Open Thread: How Was Your COAST?

Yesterday, the city of Santa Monica hosted the third iteration of its popular Coast open streets festival. The car-free event opened about two miles of Santa Monica streets to walking, bicycling, and skating. The event featured plenty of music, dancing, art, and dovetailed with the season’s final Santa Monica Pier concert.

Participants shared event images using the hashtag #CoastSaMo.

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Pop Up Protected Bikeway at #COASTSaMo! 🚲 #SantaMonica #GoSaMo #openstreets #completestreets pic.twitter.com/4hHnmckkeg

— Kenny Uong (@_KennyUong_) October 7, 2018

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Till next year #COASTSaMo! #GoSaMo pic.twitter.com/2T9zsfAZui

— Nathan Pope (@npope32) October 8, 2018

How can you look at this and conclude: “For 364 days the main street, next to the most beautiful bluff park, next to the most epic beach in a walkable downtown should be filled with cars.” #CoastSaMo pic.twitter.com/LAwQFWqivI

— Carter Rubin (@CarterRubin) October 7, 2018

Readers – how was your Coast yesterday?

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Joe Linton

Joe Linton is editor of Los Angeles Streetsblog. He is also a longtime urban environmental activist. His main areas of interest have been restoring the Los Angeles River and fostering bicycling for everyday transportation. He’s worked for many Los Angeles livability non-profits, including Friends of the L.A. River, Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition, C.I.C.L.E., Livable Places, and CicLAvia. He also served as deputy to Los Angeles City Councilmember Ed Reyes.

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