Press releases and official announcements from Santa Monica.
Metro will open four new miles of D Line subway on Friday May 8! The new Metro D Line Extension (Section 1) will travel from Wilshire/Western in Koreatown all the way to La Cienega/Wilshire in Beverly Hills. The project includes…
Senator Catherine Blakespear (D-SD) has introduced Senate Bill 1167, legislation aimed at tightening California’s oversight of electric mopeds and other higher-speed electrically powered two-wheelers that fall into gray areas of existing law. The bill seeks to create a clearer regulatory framework…
Earlier this week, Streetsblog reported on Assembly Bill 1942, also known as the E-Bike Accountability Act, introduced by Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda). As part of her outreach for the legislation, Bauer-Kahan has released a survey for people (bicyclists and everyone else)…
California lawmakers have introduced Assembly Bill 1942, also known as the E-Bike Accountability Act, as part of the 2025-26 legislative session. Sponsored by Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda), the bill would require owners of Class 2 and Class 3 electric bicycles to…
(Sean Noonan is an environmental planner. He also teaches urban planning at CSU, Fullerton. This is the second time he’s written on Vehicle Miles Traveled analysis in California with Streetsblog. Want to share your own thoughts and research on VMT? Email damien@streetsblog.org)…
The L.A. City Department of Transportation shared proposed locations for the city’s speed camera pilot program, now expected to get underway later this year. For a 30-day period starting today, LADOT is seeking public comment on the locations and the program.…
The debate, amendments, passage, and signing of Senate Bill 79, the Abundant and Affordable Homes Near Transit Act, dominated headlines at Streetsblog and across the state last year. Heated debates over SB79 continue today. SB 79 is facing a messy rollout,…
Lead Photo: Memorial where a driver killed three crashing into 99 Ranch Market on Westwood Boulevard. Photos by Joe Linton Last week saw two tragic Westside car crashes where drivers killed four people. Both killings took place in locations where livable…
California lawmakers are advancing a bill that could reframe how housing, transportation, and infrastructure projects are approved in urbanized coastal communities, seeking to balance environmental protections with the state’s urgent housing and climate goals. Assembly Bill 1740 (AB 1740) — introduced…
The city of West Hollywood is painting its existing bike lanes green. In April 2025, the WeHo City Council approved greening its bike lanes. In West Hollywood’s two square miles, there are only three streets with bike lanes: Fairfax Avenue, San…
Even after the exceptional reporting by CalMatters in its License to Kill series, which demonstrated how California is failing its residents through lax enforcement and weak traffic safety laws, the 2025 Legislature still failed to pass Assembly Bill 366. AB 366 was a modest effort…
Just because Senate Bill 79 was signed into law in October doesn’t mean the war over housing near transit in Los Angeles is over — it’s intensifying. Metro – L.A. County’s transportation agency – is now pushing to gut SB 79. City…
This story first appeared at Streetsblog USA. The new “abundance” agenda can deliver a wealth of equitable transportation options — but only if its proponents recognize how our glut of highways has contributed to the “scarcity” they say they hope to tackle,…
Registration is now open for the 2026 California Bicycle Summit, inviting bike advocates, planners, policymakers, and community leaders to Sacramento on April 22–24. You can register here. Hosted by the California Bicycle Coalition, this biennial event brings together hundreds of…
Metro is poised to approve a heavy rail subway project running in a tunnel from Westwood to the San Fernando Valley. This very likely means the dreadful monorail alternative is dead. The mega-project is called is the Sepulveda Transit Corridor. Ultimately, it…
