(PLACE) Project

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 'PLACE' stands for Policies for Livable and Active Communities and Environments, a project  funded by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. The city and this project commission collaborated with CSULB to get some statistics on where bike and pedestrian improvements are needed.


This year will be the fourth-annual bicyclist and pedestrian count for CSULB. The number of students walking to school or riding their bikes has increased, so improvement would be beneficial for those students who are part of this majority because it will focus on constructing bicycle and safe pedestrian walkway infrastructures.


"Counters" who will be conducting the research for this project will use methods that will attempt to accurately capture the total number of cyclists and pedestrians to get an idea of how many people are on foot or riding bikes. 

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According to Elissa Thomas, transportation program coordinator at CSULB, ""Long Beach has the goal of being the most bike-friendly city in the nation."


Research was conducted last Thursday and Sunday. Thursday during rush hour times for commuters (7a.m.-9a.m. and 4p.m.-6p.m.) and Sunday from noon-2p.m. when riders and walkers are both out and about during leisure time since there is clearly no classes in sessions on a Sunday afternoon. 


Aside from working with CSULB, the city of Los Angeles uses the PLACE project all over the city, wherever there are high volumes of people and such.