Transportation news for Santa Monica.
Main Street in Santa Monica is arguably one of the most walkable, bikeable parts of the city. It’s lined with local, community-serving businesses; it has vivid, green bike lanes; and soon, it will be getting Santa Monica’s first three parklets…
Local safe-streets advocate, Cynthia Rose, took home the Alliance for Biking & Walking Susie Stephens Joyful Enthusiasm Award at the National Bike Summit in Washington D.C., convened earlier this month by the League of American Bicyclists. Rose, a long-time Santa…
Santa Monica is preparing for its first open streets event, during which a 1.7 mile route along Ocean Avenue, Main Street, and Colorado Avenue will be closed to motorized vehicles, to celebrate the opening of Expo. The event is scheduled…
Coming up this week, things are getting real on Expo line phase 2, we are throwing a party to celebrate our own local shared streets champions, and the Santa Monica League of Women Voters will be honoring the Women Who…
Don’t forget that this month, Santa Monica Next, Streetsblog L.A., and Streetsblog California will be celebrating several 2015 Streetsie Award winners with a party in Santa Monica. Assemblymember Richard Bloom, Cyclehop, and Hulu will all have a party in their honor Thursday, March…
If you haven’t already, get your ticket today to join us in celebrating the good work accomplished by Assemblymember Richard Bloom, Cyclehop, and Hulu. The three are recipients of 2015 Streetsie awards and we will celebrate with them, along with…
Officials are planning to install pedestrian scrambles at 11 intersections in Santa Monica’s bustling downtown district this year (Update: City officials said that they plan to have the scrambles finished by the end of June). Pedestrian scrambles, also known as The…
Streetsblog Los Angeles editor Joe Linton contributed to this report. Passengers will be able to ride a train to Santa Monica for the first time in more than half a century starting on May 20, Metro officials announced today. Metro CEO…
This piece originally ran in Streetsblog Los Angeles. Yesterday, The Los Angeles City Council Transportation Committee approved terms for five Breeze bike-share stations to be located in the L.A. City neighborhood of Venice. Full details are available in the staff report [PDF]…
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 the city, which means that…
Update: The Santa Monica City Council approved the extension of Breeze Bike Share into Venice and the Pedestrian Action Plan. At its meeting Tuesday, the Santa Monica City Council will vote on whether to finalize plans for…
Be prepared for some changes to Big Blue Bus routes and schedules this Sunday, February 21, when the municipal transit agency begins phase two of its three-part service realignment. The changes, the single-largest adjustment to service the Big Blue Bus…
“The Santa Monica Life” is a semi-regular roundup of the local fun, food, drinks, and lifestyle goings-on in Santa Monica. When the fun is so close, it’s easy to leave the car at home and walk, bike, or bus to…
The Internet has been abuzz recently over the recent L.A. Times article, “Billions spent, but fewer people are using public transportation in Southern California.” The responses were myriad, with people discussing the many reasons why L.A. County public transit ridership might be…
Laemmle Monica Film Center reopens to the public in Downtown Santa Monica; 626 Night Market comes to Santa Monica’s Barker Hangar; a local favorite hotspot gets a speakeasy and new name; Metro says Expo Phase II will open in May;…
