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…
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…
Sometimes, up is down in Westside politics and when it comes to environmental policy, that seems to be all too true this year. While the Sierra Club has a general policy position in support of urban infill development as a…
Two days after the City Council voted to move forward with plans to revitalize and redevelop Bergamot Station Arts Center, local anti-development group, Santa Monica Coalition for a Livable City (SMCLC), issued a statement, calling the decision an “important win.” Wait,…
On Tuesday, the City Council will decide whether to go ahead with plans for the Bergamot Station Arts Center revitalization project. Three developer teams — Bergamot Station LTD/Worthe, 26Street TOD Partners, LLC, and REthink/KOR — are competing for the right to invest tens…
Big Blue Bus (BBB) has just begun the gargantuan process of figuring out how to best integrate its system with the Metro Expo Line Phase 2, set to open in early 2016. Three of the seven new stations being built…
While Phase II of the Expo Line isn’t expected to be completed until 2015, with revenue operations beginning in 2016, construction of Santa Monica’s first light rail project is well underway. Last week, I had a chance to tour some…
At the first workshop for the Memorial Park Neighborhood Plan, there was a lot of enthusiasm for the possibility of capping the freeway with a park (from 17th to 14th, although former mayor Mike Feinstein advocated for extending it to 11th…
A new specific area plan process in Santa Monica is kicking off next Monday for what is being called the Memorial Park Neighborhood Plan, encompassing the area immediately adjacent Memorial Park and the future Metro station at 17th, with a…
With Phase II of the Expo Line rapidly making its way into Santa Monica, it’s clear that we are in need of a safe, low-traffic route to get from the Bergamot area to downtown Santa Monica and the beach. Beyond…
