Downtown Santa Monica to Get Pedestrian Scrambles at 11 Intersections
Officials are planning to install pedestrian scrambles at 11 intersections in Santa Monica's bustling downtown district this year (Update: City officials said that they plan to have the scrambles finished by the end of June).
Pedestrian...
EXTRA: Metro Takes Control of Expo Line to Begin Pre-Revenue Service
Friday marked an important milestone in the progress of Expo Phase II. The Expo Construction Authority officially handed over control of the Expo Phase II track to L.A. Metro for the county transit agency to...
Where to Celebrate Bike Month in Santa Monica
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...
Vote Local Q and A : Six Candidates for City Council Talk the LUCE
Last month, Santa Monica Next reached out to all 10 candidates for City Council with an 11 question questionnaire. Some questions were written to give voters an idea of the candidates personality, others on...
Santa Monica to Mobility Companies: Don’t Innovate Here
Santa Monica’s unique combination of weather, terrain, existing bicycle infrastructure, and affluent population provide the foundation necessary to test and demonstrate the viability of new mobility services like e-scooters, e-bikes, and other zero emissions...
Santa Monica Gears Up for Its First Open Streets Event
Santa Monica is getting ready for its first open streets event, Coast, this Sunday, June 5.
From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. about two miles of streets will be closed to automobile traffic, freeing up...
Santa Monica Big Blue Bus to Hold Community Meeting on Possible Fare Increase
With Big Blue Bus' planning on increasing service by more than 10 percent as part of the agency's Expo integration service realignment, officials are considering a possible 25 cent fare increase in 2016, the...
Santa Monica Advances “Vision Zero” Policy in Draft Ped Action Plan
This week, Santa Monica released a draft of its Pedestrian Action Plan, a comprehensive, 100+ page policy document for creating better streets for people over the next 15 years.
At the top of the priorities...
The Santa Monica Life: Urban Cycling Scavanger Hunt, Gear Up! for Bike Month, and...
We’re living the Santa Monica life this weekend. Will you join us?
There’s an urban cycling scavenger hunt, a special festival to kick off bike month, Yallwest, the weekend-long celebration of young adult literature, is...
Santa Monica Announces Date for Full Breeze Bike Share Launch
Santa Monica has officially announced November 12 as the day for Breeze Bike Share’s full roll out, which will make it the first public bike-share system in Los Angeles County.
The full roll out on...
Coming Up: Medicare Birthday Garden Party, Breeze Community Ride, Dine LA, Twilight Pier Concert,...
Medicare turns 51 this year and County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl will be joined on Sunday by other elected officials and community leaders for a garden party in Santa Monica to celebrate and promote even...
Hulu and CycleHop in the Running for 2015 Streetsie for Livable Streets-Friendly Business
For their role in helping to make Breeze Bike Share -- L.A. County's first public bike-share system -- happen, Hulu and CycleHop have been nominated together for 2015 Livable Streets-Friendly Business Streetsie award.
CycleHop is...
Bike-Share Round-Up: Multiple Motions At Tomorrow’s Metro Board Meeting
Last month, after a fairly lengthy debate, the Metro Board of Directors approved an $11 million contract to bring bike-share to downtown Los Angeles. Though there is a lot of interest in bike-share on...
VOTE LOCAL Q AND A – Vision Zero
Last month, Santa Monica Next reached out to all 10 candidates for City Council with an 11 question questionnaire. Some questions were written to give voters an idea of the candidates personality, others on...
Santa Monica City Council to Tackle Vision Zero, Civic Center, and Condo Conversion of...
Tonight's City Council meeting promises to be a lively one with the city's budget up for approval, a controversial question of where to put a new sports field up for debate, and an item...
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