2011 meeting, the Sierra Club (National, with 1.4 million members) approved a motion endorsing bicycle and pedestrian access. Gabrielle Weeks, Chair, Sierra Club Long Beach Group/Angeles Chapter, explains: “The Sierra Club asks the Port of Long Beach and the Long Beach City Council to ensure that separated pedestrian and bicycle facilities [...]

The Senior Bicycle Coordinator for the City of Los Angeles Michelle Mowery has watched this bridge project develop since 2002: “Over the years since there have been multiple meetings with Port of Long Beach staff, including a field trip to review the current structure, and many reports of the Port of Long Beach’s and Caltrans’ [...]

The New York / New Jersey Port Authority leads the way for bike-friendly Green Port efforts. An exerpt from the new policy guidelines: “Bicycling is a rapidly growing mode of transportation and the New York-New Jersey region is facing increased demand for expanded bicycle infrastructure, safer bicycle routes, access to transit connections and secure parking facilities. [...]

“We have told the Port and the City and Caltrans that they need to build in a bike pedestrian path into this bridge. That from our perspective, it is not enough to just design it into the bridge; they have to actually construct it. The problem is that the connectors raise some real significant issues [...]

Bicycle/Pedestrian access on proposed Gerald Desmond Bridge replacement project is an essential transportation facility and should be integral to the new Gerald Desmond Bridge design. A bicycle/ pedestrian pathway would: Benefit the Traveling Public by: Providing bike/pedestrian access between Downtown Long Beach and Terminal, and eventually San Pedro when the Vincent Thomas Bridge has a bike/ped facility [...]

The new Gerald Desmond Bridge would provide the first half of the path to connect Long Beach to San Pedro along the California Coastal Trail. The second half can be accomplished with the addition of a bike/ped path on the southern side of the Vincent Thomas Bridge (stay tuned for more information on the effort [...]

(Draft remarks prepared for City Council. Actual remarks were different based on the remarks of previous speakers and council members and time limitations) My name is Mark Bixby, I live at XXX in Long Beach. I speak to the council on behalf of a group called Off the Front, who has been working with the [...]