Press releases and official announcements from Santa Monica.
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’…
It feels like year since our last legislative update, but there’s been a lot of hearings, movement, amendments, and more that happened in the capitol in the last month. Below is all of the legislation Streetsblog has been tracking. Assembly…
The city of Santa Monica will begin automated enforcement of vehicles parked illegally in bike lanes on May 1, marking a first-in-California effort to use camera technology mounted on parking enforcement vehicles to keep bike lanes clear. The new Automated Bike Lane…
This story first appeared at Streetsblog. Photo: Paul Martin, City of Costa Mesa Transportation Services Manager Arlis Reynolds, Costa Mesa City Councilmember Hunter Oatman-Stanford, Associate Planner, Caltrans District 4 Susan Lindsay, Complete Streets Lead Adviser, Caltrans HQ Jeanie Ward-Waller, Director…
With the way advocates, and news reports, were talking about Senate Bill 1361, legislation written in response to cities balking at supporting transit projects to avoid last year’s Senate Bill 79, a new law facilitating greater density near major transit stops, one would have…
On Monday night, the Assembly Transportation Committee advanced four pieces of legislation designed to regulate the growing e-bike and e-motorcycle industries. As the popularity of e-bikes and e-motorcycles has grown, so has the number of crashes and fatalities. There is…
The following is a submission from the office of State Senator Ben Allen. Senator Ben Allen (D-Pacific Palisades/Santa Monica) celebrated the passage of SB 894 and SB 1297 out of committee this week to reduce fire risk across California. Both bills received bipartisan, unanimous…
Update: Staff for Senator Durazo reached out noting that our description of the legislation, which was based on what was said at the Metro meeting last week, is different than the analysis on the official legislative website, available here (click on the…
Public service announcement: never never ever park a car in a bus lane or at a bus stop! You will get a $293 citation. It’s not worth it. Don’t park in the bus lane. According to a new Transporation Department (LADOT)…
