City meetings
Long Beach is failing at its goal to lower the number of people killed while walking, biking and driving on its streets. Now, some elected officials are feeling the pressure to get things moving faster.
Residents are fed up with how slowly the city evaluates the safety of its streets and implements even small-scale improvements like new crosswalks, stop signs or traffic signals.
It’s a frustration we’ve seen up close at the Long Beach Post and Business Journal. Reporter Jacob Sisneros and I have been reporting for months on delays in the city’s speed camera program, lack of progress toward its pledge to eliminate all traffic deaths and a persistent drop in the number of speeding tickets issued. Locals have consistently told us they feel like their pleas for new safety measures are disregarded…