Press releases and official announcements from Santa Monica.
The following story first appeared in Streetsblog Los Angeles. Metro adopted its Equity Platform in 2018. Metro summarizes the platform as “Transportation infrastructure, programs, and service investments must be targeted toward those with the greatest mobility needs first, in order to improve access…
The following is an event notification from the City of Santa Monica. Monday, Oct 30, 2023 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Join via Microsoft Teams Join the City Planning Division for a Town Hall on new housing development regulations. The…
The following is a lightly edited press release from the City of Santa Monica. As we approach Halloween, Tuesday October 31st and Dia de los Muertos on Wednesday, November 1st, it is important to remember that along with candy, costumes…
Today, the Metro Board of Directors approved making Metro’s transit ambassador program permanent. The approval included plans to bring ambassadors in-house as Metro staff; ambassadors are currently contracted workers. Transit ambassadors grew out of Metro’s faltering efforts to reimagine public…
The following is a press release from the City of Santa Monica. The Santa Monica City Council Tuesday approved changes to the city’s zoning code to allow for expanded retail cannabis sales, further encouraging the city’s economic recovery. Changes…
The following article first appeared on Streetsblog California. Choking back tears, California Transportation Commission Chair Lee Ann Eager closed out the commission’s meeting last week with an emotional speech. “Our job is about people,” she said, “and about making people…
This story first appeared at Streetsblog Los Angeles. Earlier today, the Metro Operations Committee approved Metro on-bus cameras for ticketing drivers who park in bus lanes. Metro is looking to allocate $11 million for its Bus Lane Enforcement Pilot Program…
Editor’s note: This post originally appeared on the California Bicycle Coalition’s site. Of the bills the California Bicycle Coalition supported that made it to the governor’s desk, six were signed into law, and two were vetoed. Several active transportation measures were…
This article first appeared at Streetsblog California. More than sixty climate and transportation advocacy organizations sent a letter to Governor Newsom asking him to investigate current state Transportation Department practices that are undermining California’s climate, safety, and equity goals. A…
The following article first appeared in Streetsblog San Francisco. Governor Newsom signed A.B. 413 into law on Tuesday. As explained in the Tweet below from the advocates at Los Angeles-based Streets for All, A.B. 413 will, in theory, make it illegal in…
The following article first appeared at Streetsblog. Governor Newsom was busy over the weekend, signing around 330 bills and vetoing another 140 of them. There are somewhere around 260 bills left for him to deal with by the October 14…
Marina Central Park would remove the three-mile-long, six-plus lane Marina Freeway (SR-90) and replace it with new housing, parks, bus rapid transit, and bikeways
The following is a press release from the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) continues to be interested in purchasing and rehabilitating the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium (Civic), currently owned by the City of…
Transportation is the largest contributor to climate emissions and pollution in California. Knowing this, state leaders have set goals to reduce those emissions in various ways, including increasing the number of “clean” vehicles in the mix. But the state Air Resources…
“Please assure your grandson that Wonder Woman will not be on the trains,” Mayor and Metro Board Chair Karen Bass told Juanita Medina, a long time transit user concerned that LAPD was going to be testing out the efficacy of the BolaWrap…
