Damien Newton

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Damien is the executive director of the Southern California Streets Initiative which publishes Santa Monica Next, Streetsblog Los Angeles, Streetsblog San Francisco, Streetsblog California and Longbeachize.

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Expo Rail Is On Its Way To Santa Monica, Expected 2016

Our sister site Streetsblog Los Angeles has coverage of yesterday's press event celebrating the Metro Expo Line nearing completion. Expo Phase II construction is...

Podcast: #DamienTalks with Safe Streets Santa Monica’s Richard McKinnon

(Note: This post podcast will appear Monday on Streetsblog California as part of our weekly podcast #DamienTalks)Good Data, it’s the Holy Grail of transportation...

Test Expo Train Reaches Santa Monica for First Time in Years

Photos are circulating on Facebook and Ipernity of an Expo Line test train reaching the City of Santa Monica this morning.It is the first...

Expo: Phase II Bike Path Will Open with Light Rail in 2016

Editor's note: This post originally appeared in Los Angeles Streetsblog on May 18.Last week, in a short article celebrating that LADOT was beginning its...

Meet the New Steering Committee for Santa Monica Next

 As the Southern California Streets Initiative continues to grow -- in case you missed it, Streetsblog California launched yesterday -- it has become apparent that...

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Celebrate Earth Day with the Big Blue Bus – Free Rides on Wednesday

From the Big Blue Bus e-mail.On Wednesday, April 22, 2026,...

City Council Authorizes the Activation of Major Cultural Events 

In the coming months and years, the city will...

Gruber: How to Stuff 1,000 Acres of Hopes into 200 Acres of Land

t’s going on 15 years since the movement to...
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