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Upcoming Community Meetings

In the coming months, staff will conduct outreach and answer questions regarding Safe Streets LB at community meetings across the City. Confirmed meetings include:

• West Long Beach Association Monthly Meeting – Thursday 9/26 at 6:30pm

• AOC7 Neighborhood Group Monthly Meeting – Wednesday 10/2 at 6:30pm

• Rose Park Neighborhood Association Meeting – Upcoming Sep/Oct meeting (date TBD)

Keystone Actions

The Safe Streets LB Action Plan will propose a series of Keystone Actions to move Long Beach towards zero traffic deaths and serious injuries. These actions are a first step toward making our streets safer for everyone.

• Keystone Action #1: Dedicate Resources to Vision Zero
• Keystone Action #2: Lower Vehicle Speeds
• Keystone Action #3: Implement Best Practice Street Design
• Keystone Action #4: Expand Multimodal Safety Education Campaign
• Keystone Action #5: Collect Better Data to Make Better Decisions
• Keystone Action #6: Prioritize Road Safety Investments through an Equity Lens
• Keystone Action #7: Examine City Processes and Forge Partnerships at the Local, Regional and State Level to Support Safe Streets Implementation.

Resident Feedback

Speed Reduction

Our data shows that collisions are most frequently caused by motorists and motorcyclists that drive “too fast for conditions.” Because higher speeds increase both the risk of a collision and the likelihood of serious injury or death, reducing the speed at which motorists travel is essential to creating safer streets. The human body cannot withstand high speed collisions with vehicles and chances of dying from impact by a vehicle greatly increases as vehicle speed increases. Proven methods to reduce speeding include narrowing or repurposing vehicle lanes and increasing enforcement.

Vulnerable Road Users

Pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorcyclists are especially vulnerable when involved in collisions because they are less protected than motorists. Together, these three travel modes account for only 14 percent of collisions but represent 65 percent of all traffic deaths and serious injuries in Long Beach. The lower number of people walking, bicycling, and riding motorcycles compared to driving further underscores the need for a people-first approach to making streets safer for these vulnerable users and accommodating the transportation needs of people of all ages and abilities.

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