The city of Santa Monica is proposing new regulations for e-scooters and e-bikes. The staff proposal (item 7B on this agenda) is scheduled for a city council decision next Tuesday night. Santa Monica was the initial location for app-based shared…
From West Hollywood to the beach in Santa Monica, several bike-share systems run by CycleHop have officially integrated into a regional bike-share system. Yesterday marked the first day that the four CycleHop-run bike-share systems on the Westside — Santa Monica’s…
Two years ago, Santa Monica launched Los Angeles County’s first public bike-share system and on Saturday, the city aims to celebrate. From 10 a.m. to noon, join Santa Monica Mayor Ted Winterer for a community bike ride culminating with a…
Via the city of Santa Monica website. Starting on September 7, you may notice Metro Bike Share bikes in Santa Monica and neighboring Venice. Metro is locating Metro Bike Share Stations at 13 locations in Venice and at two of…
This story originally ran on Santa Monica Next’s sister site, Los Angeles Streetsblog. This morning Metro kicked off its third 2017 expansion of Metro Bike Share. Today’s expansion adds 165 bicycles at 15 stations serving the city of Los Angeles neighborhood…
Via city of Santa Monica. This post is by Jason Kligier, senior transportation planner. With over 100 miles of bikeways, Breeze Bike Share stations across town, convenient bike parking, relatively flat terrain, and gorgeous weather, Santa Monica is without a doubt…
This Sunday, CicLAvia, Los Angeles’ most popular open streets event, returns to the westside with a car-free route from Culver City to Venice. To celebrate, Santa Monica Spoke, Breeze Bike Share, and Santa Monica Mayor Ted Winterer are hosting a community…
Join Santa Monica Mayor Ted Winterer for the first monthly community bike ride of his tenure on Sunday, January 29. The roughly six-mile ride (about an hour to an hour and 20 minutes long) will start outside of City Hall…
Santa Monica’s Breeze Bike Share, L.A. County’s first public bike-share system, will be hosting a four-day food and toy drive starting Thursday, December 15. Those interested in contributing can bring donations to specific Breeze Bike Share hubs between the hours…
Los Angeles Councilmember Mike Bonin joined Santa Monica Mayor Tony Vazquez early Monday morning to officially install the first of five Breeze Bike Share hubs in Venice. The new station, which is located at 5th Street and Rose, is the…
Eight months after Santa Monica launched the first public bike-share program in L.A. County, the system is working. According to a report delivered to the City Council Tuesday night, Breeze Bike Share is nearing 30,000 “active subscribers” and has been…
This week, get your tickets for Santa Monica Next’s second-annual cocktail fundraiser, head to the Pier for the next installment of the Twilight Concert Series, and get out of the office for a Picnic on the Promenade. Join us at…
Come August 1, Santa Monica’s Breeze Bike Share is going to get cheaper for most users when the system’s pricing structure overhaul goes into effect. In addition to increasing the daily ride time for members from 60 to 90 minutes,…
Who doesn’t love a free concert? But, also, who doesn’t like waiting in traffic on their way to or from a free concert? We suspect the answers are almost nobody and almost everybody respectively. The good news is that tonight…
Santa Monica is an embarrassment of riches in many ways. That is especially true when it comes to alternatives to driving everywhere. And now, the city wants to make it as easy as possible for you to discover how you…
