Press releases and official announcements from Santa Monica.
The Senate Transportation Committee met today and passed a number of bills, including some related to e-bikes, bike infrastructure, and charging bike riders and pedestrians tolls on bridges. E-Bikes A.B. 1774, from Assemblymember Diane Dixon (R-Newport Beach), clarifies that it…
The following is a press release from the City of Santa Monica. Patagonia Santa Monica is the grand prize winner of the 28th annual Sustainable Quality Awards, the city announced today. The business is among several others recognized for sustainable…
The California Transportation Commission (CTC) has approved guidelines for the Active Transportation Program Cycle 7 and issued a call for applications, which are due June 17. The program currently has at least $100 million budgeted for each year of Cycle 7, which programs…
This article first appeared at Streetsblog San Francisco. Isabella Chu is Associate Director of the Data Core at the Stanford Center for Population Health Sciences. Her research interests are the impact of housing and transportation policy on health and equity.…
Last week, Metro canceled a controversial procurement for its bike-share operations. Philadelphia-based Bicycle Transit Systems (BTS) is the current contractor until their contract runs out on August 30. It’s likely that the BTS contract will be extended, but Metro isn’t commenting…
very five years, the California Air Resources Board creates a five-year strategic plan laying out state priorities for research on air quality and climate issues. They are asking members of the public to weigh in, either by submitting a comment on…
First things first: at the last minute, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) rescheduled its discussion of the controversial Yolo Causeway project, which is a plan to widen I-80 between Davis and Sacramento. The delay was apparently in response to a letter sent…
The following post, by Laura Tolkoff and Sebastian Petty, was originally published by Bay Area advocacy group SPUR. Last year, Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Legislature directed the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) to convene a statewide transit transformation task force to develop…
The following is a submission from the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. Nefertari Perez-Figueroa is a senior at the Project-Based Learning (PBL) Pathway at Santa Monica High School (Samohi). Her creativity and love for fashion design have fueled her transformative…
he Santa Monica Fire Department will host the swearing-in ceremony for Fire Chief Matthew Hallock on Wednesday, March 27. The ceremony begins at 11 a.m. inside Fire Station 1, 1337 7th St. The event will be live-streamed and available for viewing…
This story first appeared in Streetsblog California. The California legislature is in the second year of a two-year session, which means, first, there some “two-year” bills left over from last year. There are also new bills. Second, all bills must…
On Saturday, March 23 at 8:30 p.m. local time, Earth Hour, one of the largest global environmental movement returns for its 18th edition with the “Biggest Hour for Earth” as it unites millions around the world in celebration of our planet. Pacific…
The following is a press release from the City of Santa Monica. For a previous coverage of this program at Santa Monica Next, click here. The City Council Tuesday approved moving forward with an agreement with Hollywood Community Housing Corporation…
The following article first appeared in Streetsblog Los Angeles Later today, he Metro board Budget and Finance Committee will receive a presentation on draft budget figures for Fiscal Year 2024-25 which starts in July. This week’s presentation [staff report] reveals…
This 2017 Op/Ed in Streetsblog outlines several ways an anti-harassment ordinance could have real teeth. While I was riding my bike to an Oakland Department of Transportation press event a couple of weeks ago, a driver in a black SUV came…
