Breeze, Santa Monica’s new bike-share system, operated by CycleHop, and the first public system in L.A. County, has launched a new website in anticipation of the system’s test-run starting next week. Through the website, you can already sign up as a “founding member”…
There is a great new report out that shows that bike-share systems really are legitimate, full-fledged transportation facilities. The focus of the report is how bike-share interacts with other transit systems. The report is summarized in this excellent CityLab article. Researchers…
Last month, after a fairly lengthy debate, the Metro Board of Directors approved an $11 million contract to bring bike-share to downtown Los Angeles. Though there is a lot of interest in bike-share on the Metro board, there’s not a…
The following op-ed is authored by Assemblymember Richard Bloom, a member of the California State Assembly representing Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, and West Hollywood and surrounding West L.A. areas; Councilmember John Heilman, a member of the West Hollywood City Council and former…
Santa Monica’s new bike share system is expected to launch a pilot in a matter of weeks and the full system, with 500 bikes and 75 stations, will roll out by the end of this year. In the meantime, Santa…
Santa Monica Next Editor Jason Islas contributed to this report, which originally appeared in Streetsblog Los Angeles. As expected, at yesterday’s meeting the Metro Planning and Programming Committee approved the contract for the first phase of Metro bike share. The…
News broke this week that Metro will soon vote on a bike share vendor for the agency’s “Countywide Bikeshare” system, which will start with a 1000-bike pilot program in Downtown L.A. But that has some leaders concerned in Santa Monica,…
Editor’s Note: This is cross posted from Los Angeles Streetsblog. Joe Linton contributed to this article. Yesterday, the Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC), TransitCenter, the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), Move L.A., and the Shared Use Mobility Center, joined forces…
This week, you can help name Santa Monica’s new bike share system; the City Council will discuss Santa Monica’s revised water conservation proposal; and the Santa Monica Police will once again hold a special bike/ped safety operation. Help Name Bike…
Welcome back! We hope that everyone enjoyed their holidays. At Santa Monica Next, we were able to get some much-needed downtime. Now we’re rested and ready to get back to work. What are you most looking forward to in 2015, Santa…
Last week, the Santa Monica City Council unanimously approved what could be the County’s first public bike share program. The Council tapped CycleHop, LLC to operate the 500-bike system with about 65 to 75 stations. But approving the contract was…
The Santa Monica City Council took a historic step Tuesday and greenlit what could be Los Angeles County’s very first public bike share system. With the Council’s approval, CycleHop, LLC is on track to launch the bike share system by…
The Santa Monica City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to move forward with what could be Los Angeles County’s first functional public bike share program. While there are still a few things to finalize, including pricing, rack locations, and the system’s corporate…
We are taking a couple of days off in observance of Veterans Day, but not before we give you a quick run down of some important upcoming events. This week, the City Council will decide the fate of what could…
It’s finally happening! Santa Monica could move forward with plans for a 500-bicycle bike share program at this Tuesday’s City Council meeting. After more than two years of planning and waiting, the City Council will decide whether to approve a…
