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Longfellow St. Redesign Borrows From Netherlands Approach

By Gary Kavanagh | Mar 30, 2012 | 15 Comments

New Slow Street Design On Longfellow, Incorporating Sustainability Oriented Features. This week marks another milestone in new approaches to street design in the city of Santa Monica. A two block segment of Longfellow St. receives a makeover, taking cues from the mixed use woonerf concept from the Netherlands. Longfellow St. had always been too narrow […]

Santa Monica Celebrates Opening of Bike Corrals

By Damien Newton | Mar 26, 2012 | 2 Comments

(Do you crave more Santa Monica coverage? If so, join us tomorrow at The Library Alehouse where we’ll be raising funds and raffling off cool prizes.) This Saturday, Santa Monica Spoke gave the three new Main Street Bike Corrals the opening they deserved. If the city wasn’t going to program a ribbon cutting ceremony, that […]

Catching Up With Laura & Russ Of The Path Less Pedaled

By Gary Kavanagh | Mar 23, 2012 | 4 Comments

Laura Crawford & Russ Roca. (Photo by Path Less Pedaled) (Note:if you want to support Gary’s work and our regular coverage of Long Beach, join us at the Library Alehouse this Tuesday. – DN) Just about anyone with a passing interest in bicycle touring on the West Coast probably has some familiarity with the adventures […]

Today’s Headlines

By Damien Newton | Mar 23, 2012 | 4 Comments

Featured Event: Since the City of Santa Monica didn’t host a grand opening for their brand new bike corrals, SM Spoke is filling the void. The Unofficial Grand Opening starts with a celabratory ride from Bike Center to the corral at 2439 Main Street. Ride meets at 10:30, but if you want to join them […]

One Week from Today, Join Los Angeles Streetsblog at the Alehouse and Check Out Our New Raffle Items

By Damien Newton | Mar 20, 2012 | 1 Comment

Things are getting very exciting for our March 27th all day fundraiser at the Library Alehouse. Earlier today I picked up a donation from the Big Blue Bus and got word on a donation from Bikes and Hikes L.A. Remember, if you want to support our expansion into Santa Monica, all you have to do […]

On-Street Bike Corrals Land On Main Street

By Gary Kavanagh | Mar 16, 2012 | 9 Comments

This week, Santa Monica opened it’s first on-street bike corrals located within business districts, with two prominent locations on Main Street. At Main St. and Kinney St. there are 2 corrals on each side of the street, with a larger full space on the east side of the street, and a smaller corral with 4 […]

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