Long Beach is a major economic hub in Los Angeles County and the fifth largest city in California. The city has a long-term goal of developing more mixed use and transit oriented neighborhoods in growing areas of the City. They have partnered with Compass Blueprint & Fregonese Associates to carry out fiscal analysis, streetscape urban design and modeling and revision of land use code. The project is aimed at implementing the vision of the Long Beach 2030 General Plan which has a general theme of creating more pedestrian and bike friendly multi modal "complete streets". The studies will be oriented towards planning being done for Long Beach Boulevard.

Goals:

• Design and create streetscapes that accommodate pedestrians, bikes, transit riders and motorists of all ages and abilities
• Revise land use regulation to encourage and allow more accommodating streetscapes
• Explore fiscal limitation and financing options for streetscapes
• Quantify value added potential from new commercial development along improved streets

For more information, visit the project website.