Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Santa Monica

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How Flexible Parking Requirements Spur Economic Development: Lessons from Santa Monica

By Carter Rubin | Jul 23, 2013 | 20 Comments

Editor’s Note: Streetsblog Los Angeles founding board member Carter Rubin recently finished his Master of Urban and Regional Planning degree at UCLA. In the following article, he recaps the findings from his capstone “client project” for the Urban Design Studio at the L.A. Department of City Planning. His research adviser was the inimitable parking guru, […]

Santa Monica: Beyond Regulating Traffic Flows & Safety With Repeated Stop Signs (Part 2 of 2)

By Gary Kavanagh | Jul 23, 2013 | 5 Comments

In my first post discussing new stop signs to be installed on Broadway east of 26th St., I set up some of the context for why stop signs can be frustrating to bicyclists, how social conventions of both drivers and bicyclists can vary from person to person. The Santa Monica Daily Press has also picked […]

“Why Didn’t You Get Out of My Way?”

By Erik Griswold | Jul 16, 2013 | 19 Comments

I am going to have a hard time writing this. Because I had really intended to take a break from what I was working on that day and head over to the Wednesday market to have lunch. It was only a few blocks away from where I lived at the time. And the variety of things you […]

Santa Monica: New Stop Signs Coming to Eastern End of Broadway (Part 1 of 2)

By Gary Kavanagh | Jul 12, 2013 | 15 Comments

In response to a high rate of intersection collisions on Broadway in the residential stretch with center medians east of 26th St , new stop signs are to be added so that there will be 2 additional 4 way stop regulated intersections. Currently, 2 of the 6 intersections are 4 way stops require a stop […]

After The July 4th Parade Gives a Glipse of Open Streets Potential in Santa Monica

By Gary Kavanagh | Jul 8, 2013 | 1 Comment

Each year, Santa Monica hosts a Main St. Independence Day parade, with a cutesy small town feel that has made it one of my favorite annual events a few years ago. Various civic groups create small floats, or dress up, with homemade signs, and bikes are a staple for a rolling presence. City council members, […]

Santa Monica: Council Authorizes Awarding Contracts For Long Overdue New Bus Shelters

By Gary Kavanagh | Jun 28, 2013 | 3 Comments

This week the Santa Monica city council authorized the city manager to award contracts for the installation and maintenance for the Big Blue Bus Shelter Redevelopment Program, bringing us close to implementation of a process that has dragged on for far too long. This plan to update and modernize bus stop facilities and extend amenities […]

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