Caltrans Seeking 5,000 Drivers to Try VMT Fee Instead of Gas Tax
As the value captured from the state’s gas tax continues to fall, and the conditions of the California’s roads and bridges continues to worsen, state leaders unveiled a plan last week to pilot a...
How Many People Will Use the Expo Line in Santa Monica?
Expo Phase 2 has entered into one of the last stages of testing before it opens later this year, which means it is only a matter of months before it starts transporting passengers between...
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...
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...
Open House Showcases Expo Bike Path Gap Closure Options
This article first appeared on Streetsblog Los Angeles.
An overflow crowd of more than one hundred people showed up to last night’s Expo Bike Path meeting at the Palms-Rancho Park Branch Library. A representative from Councilmember Paul...
(Mostly) Free Ad-Supported Car-Share Company Launches in Santa Monica, Venice
WaiveCar, an ad-supported car-share service, launched in Santa Monica and Venice this week with an all-electric fleet of 20 vehicles available to users for free.
The free car-share service is supported by ads companies take...
Brown’s Budget Proposal Weak on Sustainable Transportation
This article first appeared on Streetsblog California. Listen to its author, SBCA editor Melanie Curry, discuss California Governor Jerry Brown's proposed 2016 budget with California Streets Initiative Executive Director Damien Newton on this week's #DamienTalks podcast. You can...
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...
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...
What Does 2016 Hold for Santa Monica?
Inspired by our friends at Los Angeles Streetsblog, who recently previewed the upcoming big livable streets events for 2016, we thought we’d take a look forward at Santa Monica’s future. At least to those...
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...
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...
Santa Monica Car-Share Will Get Major Boost in 2016
The number of car-share vehicles in Santa Monica will more than quadruple next year thanks to an agreement between the city and Zipcar.
While the car-share company currently has 12 vehicles parked at private, off-street...
Tell Us Your Favorite Santa Monica Next Story of 2015!
With only about 10 days left in 2015, we thought we'd ask our readers to tell us what their favorite Santa Monica Next stories of the last year have been.
Maybe you particularly liked one of our Throwback...
Breeze Bike Share Still Booming a Month After Opening
Santa Monica’s Breeze Bike Share -- the first public bike-share system in L.A. County -- officially launched on November 12 and a month later, it’s getting a lot of use.
The 500-bike, 79-station system, which is...
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