Kendra Ramsey and Laura McCamy of CalBike and Laura Tolkoff from SPUR also contributed to this article. As our state heats up (literally), some of the most effective infrastructure for fighting climate change has been under siege. The governor cut $400…
The following is a submission from CalBike. The California Transportation Commission (CTC) will hold a workshop next week to get public input on some choices it needs to make in administering Cycle 7 of the Active Transportation Program (ATP). The…
(Caption: The idea of an anti-harassment ordinance may be new for Santa Monica, but the need isn’t. Former Santa Monica Next editor Gary Kavanagh avoided a dooring in 2011 and still had time to capture this image of the door…
As you could probably guess, this story first appeared at Streetsblog Los Angeles. Santa Monica has long been one of the most bike-, walk-, and transit-friendly cities in Southern California, which is unfortunately a pretty low bar. Watch this 2016 Streetfilm for…
Many of you have seen the tweet. On May 27, the city of Santa Monica tweeted a video of a machine smoothly and quickly laying down the concrete barrier for a protected bike lane. Just about everyone who saw it,…
At last evening’s meeting of the Santa Monica City Council, Councilmember Phil Brock pulled his motion concerning the 17th Street protected bikeway that Next covered earlier. Both Councilmember Jesse Zwick and Mayor Gleam Davis separately took issue with the two…
At tonight’s Santa Monica City Council meeting, Councilmembers Phil Brock and Oscar de la Torre are asking city staff to report “regarding bicycle and pedestrian improvements installed on 17th Street from Pico to Wilshire.” (Item 16D, read the agenda here.) …
The best Bike Month celebrations are the ones that celebrate a new project or new law. Yesterday Santa Monica was home to one such celebration. Supervisor Lindsey Horvath led a community bike ride that celebrated a newly opened dedicated two-way…
Early this morning when I met my running group at Ocean and Arizona Avenues, our usual parking and meeting area was noticeably changed. Ocean Ave was covered in new, smooth, blacktop and the road markings were mostly gone with spray…
