Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Santa Monica

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Bringing #ClimateForward Back Home

By Gary Kavanagh | Feb 22, 2013 | No Comments

I’m currently rolling out (on Amtrak) of Washington D.C. following what has shaped up to biggest rally ever held specifically to confront global warming and climate change as an issue in the United States (the estimates I find most likely were that there were around 35,000 marchers in the street). I made a last minute […]

From Sprouting Rail Bridges to Complete Streets, Santa Monica Advancing On Multiple Fronts

By Gary Kavanagh | Feb 13, 2013 | 2 Comments

For those who didn’t know, some commitments came up that demanded nearly all of my time the past few weeks so I took a break from the blogging. For my first post back I thought I’d quickly go through a few of the recent or developing Santa Monica stories I caught word of or have […]

New Parking at Santa Monica College: Not Just for Bikes

By Juan Matute | Feb 11, 2013 | 9 Comments

Riding on Pearl Street a few weeks ago, I noticed preparations for a new bicycle parking lot. This past Saturday, before Santa Monica College students returned for the spring, I had a chance to check out the new bicycle parking. I was surprised to see not only bike parking, but other parking and amenities for those […]

Fixing a roundabout that isn’t, Just a Block from the Beach

By Ted Rogers | Jan 22, 2013 | 3 Comments

When is a roundabout not a roundabout? Evidently, when it’s located roundabout the beach in Santa Monica. It’s not that the city by the sea hasn’t made great strides in recent years, particularly in justifying its designation as a Bicycle Friendly Community. The new Green Street on Ocean Park Blvd. shows Santa Monica’s commitment to […]

Blocking bike lanes in Santa Monica and Putting Bike Riders at Risk

By Ted Rogers | Jan 10, 2013 | 11 Comments

A week or so back, I was riding eastbound on San Vicente Blvd in Santa Monica, a block or two above Ocean Ave. It’s my usual route home after biking to the beach; drivers seem familiar with the bike lanes there, and, for the most part, seem to respect and stay out of them. Except […]

Apple’s new Santa Monica store — beautiful for tourists, ugly for bikes

By Ted Rogers | Jan 8, 2013 | 16 Comments

Just because Santa Monica is officially bike friendly doesn’t mean everyone there is. Even the ones you’d think would get it. For all its progress in recent years, there are still significant issues biking — and parking your bike — in L.A.’s city by the beach. As Gary Kavanagh has pointed out, bicyclists are officially banned from […]

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