Community Voices : Dr. Michael Cahn Reviews SMPD Traffic Enforcement programs
Road Safety: a huge problem.
There were 1.25 million road fatalities worldwide in 2013. Crashes are also the leading cause of death for teenager in this country. California leads the nation for pedestrian fatalities....
Santa Monica’s Open Street Celebration Could Become Annual Affair
Santa Monica's first open streets event -- Coast -- in June 2016 was such a success, it could become an annual fall event.
According to an information item posted to the city's website at the...
Santa Monica to Mobility Companies: Don’t Innovate Here
Santa Monica’s unique combination of weather, terrain, existing bicycle infrastructure, and affluent population provide the foundation necessary to test and demonstrate the viability of new mobility services like e-scooters, e-bikes, and other zero emissions...
Community Organizing Wins the Day: Skills and Enthusiasm of Many to Build Expo for...
This post was written by Kathy Seal, co-chair of Friends4Expo Transit and was originally published on Streetsblog Los Angeles.
Behind the May 20 opening of the Expo Line to Santa Monica lies the untold story...
Santa Monica Police Investigating Fatal Collision on Lincoln Boulevard
The Santa Monica Police are investigating a collision on Lincoln Boulevard that has left one person dead, according to police officials.
The crash, which involved one car and a pedestrian, happened early Thursday morning near...
SMPD to Target High-Crash Areas Mon, Fri in Another Round of Bike-Ped “Enforcement Operations”
The Santa Monica Police Department will be on the lookout for traffic violations that contribute to crashes involving bicyclists, pedestrians, and drivers this Friday, March 10 and Monday, March 13.
“The Police Department periodically identifies locations...
Previewing This Week’s New Urbanism Film Festival
This week the annual New Urbanism Film Festival returns to Los Angeles. The grand opening is Thursday night! There are plenty of screenings, plus walking tours, storytelling, and more. Event details at NUFF website.
Below are five...
Santa Monica City Council Moves Forward with Vision Zero Pedestrian Action Plan
The Santa Monica City Council last night voted unanimously to move forward with an ambitious 15-year plan to make the city’s streets a safer place to walk.
The plan advances a “Vision Zero” goal for...
UC Irvine: Long Beach Ranks No. 1 in Accessibility in SoCal—Because It’s Dense
Photo by Brian Addison. Data and charts courtesy of UCI. This article originally ran on our sister site, Longbeachize.
When it comes to contemporary development, “mixed-use” and, especially if the structure is in an urban center, “transit-oriented”...
Tomorrow Is the City’s First Car Free Friday
The Expo trains are here. The crosswalks are brightly painted. There are miles and miles of bike paths.
There’s even an app that offers real-time bus schedules to take the guesswork out of using public...
Bird Scooters: Public Nuisance or The Future of Transit?
The following post is by Kevin Herrera, sr. marketing & communication manager for Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. It originally appeared on Santa Monica Centric.
Downtown seems to be littered with them. On almost every street corner...
US DOT Announces $1.6B For Subway To Beverly Hills, Century City
This story originally ran on Streetsblog L.A.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx was in Los Angeles this morning to announce $1.6 billion in federal funds for Metro to extend the Purple Line subway to Century City.
The federal...
Santa Monica Gears Up for Its First Open Streets Event
Santa Monica is getting ready for its first open streets event, Coast, this Sunday, June 5.
From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. about two miles of streets will be closed to automobile traffic, freeing up...
Santa Monica City Council Gives Go-Ahead to Next Step in Bergamot Station Revitalization Project
The already three-year-long process of revitalizing Bergamot Arts Center, the five-acre parcel of city-owned land directly adjacent to the Expo 26th Street Station, will move forward after the City Council voted 5-to-1 Tuesday to...
Butts Stands Up for Santa Monica, Metro Approves County-Wide Bike Share Plan
(Note: This story originally appeared in Streetsblog Los Angeles)
This morning, the Metro Board of Directors approved its $11 million contract with Bicycle Transit Systems to install and operate a pilot downtown L.A. bike-share system....
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