June 21 Main St. Summer Soulstice & Make Music LA Events: This Saturday is going to be a big day on Main St.! The street will be closed to vehicular traffic as we again transform the street into a pedestrian…
Image: Clean914/Reddit Over 1,000 people gathered at Palisades Park on Saturday joining 8 million across the country and even more across the world to make clear that the global assault on democracy needs to end. Despite dire warnings from Santa…
OPA June Monthly Meeting Recap: Here is the full recording, here are the minutes, and here are some highlights from the meeting: June 21 Main St. Summer Soulstice & Make Music LA Events: Next Saturday is going to be a…
Neil Matouka is a climate and energy policy expert based in Sacramento. Transportation emissions represent roughly 40% of the state’s greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory. There are generally three ways to reduce transportation emissions: reduce the emissions intensity of existing transportation…
This Saturday, activists around the country will mark “No Kings Day” with protests designed to remind people of America’s anti-oligarchical history and contrast that with today’s political power structures. No Kings Day will have a special meaning on the West…
Last week was the deadline for bills to clear the house where they were introduced or they cannot be considered until the next legislative session. Last week, we covered the passage of two major pieces of legislation in their respective…
Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-SF) office announced Monday that the state legislature reached a budget agreement that walks California back from a transit fiscal cliff. When Governor Gavin Newsom released his revised budget last month, it had a double-dose of bad news…
As federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers conducted raids at work centers in Paramount City and escalated protests in Los Angeles, the Santa Monica Police Department re-released this statement from earlier this year on their social media channels. February 5,…
On Wednesday, AB 891 Quick-Build Project Pilot Program, passed the Assembly by a 61-17-1 vote with all sixty Assembly Democrats voting for the legislation. AB 891 would require Caltrans to develop quick-build bike lane and intersection projects to improve safety on…
The image above shows the portions of Santa Monica that could be impacted by SB 79. There’s a saying in baseball that there’s no difference between a 1-0 game and a 16-0 one in the standings. The same holds true…
Later this week, or perhaps early next, California Transportation Commission (CTC) staff is expected to release the list of projects to be funded by programs created by the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, aka SB1. The grant awards…
Metro’s LAX station opens next week. This is a big deal for Southern California transit riders. Let me repeat: the LAX Metro Transit Center opening is a big deal. I’ve been seeing some mainstream accounts – especially in the comments –…
Image: A rendering of the Washington Ave. Neighborhood Greenway that could be by Juan Matute. Santa Monica has had such success with Quick Build projects that the city’s Assemblymember is trying to pass legislation to allow the state transportation agency…
Over the weekend, the Illinois Legislature met to pass its budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1, and wrapped up their work until the fall. Sadly, they failed to fully fund the Chicago’s Regional Transit Authority (RTA), which faces…
This Friday marks an important upgrade to Santa Monica’s transit system when the Big Blue Bus will begin service to the new LAX Transit Center. At 5:00 p.m., the reroute will become official for BBB’s Route 3 and Rapid 3.…
