The holiday season is just around the corner, but there’s a lot coming up between now and then. This week, the Urban Land Institute will have a meet-and-greet with Santa Monica City Manager Rick Cole and Hack the Beach will…
Santa Monica has officially announced November 12 as the day for Breeze Bike Share’s full roll out, which will make it the first public bike-share system in Los Angeles County. The full roll out on November 12 will include music,…
Halloween’s around the corner and there are plenty of ways to celebrate and to support a couple of great causes this week. Show your support for county funding for desperately-needed affordable housing, support our local Meals on Wheels West at…
This week, Santa Monica released a draft of its Pedestrian Action Plan, a comprehensive, 100+ page policy document for creating better streets for people over the next 15 years. At the top of the priorities in the draft Ped Action…
Meals on Wheels West’s primary mission is to deliver food to people who are homebound, whether due to age, physical disability, or for mental health issues, but in reality, the local nonprofit does much, much more. Santa Monica Next sat…
Note: California Streets Initiative, the nonprofit that publishes Santa Monica Next, Los Angeles Streetsblog, Longbeachize, and California Streetsblog, is teaming up with Abundant Housing LA (AHLA) to compete for an LA2050 grant to help make LA an affordable place to…
Help plan the future of Downtown Santa Monica over food and drinks; the City Council takes up the proposed Plaza at Santa Monica project by renowned architect Rem Koolhaas’ design firm; Making Strides will hold a fund raising walk against…
We have gotten pretty regular reminders that Expo phase two is almost complete and will soon be transporting passengers through our fair city. Some reminders have been big and others have been smaller, though not any less exciting. In the…
What if your phone told not only when your next bus was coming, but also how full it was? Or, if there were spaces available on its bike rack? What if, when you moved to Santa Monica, you were automatically…
The Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation (SMMEF) — the Santa Monica-Malibu school district’s fundraising arm — raised nearly half-a-million dollars during its first-annual two-week Pledge Days drive. According to SMMEF officials, more than 702 families, employees, and community members donated money…
Update: Hulu bike-share sponsorship was approved by the Santa Monica City Council at its October 13 meeting. The Santa Monica-based online entertainment company, Hulu, may become the “presenting sponsor” of Santa Monica’s Breeze Bike Share, L.A. County’s first public bike-share…
This week, BUSted!, a storytelling show about living in L.A. without a car, is back at its monthly Santa Monica venue; you can help women escaping domestic abuse by donating handbags and toiletries all month long; and Santa Monica’s Fall…
Don’t forget that this Sunday is your chance to learn about all the exciting goings-on in Vancouver around the emerging bike culture there. Join us at 5 p.m. at 1640 5th Street in Downtown Santa Monica for food, drinks, and…
With Expo Phase 2 on schedule to open less than a year, things are really starting to coalesce. Most recently, we got a glimpse of the future: Expo Phase 2 bikeway in Santa Monica has been painted and is looking very much…
Streetsblog Los Angeles editor Joe Linton contributed to this report. What do you get when dozens of transportation professionals, technologists, and others interested in improving urban transportation networks all in one room at UCLA on a Saturday morning? The answer…
