There’s been a huge surge in the number of people asking the city of Long Beach to do something about speeding cars and dangerous drivers slicing through their neighborhoods.
In the first three months of 2026, the city’s Public Works Department. which manages local roadways, got 129 requests for traffic studies, in which workers evaluate whether a street is unsafe and what can be done about it.
That was “more than 12 times the average of the previous three quarters,” Public Works Director Joshua Hickman wrote in a recent memo.
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A good chunk of that increase is likely because Long Beach made it easier to request traffic studies, setting up a simplified online form. But traffic safety has also been a hot topic because of rising fatalities…