Via Streetsblog California. Well, it’s done. Last night, the California legislature passed S.B. 1, the transportation funding bill that has been hard fought for the last two years. The Senate passed it with a vote of 27-11, and the Assembly…
Earlier this week, a woman was killed after she was struck by a driver as she crossed Santa Monica Boulevard at 18th Street during an early morning jog. Her death was the fifth traffic-related fatality in about as many weeks…
Via Streetsblog California. While most media coverage of last week’s California Air Resources meeting focused on the board’s decision to strengthen vehicle emission standards, an equally remarkable and important discussion happened late in the first afternoon of the two-day meeting. That’s…
This post was originally appeared on Streetsblog California. A new bill from Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), S.B. 760, would make the safety of all road users, not just drivers, a priority for the state’s department of transportation. The bill is…
Our sister site Streetsblog Los Angeles has coverage of yesterday’s press event celebrating the Metro Expo Line nearing completion. Expo Phase II construction is over 90 percent completed, and, if all goes as planned, passenger service should arrive in Santa…
I’m accustomed to seeing the Santa Monica Daily Press littered with largely petty and baseless characterizations of bicycling as some plot to ruin the city on a regular basis, ever since I began living here after college in 2006, but…
