Yes on Measure M
(This editorial also appears on Streetsblog Los Angeles.) There is a lot to like about Measure M, the Los Angeles County sales tax that would fund a mix of transit and other transportation projects throughout the county. For all of…
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Transportation news for Santa Monica.
VOTE LOCAL Q AND A: 6 CANDIDATES ON THE LAST TIME THEY RODE A BICYCLE
Last month, Santa Monica Next reached out to all 10 candidates for City Council with an 11 question questionnaire. Some questions were written to give voters an idea of the candidates personality, others on their positions. So far, six candidates…
Eyes on the Street: Santa Monica’s Creative Crosswalks Add Color to Downtown Intersections
Santa Monica is not the first city to have colored in their crosswalks. Long Beach and West Hollywood are just two local examples of cities that beat them to the street. However, the Santa Monica’s newest “Creative Crosswalks” may be the most…
Worth the Wait? Incline Re-Opens with New Bike/Ped Design
For motorists, the California Incline was always a glorious and scenic way to journey between Pacific Coast Highway and the bluffs of Santa Monica along Ocean Avenue. Bicyclists and pedestrians who traveled the Incline, however, may not have such fond…
Finding the “There” at Santa Monica’s 17th Street Expo Station
Step off the Metro train at the 17th Street/SMC stop in Santa Monica and you’re greeted by an uninviting industrial scene dominated by a large city maintenance yard. Memorial Park is off in the distance, obscured by unattractive lines of…
Coming Up: Jazz on the Lawn, Celebrate GoSaMo, Family Dance Jam at Tongva, Sonic Submarine, and more
Summer may be almost over, but there is still plenty to do. This week, join PUBLIC Bikes + Gear to celebrate GoSaMo, the city’s multimodal initiative; head to Stewart Park for more Jazz on the Lawn; join in the Family…
Venice Opens First Official Breeze Bike Share Hub
Los Angeles Councilmember Mike Bonin joined Santa Monica Mayor Tony Vazquez early Monday morning to officially install the first of five Breeze Bike Share hubs in Venice. The new station, which is located at 5th Street and Rose, is the…
Legislative Update: GHG Targets, Cap & Trade, Transportation Special Session
The post originally ran at Streetsblog California. The California legislature returned from its summer break last week and now has one month to finish all the business it started in this session. If it can. Pending issues include a bill…
Will California Legislature Make it Legal to Roll through Red Lights?
This article was originally published on California Streetsblog on August 2, 2016. No, this is not about a bill to allow bicyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs, sorry. This is about a bill that supposedly set out to…
Coming Up: LA Walks around Santa Monica Airport, Jazz on the Lawn, and More
This week, take a walk around Santa Monica Airport with LA Walks to learn about current issues facing the airport, hang out at Stewart Park while enjoying free live music, head to the Promenade for a picnic, and check out…
We’ve Had a Hundred Years of Zoning and the World Is Getting Worse
This article originally appeared on Streetsblog Los Angeles. This week marks a noteworthy anniversary. The first city-scale zoning law in the United States was enacted on July 25, 1916, in New York City. The New York Times tells the story in an…
Big Blue Bus Announces Temporary Detours Downtown for Twilight Concert Series
In order to make it easier to get to the Twilight Concert Series this summer without driving, the Big Blue Bus is making a few changes. The local transit agency will be rerouting several of its bus lines in order…
Santa Monica’s Breeze Bike Share Nears 30,000 Active Users
Eight months after Santa Monica launched the first public bike-share program in L.A. County, the system is working. According to a report delivered to the City Council Tuesday night, Breeze Bike Share is nearing 30,000 “active subscribers” and has been…
Santa Monica Moving Forward with “Creative Crosswalks” Pilot Project
Walking in Downtown Santa Monica is about to get a little bit more fun. Santa Monica is moving forward with a “creative crosswalks” pilot program that could transform two intersections in Downtown Santa Monica into colorful works of art with designs…
Coming Up: Medicare Birthday Garden Party, Breeze Community Ride, Dine LA, Twilight Pier Concert, and More
Medicare turns 51 this year and County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl will be joined on Sunday by other elected officials and community leaders for a garden party in Santa Monica to celebrate and promote even more progressive healthcare reform. On Saturday,…