Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Santa Monica Next

Santa Monica's average annual job, population, and housing growth from 1980 to 2015, compared. The above chart was inspired by this similar chart made by the Sightline Institute to compare job, population, and housing growth in Seattle from 2010 to 2015.

Lack of Housing Growth Compounding Inequality, Says CA Housing Dept.

By Jason Islas | Jan 6, 2017 | 10 Comments

Housing affordability in California is the worst it has been in state history according to a report from the CA Dept. of Housing and Community Development. The affordability crisis is due to a dire housing shortage and an overall failure of CA cities to allow enough new housing growth to absorb growing demand.

Santa Monica tomorrow will join the ranks of cities using real-time information to encourage biking.

Santa Monica To Open Real-Time Bike Traffic Counter on Main Street

By Jason Islas | Dec 20, 2016 | 1 Comment

Santa Monica tomorrow will join the ranks of cities using real-time information to encourage biking, through installation of an automated bike counter located at Main Street just south of Colorado Avenue. The official ribbon cutting will be tomorrow-Wednesday at noon.

The California Incline Is Open Again, and a Safer Place for All Road Users

By Saul Rubin | Sep 2, 2016 | 5 Comments

(This story first appeared at Santa Monica Next.) For motorists, the California Incline was always a glorious and scenic way to journey between Pacific Coast Highway and the bluffs of Santa Monica along Ocean Avenue. Bicyclists and pedestrians who traveled the Incline, however, may not have such fond memories. The narrow, crumbling sidewalk that ran […]

Santa Monica Really Wants to Make It Easy for You to Go Multimodal

By Jason Islas | May 19, 2016 | No Comments

Santa Monica is an embarrassment of riches in many ways. That is especially true when it comes to alternatives to driving everywhere. And now, the city wants to make it as easy as possible for you to discover how you can go multimodal and take advantage of Santa Monica’s growing network of transportation options. “It […]

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