Damien Newton writes on Streetsblog that Long Beach stakes its claim as the most bike-friendly city in the U.S. with four national conferences this week that are focused on bicycling, walking and other livable streets issues. There’s Pro Walk/Pro Bike as well as a placemaking conference staged by Project for Public Spaces, the Congress for the New Urbanism’s annual transportation summit, and the National Women’s Bicycling Summit.

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