Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Santa Monica

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The Climate Imperative of TOD in Santa Monica

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One of the sub-rifts I’ve observed within the debates and backlashes against development in Santa Monica reflects the diverging views within environmentally conscience minds about balancing localized and broader impacts. There are people who have advocated for environmental initiatives of various kinds their entire life, who I fundamentally clash with despite also considering myself a […]

Long Beach, Santa Monica, If YouDonate to Streetsblog in May…You Can Win More Than Just a New Bike

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The Southern California Streets Initiative, the local non-profit that staffs and edits Streetsblog Los Angeles, has voted to support local journalism outside of the city limits to Long Beach and Santa Monica. Thanks to local support from Santa Monica Bike Center and Long Beach Community Foundation, we’ve been able to do this without reaching into our regular […]

Santa Monica: Air Traffic Control

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The debate over the ultimate fate of Santa Monica Airport (SMO)  is contentious with impassioned views from stakeholders on all sides. More concerned with the state of our ground transportation, I hadn’t given much thought to my own views about the local airport operations or followed very closely the prior discussions on the issue (although […]

Santa Monica’s First Kidical Mass A Success

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Santa Monica’s first Kidical Mass (with support from Safe Routes to School grant funding) successfully drew in quite a a crowd of young kids, toddlers in seats or trailers, and their parents, for a distinctly different vibe than the typical social rides. I absolutely adore efforts like this because they renew my faith that perhaps […]