Press releases and official announcements from Santa Monica.
Calbike is rallying behind new legislation that will protect bicycle infrastructure from being removed for purely local political reasons. Senate Bill 569, authored by Senator Catherine Blakespear (D-Encinitas), would make it significantly harder for local governments to remove or weaken…
All photos: Joe Linton Santa Monica is installing concrete-curb-protected bike lanes on two well-biked east-west streets: Colorado Avenue and Broadway. Streetsblog was in the area last weekend and rode the Colorado Avenue facility, which appears complete. The one-way westbound Colorado bikeway…
“Well, the good news is, we’ll have plenty of chances to educate,” sighed one bicycle safety advocate to me after a series of well-intentioned but harmful e-bike legislation moved in the Assembly Transportation Committee last April. But while all sorts…
Yesterday, the California High-Speed Rail Authority Board of Directors met with a full agenda. When the meeting was over, the Board had appointed a new chair, approved the staff recommendation for a team to oversee track construction, and formally approved…
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) voted Friday to approve sweeping changes to the state’s cap-and-trade (or cap-and-invest) program, moving forward despite warnings from transit agencies, affordable housing advocates, environmental organizations, and local elected officials that the proposal could divert…
With the June 2, 2026, Election Day approaching, California election officials are encouraging voters to make a plan now for returning their ballots or voting in person. Because California conducts elections primarily by mail, most registered voters have already received…
A looming overhaul of California’s cap-and-trade program is raising alarm among transit advocates, affordable housing organizations, and environmental justice groups, who warn the state could weaken a key climate funding source at a moment when cities already face transit funding…
Last week, Culver City leaders cut a ceremonial ribbon to open newly completed bus and bike improvements, called the Move Culver City Eastern Segment. Mayor Freddy Puza praised the project as “an absolute gamechanger for our network.” “This infrastructure gives you…
Last Friday was the first “deadline” for legislation to have moved through the Appropriations and/or Finance Committees in its house of origin or it would have to wait for the next legislative session for a chance to become law. As…
Streetsblog’s Great Commuter Race, The D Line Dash is sponsored by Cohen Law Group, the David Bohnett Foundation, and HaydenAI. The D Line Dash race will take place next Tuesday May 19. Three racers will leave the new Metro D…
Julie Nicholson is a member of the San Francisco Bay Area Families for Safe Streets chapter and is an educator and mother of three children On January 4, 2020, I was running in a San Francisco park when a speeding…
With ballots already in the mail and televised debates between the candidates already over, this may be the last check-in on the positions taken for the major candidates for governor. Last week, Streetsblog discussed the candidates’ answers to debate questions on…
Metro’s $3.5 billion, four-mile D Line Extension Section 1 is open. The public can ride “the D” all weekend for free; the entire Metro rail/bus/bike-share system is free now through Sunday. The D extends from Wilshire/Western in Koreatown to La Cienega/Wilshire in…
Cooper Crane is a public historian studying the history of infrastructure and transportation in Southern California. His current research includes the history of the Los Angeles metro, and the development of infrastructure along the Santa Ana River, the largest river…
As Californians prepare to head to the polls, or to their mailboxes, to vote in the gubernatorial election, people who vote based on candidates’ support for clean transportation policies and safe streets may have trouble finding good information on candidates’…
