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The following article first appeared at Streetsblog California. Caltrans has long promised to develop guidelines for building complete streets. The guidance is close to being released – but somewhere along the way, highway interchanges were exempted from them. This exemption…

This post first appeared at Streetsblog California. “We’re not the first ones to point this stuff out,” said David Weiskopf, Senior Policy Advisor with Next Gen, about its new report “California at a Crossroads,” which calls for an end to “California’s traffic-creating,…

This is a lightly edited press release and image from the City of Santa Monica. Starting last Saturday, visitors to the Third Street Promenade can see a unique projection on one of Santa Monica’s most iconic buildings. In a week-long project titled Art of Time, artist Drasko V uses his artistic vision…

The following is a press release from the City of Santa Monica. Beginning Saturday, September 23, 2023, visitors to the Third Street Promenade will see a unique projection on one of Santa Monica’s most iconic buildings. In a week-long project titled Art of Time, artist Drasko V will use his artistic vision to integrate real-time environmental data…

This post first appeared at Streetsblog California. Politico reports that Caltrans’ Deputy Director of Planning and Modal Programs, Jeanie Ward-Waller, is being “reassigned” in the department. Politico is calling the move a “shakeup.” Let’s name it more precisely: Jeanie Ward-Waller, advocate…

The following is an open letter from SMMUSD Superintendent Dr. Antonio Shelton Dear SMMUSD Family and Community, It is with a heavy heart that I announce the passing of Dr. Jacqueline Mora, Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services, following a five-month,…

Join the Transportation Revolution! On September 21st SAMOCAN will be having Michael Schneider, a native-born Angeleno, who started Streets For All to change LA’s built environment from being car-centric to being multi-modal. Michael will walk us through his story, what led him…

The California legislature passed a bill today that would require all large corporations that do business in California to measure and publicly report their carbon emissions. S.B. 253 is a first-in-the-nation bill from Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), who successfully fought off…

This article first appeared at Streetsblog California. After an arduous and digressive journey, Assemblymember Laura Friedman’s bill to allow a few cities to test whether cameras can help curb dangerous speeding passed out of the legislature. A.B. 645 grew exponentially more complex…

Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath’s motion to protect Santa Monica Bay and LA County beaches from trash and pollution. The motion responds to the realities of the climate crisis where within the month of August,…

This post originally appeared on the California Bicycle Coalition’s website. When most people think of Caltrans, they think of freeways. However, many California cities and towns have at least one major thoroughfare that is a numbered state route, and Caltrans is…

This story first appeared at Streetsblog California. It’s time for a quick update on bills that are still alive in the legislature. All bills moving forward must have passed to the floor of the second house already, and the Senate…

The following is a lightly edited press release from Santa Monica Community College:  Santa Monica College (SMC) continues its Social Justice Lecture Series in fall 2023 with presentations and discussions that explore the concept of social justice and a variety of aspects, issues, and…

The following article first appeared in Streetsblog California. For years, proponents of speed cameras, which have proven to reduce vehicle speeding, have been trying to get a bill through the state legislature to allow their use in California. While these bills have…