Infrastructure

Rather, you end up with an angry driver who has to slow down for a bike going 15 miles per hour and an anxious biker holding up traffic and putting themselves in a potentially deadly situation.

It provides no protection; versus the solid concrete islands meant to provide safety and separation for people using alternative means of transportation.

The long-term goal of her advocacy is fewer cars on the road, slower cars on the road and more people using bikes or buses to get around. Her intended purpose is less collision-related deaths with the added benefit of independence

Sign Design

it back 35 feet.

“It seems worth it, because a lot of people have been commenting on social media,” Mrkich said. “Everyone seems to be disappointed it’s not an arch.”

In a post about the sign on a Facebook group for the San Pedro Arts and Cultural District, Todd Ho, a member of the group, said that he thought the signs could be from any town in the USA.

“They should have designed something unique to San Pedro,” Ho wrote.

Group member Susan Hadeishi wrote that San Pedro should show alternatives from a wide range of local artists.

“Awkward. Cold. Uninspired. Sorry PBID you can do better,” wrote group member Judith Blahnik.

Group member Laura Raab compared the designs to billboards.

“[T]he thing I don’t like about these sign op- for people without cars, people with disabilities and people using bikes or skating. Another byproduct of this might also be cleaner air due to less overall smog. tions is that they are the size, proportion and support structure of a billboard instead of a gracious, enticing entryway,” Raab wrote.

She explains that a part of this process of making cars go slower is adding more sidewalks to various places around Long Beach. These are a part of biking infrastructure because they force drivers to slow down.

A local group called the Washington Neighorhood Association has also conducted protests around Long Beach. And there is also the Crosswalk Collective, who have taken to drawing crosswalks on a variety of streets.

That crosswalk you have been using might not be an official one, but many aim to change that.

Group member Laureen Vivian said she loves the designs.

“YES PLEASE,” Vivian wrote. “I even like the black and white and the font used (maybe a tad big)…. Still an Art Deco crown would be the cherry on top — and it needs to say “Historic””

Johnson said PBID kept the survey running through the end of February. As of press time, the survey is still on the website. At some point afterwards, it will have a public meeting to discuss the project. Then it will meet with various city departments, such as the Bureau of Engineering and the Department of Transportation.

Johnson asked both San Pedro neighborhood councils to write a letter of support. Neither agreed to it at the February meetings. Neither had such an item on either of their agendas, but they might in the future.

The PBID did not respond to requests for comment on this story.