Transportation is often a topic of conversation on the westside. People seem to love complaining about traffic as much as they hate sitting in it. But now we will have something positive to look forward to in the world of…
Celebrate the end of one man’s cross-country journey by bike-share with a special Handlebar Happy Hour, get ready for the Expo line with some important meetings about train safety, volunteer for Santa Monica’s annual homeless count, and Laemmle reopens its…
At the end of last year, we asked you to weigh in on what were some of your favorite Santa Monica Next stories of 2015. Your answers covered the gamut and included topics as diverse as our Throwback Thursday series,…
Inspired by our friends at Los Angeles Streetsblog, who recently previewed the upcoming big livable streets events for 2016, we thought we’d take a look forward at Santa Monica’s future. At least to those things we can predict. This year…
An 18-wheel truck making an illegal left turn across Expo light rail tracks in Santa Monica collided with a test train yesterday, according to the Santa Monica Police Department. While there were no passengers on the train, there was a…
Four years after the City Council voted in favor of a development agreement with Colorado Creative Studios for the new 200,000-square-foot Santa Monica Gateway, construction has begun on the glass-and-metal creative office building. The project is located at the corner of Stewart Street…
The countdown to Expo opening all the way to Santa Monica has begun. Phase two of the Expo light rail line will connect the beach with downtown Los Angeles and with the region’s growing rail transit system by train for…
This week, test trains will start running again along the Expo line in Santa Monica, a new, multi-modal vision for Lincoln Boulevard will go before the Planning Commission, and New Orleans jazz takes the Pier for the penultimate Twilight Concert…
Last week, we reported that Metro was testing Expo trains between Centinela and as far west as 17th Street. Today, Expo hit another milestone — and made L.A. transportation history — when the first train pulled into the western terminus…
Today, in Santa Monica, Metro began testing Expo Line trains running under their own power, though we will have to wait until next week before we see trains pulling into the 4th Street station, according to officials. “Project staff said…
Photos are circulating on Facebook and Ipernity of an Expo Line test train reaching the City of Santa Monica this morning. It is the first time in many, many years that trains have passed down these tracks. Passenger trains last used…
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Los Angeles Streetsblog head writer Joe Linton contributed to this report. Expo Phase II completes the long-anticipated rail connection between Downtown Los Angeles and Downtown Santa Monica. Construction on Phase II began in 2011. Currently, the Expo line ends in Culver City.…
Earlier this year, Big Blue Bus unveiled its plan for comprehensive service changes designed to integrate the municipal system with Expo Phase II, expected to begin running passengers between Downtown Los Angeles and Santa Monica in early 2016 After several community…
Plans for a new bus layover site south of the 4th and Colorado Expo Light Rail station will go before the City Council tonight, but not everyone is happy with the proposed $8 million plan. The plan to redevelop the…
