Livable Cities: Long Beach, Ca & Springfield, Mo
There are perhaps few other cities that could serve as a better model of promoting a “livable city” than Long Beach, California. The city’s troubled downtown, a depression in the early 1990s, and the downsizing of McDonnell Douglas all placed Long Beach on the verge of not being livable. Despite these significant losses and setbacks, Long Beach made an excellent comeback. The plan to make Long Beach livable again was divided into three areas, all of which were integrated with one another: implementing transportation, implementing housing and community developments, and improving environmental benefits.
Strategies to improve transportation in Long Beach included supplemental transportation to existing mass transit and alternate transportation to encourage diverse land use. First is the Runabout. The Blue Line, which terminates in the First Street Transit mall, created considerable downtown congestion. In response, the Runabout was installed. The Runabout serves as a shuttle......
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