Press releases and official announcements from Santa Monica.
The next phase of the CA legislative session is kicking into gear as bills move into the next round of committee hearings. Today, the Assembly Natural Resources Committee made quick work of several bills. Transit, Bike, and Pedestrian Space in…
For more than fifty years, U.S. transportation planners and engineers have focused their energies and our investments on building a transportation system that moves private cars as quickly and efficiently as possible. This worked to make it easy for many…
I t is now three months since the March election when voters approved the Healthy Streets L.A. initiative, resoundingly supporting making L.A. streets safer and more multimodal. Measure HLA took effect April 9. Measure HLA requires the city of L.A. to gradually…
California claims the dubious distinction of having five of its metropolitan areas land on Smart Growth America’s list of the top twenty most dangerous cities for pedestrians. Bakersfield (#4), Fresno (#7), the Inland Empire (#12), Stockton (#19), and the Sacramento/Roseville/Folsom (#20)…
Metro is adding TAP fare card validators at the back doors of all its buses. Soon riders will be able to skip lines at the front door, instead boarding any door along the bus. All-door boarding is common on many…
Earlier this week, the CA Legislature released its own budget plan in response to Governor Newsom’s May Revise budget. Negotiations are ongoing, with discussions being held in various budget subcommittees today and next week, and the numbers are still preliminary and…
Note: This post was originally published on the California Bicycle Coalition’s blog. On Friday, May 24, bills had to be voted out of the house where they originated. Only two of the bills supported by the California Bicycle Coalition died in…
The following is a submission from the City of Santa Monica. Underwater listening sessions, a cardboard yacht regatta, pride events, summer solstice moments, special adults-only swims, along with a variety of sand and beach recreation is set for a summer…
The following is a submission from Pier Communications. Photo-Credit @edgarva11es Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier’s Ferris wheel will feature a 90-feet tall, animated waving American flag throughout Memorial Day weekend in special salute to military personnel who died…
Agreed: ATP Is Key At last week’s meeting of the California Transportation Commission, there was one opportunity for people to comment on the threatened cuts to the Active Transportation Program budget. The agenda item was about the 2023 Active Transportation Program Benefits Report,…
A couple months after L.A. City voters overwhelmingly demanded safer streets via Measure HLA, the city appears to be installing fewer safety upgrades than before the vote. Last week, the city repaved what appears to be the first test case for the new…
The following is a submission from SMMUSD. U.S. News and World Report has ranked Malibu and Santa Monica high schools in the top five percent for 2024 out of nearly 18,000 public schools in the nation. Malibu High ranked 573…
This is a lightly edited submission from SMMUSD SMMUSD is looking to bring in a number of qualified and experienced coaches who are versed in the one or more of the following for the Santa Monica middle school sports program for the…
The following is a submission from the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District A special presentation in Spanish is planned for Tuesday, May 21, 2024 from 9-11 a.m. via Zoom, regarding the tentative revenue sharing agreement for school separation to establish…
Freeway Widening The California Transportation Commission (CTC) went through the motions of listening to objections raised by opponents of a freeway widening project near Sacramento, but the final vote yesterday in favor of the project was no surprise. The commissioners…
