Coming Up: Help SMC Find Its New President, Celebrate Breeze Bike Share, BUSted! Is...
This week, meet the final four candidates for the top position at Santa Monica College, get a free ride at Breeze Bike Share’s public launch, and join BUSted! for an evening of quality storytelling...
Expo Line Phase 2 Set to Open to Santa Monica on May 20
Streetsblog Los Angeles editor Joe Linton contributed to this report.
Passengers will be able to ride a train to Santa Monica for the first time in more than half a century starting on May 20, Metro...
Transit App Now Shows Real-Time Bike-Share Info
If you're like me, you rely pretty heavily on Internet and smart-phone based real-time transit arrival information when getting around. Santa Monica's newest public transportation option -- Breeze Bike Share -- has been incorporated...
City Makes Its Scooter Picks and Goes with Four Providers: Bird, Jump, Lime and...
Via press release:
Today, the City of Santa Monica announced the selection of Lime, Bird, Lyft and Jump as the four operators to participate in the City’s Shared Mobility Pilot Program set to kick off on September...
City of Santa Monica Wants Input on How to Improve the North Beach Trail
Via city of Santa Monica press release.
The long awaited project to improve walking and biking along Santa Monica Beach is now underway. The North Beach Trail Project will improve safety and circulation for both...
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...
The Santa Monica Life: Laemmle Theater Reopens in Santa Monica, Warsawa Gets a New...
Laemmle Monica Film Center reopens to the public in Downtown Santa Monica; 626 Night Market comes to Santa Monica’s Barker Hangar; a local favorite hotspot gets a speakeasy and new name; Metro says Expo...
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...
Review: The Expo Phase II Bike Path Is Going to Be Great…
…if they every finish it.
Advocates for a bicycle path to run parallel to the recently-opened Phase II o the Expo Light Rail Line have long-contended that the Exposition Construction Authority viewed the fully-funded separated...
After Short Delay, Installation of Bus-Only Lanes on Lincoln Blvd. Begins
After missing the original opening date last month, the city began installation today on Santa Monica's first dedicated bus lanes.
The city began striping the lanes, which will replace the parking lanes on Lincoln Boulevard south...
Closing the Exposition Bikeway Northvale Gap, Meeting Next Week
When Metro’s 6.6-mile Expo Line opens in mid-2016, the parallel Expo bikeway will open too.
Except where it won’t.
Two stretches of Expo bike path under construction are nearing completion. Unfortunately there is a 0.7-mile gap...
Santa Monica Gears Up to Celebrate Parks Day and Take Another Bike Ride with...
This Saturday, February 25, Santa Monicans will celebrate the opening of a new park, the renaming of another, and they will have a chance to take a bike ride with Mayor Ted Winterer.
Saturday's festivities will...
Expo to Hit Another Major Milestone Next Week
Next week, the Expo Construction Authority -- which oversees construction of the Exposition Light Rail project -- is anticipating handing over the Phase II right-of-way to Metro, which will begin regular train testing or...
Coming Up: LA Walks around Santa Monica Airport, Jazz on the Lawn, and More
This week, take a walk around Santa Monica Airport with LA Walks to learn about current issues facing the airport, hang out at Stewart Park while enjoying free live music, head to the Promenade...
Major Route And Schedule Updates Coming for Big Blue Bus on February 19
Via Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus
Big Blue Bus (BBB) will adjust its service to better connect customers to the places they live, work and play. BBB will be adding service to six bus routes,...