Expo Line in Santa Monica to Shut Down for Maintenance This Weekend
The stretch of the Expo line between Downtown Santa Monica and Sepulveda Boulevard will close this weekend for maintenance, according to Metro officials.
Starting on Friday, February 24 at 9 p.m. through Sunday, February 26...
Peak-Hour Bus-Only Lanes Come to Lincoln Boulevard in Santa Monica in August
A small stretch of Lincoln Boulevard is about to get a bit better for bus commuters. According to the city's website, starting in August, peak-hour bus-only lanes are coming to the north-south thoroughfare that...
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...
Big Blue Bus Real-Time Arrival Info Is Now on NextBus
Big Blue Bus real-time arrival information has been available on smartphone apps for a couple weeks. Now, the local transit agency's real-time arrival information is available on NextBus, a web-based real-time transit info aggregator.
"We...
The Benefits of Bike-Share Are Huge And Varied
This post originally ran on our sister site, Streetsblog California.
Bike-share is excellent in multiple ways. It eases traffic congestion in large, dense cities. It increases transit use in suburbs and smaller cities. And in...
Santa Monica’s In-Street Scooter Corrals Becoming a National Model
(This story first appeared on Streetsblog Los Angeles)
Last week Santa Monica's City Manager Rick Cole tweeted a photo of the city's newly installed first in-street e-scooter drop zone. In-street parking corrals have been recommended as a...
Bird Scooters: Public Nuisance or The Future of Transit?
The following post is by Kevin Herrera, sr. marketing & communication manager for Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. It originally appeared on Santa Monica Centric.
Downtown seems to be littered with them. On almost every street corner...
Santa Monica Next’s Most Read Articles of 2015: Bike Lanes, Expo, Jobs, and Housing
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...
Big Blue Bus Real-Time Arrival Data Keeps Getting Better and Better
It has been less than two weeks since real-time arrival information for Big Blue Bus became available online and on certain smartphone apps. And the good news keeps coming.
At the Big Blue Bus General Transit...
Cyclehop Planning for Regional Bike Share with Breeze, WeHo, Long Beach, UCLA and More….
Santa Monica’s launch of its bike sharing program last year did more than just provide an environmentally friendly way to get around the city. It set in motion a shift in thinking throughout the...
Going to the Pier Concert Tonight? Here’s How to Avoid Driving
Who doesn't love a free concert? But, also, who doesn't like waiting in traffic on their way to or from a free concert? We suspect the answers are almost nobody and almost everybody respectively.
The good...
Santa Monica Police Investigating Fatal Collision on Lincoln Boulevard
The Santa Monica Police are investigating a collision on Lincoln Boulevard that has left one person dead, according to police officials.
The crash, which involved one car and a pedestrian, happened early Thursday morning near...
Big Blue Bus Begins Expo Integration Service Overhaul this Month
Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus this month will begin the first phase of one of the municipal transit agency's largest service changes in its 77-year history.
The coming changes, which will occur in three phases...
Santa Monica Officials Reveal Aggressively Slow-Growth Downtown Community Plan
After half-a-decade of planning and community outreach, city staff revealed the final draft of the Downtown Community Plan Wednesday to a full house at the east wing of the Civic Auditorium.
The 300-page document, which...
Transit Overflow from the Women’s March Demonstrates Need for Better Rail Transit
Via Streetsblog California
This weekend's Women's March was an unparalleled event in United States history, with over three million people taking to the streets in cities and towns across the country. Timed to coincide with the...
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