Transportation news for Santa Monica.
The movement to end seasonal time changes may be gaining momentum — but what would it mean for the safety of vulnerable road users? The perennial debate over whether or not to roll back the clocks on the first Sunday in…
Every week, Next republishes an article from the City Manager’s newsletter. Halloween falls on a Saturday this year, and we’re expecting big crowds in the neighborhoods that have become destinations on October 31! With that in mind, our Public Works…
You might not know it from the drumbeat of negative press from conservative news outlets, but California High-Speed Rail is still making major progress on multiple fronts. This week’s two-day board meeting has two milestone votes on the agenda. On…
Every week, Santa Monica Next republishes a story from City Manager Oliver Chi’s newsletter to staff. Work to install new speed tables on Neilson Way between Pico Boulevard and Marine Street begins Tuesday, October 20, and is expected to wrap…
Caltrans will have to measure its highway projects against regional climate goals, and the state’s metropolitan planning agencies will update those plans every eight years instead of four, under a bill Gov. Gavin Newsom signed last month. Senate Bill 1087,…
Streetsblog rode the city of Santa Monica’s Broadway Safety Project yesterday. Find SBLA’s brief project construction coverage earlier this year, see post or video. The project is open and appears complete. Added 10/6: A city representative responded that the project was “substantially completed” in…
The following is a republication of Councilmember Dan Hall’s newsletter. It is reprinted with permission. Subscribe to get it sent straight to your inbox, here! Adopted in 2016, Santa Monica’s Vision Zero set an ambitious goal: zero fatal and severe-injury traffic crashes…
This legislative session was a bit of an outlier. While the governor’s office has usually been a roadblock for some of our favorite legislation, this year it was the legislature that was the problem. Every piece of legislation that we…
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 1167 into law Wednesday, establishing new consumer protections intended to make it harder for high-powered electric motorcycles and other devices to be marketed as e-bikes. The law takes effect January 1, 2027. The law, authored…
Big Blue Bus (BBB) will join transit agencies across California in offering free rides on Wednesday, October 7, as part of California Clean Air Day. The annual event, organized by the Coalition for Clean Air, encourages Californians to take actions…
Santa Monica has spent years presenting itself as a city where walking, biking and transit are part of everyday life. The local school district has embraced that ethos too, at least informally, with route maps, weekly Car-Free Fridays, and a…
Californians convicted of a third drunk-driving offense will lose their licenses for eight years, and those with four or more prior convictions face felony charges, under four bills Governor Gavin Newsom signed Friday, September 25. One bill is one named…
The following is a submission from the City of Santa Monica. The Moomat Ahiko Way on- and off-ramps providing access to and from Pacific Coast Highway are expected to fully close for approximately two months starting as early as Monday,…
Santa Monica is moving toward a new agreement with Metro that would allow Santa Monica Police Department officers to patrol the platforms and trains at all three of the city’s Metro E/Expo Line stations, giving the city a much more…
The following op/ed, by E-Bike Access’ Bob Mittelstaedt, first appeared at Streetsblog California. It’s become a common headline no matter where you live in the state. So many crashes are attributed to “e-bikes” that it looks like an e-bike epidemic. …
