Bloom, Stefan Up for 2015 Streetsie Awards for Work on Livable Streets
It's time to vote for 2015 Streetsie Awards and Santa Monica is represented in two of this year's six categories: Elected Official of the Year and Civil Servant of the Year.
State Assemblymember Richard Bloom...
Expo Review: What’s Happening at Bergamot Station
After the last Red Car trolley rattled by in 1953, and then the ice-packing plant and water heater factory housed here were closed, Santa Monica’s Bergamot Station sat dormant in the 1980s.
The seven-acre site,...
Bill to Change the Way California Sets Speed Limits Slows Down
This post originally appeared on Streetsblog CA.
Assemblymember Laura Friedman has been working on A.B. 2363 – a bill to fix long-standing issues with speed limits in California. In its first committee hearing this week, the...
Expo: Phase II Bike Path Will Open with Light Rail in 2016
Editor's note: This post originally appeared in Los Angeles Streetsblog on May 18.
Last week, in a short article celebrating that LADOT was beginning its portion of the bikeway that will run parallel to the...
Eyes on the Street: Santa Monica’s Colorado Esplanade Cycle Track Goes Green
Santa Monica’s second protected bikeway is getting the green treatment.
The five-block protected cycle track that runs along Colorado Avenue from the new Downtown Santa Monica Expo Station at 5th Street to the Santa Monica...
Santa Monica’s Safe Routes to School Program Encourages Kids and Parents to Ditch the...
This Saturday, families will gather in Virginia Avenue Park for the first Kidical Mass family bike ride of 2017.
Taking its name from “Critical Mass,” large social bike rides organized to make bike riding more...
CicLAvia 20: Culver City Meets Venice, Open Thread
The first CicLAvia of the year took place yesterday along about six miles of Washington Boulevard and Venice Boulevard extending from Culver City to Venice. The weather was cool and sunny, the crowds were...
New Pricing Structure for Santa Monica’s Bike Share Goes into Effect August 1
Come August 1, Santa Monica’s Breeze Bike Share is going to get cheaper for most users when the system’s pricing structure overhaul goes into effect.
In addition to increasing the daily ride time for members...
Technologists and Transportation Professionals Meet at TransportationCamp Los Angeles
2015 is an exciting time for transportation innovation in Los Angeles. We have a rapidly-expanding frequent transit and bicycle network. Technological innovation has already brought us reliable point-to-point mobility for passengers, real-time transit arrival...
Assembly Rep. Bloom Honored with First-Ever California-Wide Streetsie Award
Streetsblog California* named Assemblymember Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica) “Legislator of the Year” for its first-ever statewide Streetsie awards.
SBCA tapped Bloom, who sat on the Santa Monica City Council from 1999 until 2012 when he...
Santa Monica Walks Wants to Know : What Are Your Experiences Walking in Santa...
On Facebook, Santa Monica Walks is asking for your help re-identifying some of the most dangerous experiences in Santa Monica. Following, the passage of the city's Pedestrian Action Plan and and safety improvements going...
Phase Two of Big Blue Bus Service Realignment Starts February 21
Be prepared for some changes to Big Blue Bus routes and schedules this Sunday, February 21, when the municipal transit agency begins phase two of its three-part service realignment.
The changes, the single-largest adjustment to...
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...
Throwback Thursday: Riding Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus Circa 1960
https://youtu.be/Oril-NKqvUQ
Fans of Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus and local history should both enjoy this short film featuring both.
The film showcases a day in the life of a bus driver, George Staley, as he drives his...
Reps Pelosi, Lieu Tout “Grow” Transportation Bill
Elected officials, labor leaders, and Metro's CEO assembled this morning to call on Congress to pass a long-term transportation bill. In order to highlight the ways that transportation infrastructure funding benefits communities, the press event showcased the...
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