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Santa Monica City Council Scuttles Plans for Bergamot Transit Village
A view of the former Papermate factory from the future Expo light rail station at 26th Street and Olympic Boulevard (photos by Jason Islas) The Santa Monica City Council put to rest Tuesday night what...
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Hit the Brakes. Santa Monica Votes to Lower Some Speed Limits
While debates on a proposed major development and the bungled hiring and firing of a public relations director, the City Council also quietly made a step towards becoming a more progressive city. The...
View ArticleVideo: Meet Sheila Kuehl, Candidate for L.A. County Supervisor, 3rd District
[Editor’s note: This is the first of two video interviews with the candidates for L.A. County Supervisor. Check in tomorrow for our interview with former Santa Monica Mayor Bobby Shriver. Videos are...
View ArticleVideo: Meet Bobby Shriver, Candidate for L.A. County Supervisor, 3rd District
[Editor’s note: This is the second of two video interviews with the candidates for L.A. County Supervisor. You can see our interview with former State legislator Sheila Kuehl here. Videos are directed...
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More Housing, Less Sprawl: Tackling Los Angeles’ Affordable Housing Crisis...
It is no secret that Southern California is currently facing one of the worst housing crises it has faced in more than half a century. Eric Garcetti is a long-time believer in density built around...
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Santa Monica Poised to Have First Bike Share System in L.A. County
A map of proposed bike share stations. It’s finally happening! Santa Monica could move forward with plans for a 500-bicycle bike share program at this Tuesday’s City Council meeting. After more than...
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Three Years Later, Is Santa Monica’s Bike Action Plan Working?
In November 2011, the Santa Monica City Council unanimously — and enthusiastically — adopted the Bike Action Plan (BAP), an ambitious 300-page document that seeks to transform the bayside city into...
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Save the Date: “Live.Ride.Share,” Los Angeles’ First Shared-Use Mobility...
The National Resource Defense Council (NRDC) has partnered with several local and national nonprofit organizations, including the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and Southern California Association of...
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Some Highlights From Yesterday’s Live Ride Share Conference
Charting the number of cars per renter household in five Southern California cities. Image provided by Mott Smith [PDF]Yesterday Transit Center, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the...
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Expo Is Coming, Santa Monica! But When Will It Get Here?
Construction on Expo’s 4th Street station in Downtown Santa Monica is moving along at a health clip (photo from the City of Santa Monica) Expo Phase II completes the long-anticipated rail connection...
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As Metro Considers Bike-Share Vendor, Concerns Over Compatibility Arise in...
Testing out the “smart-bike” in front of Santa Monica City Hall. News broke this week that Metro will soon vote on a bike share vendor for the agency’s “Countywide Bikeshare” system, which will start...
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Metro Planning Committee Approves Bike-Share Contract
Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter rides Indego. Metro is in the process of approving Philadelphia’s vendor, Bicycle Transit Systems, to run its bike-share system starting in DTLA in 2016. Image via...
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“A City on the Beach”: An Interview with Santa Monica City Manager Rick Cole,...
Santa Monica Next sat down to talk with Rick Cole, who took the reins as Santa Monica’s city manager on June 29 after leaving his post at L.A. City Hall as deputy mayor in charge of budget and...
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“Courage, Tenacity, and Imagination”: An Interview with Santa Monica City...
Santa Monica Next sat down to talk with Rick Cole, who took the reins as Santa Monica’s city manager on June 29 after leaving his post at L.A. City Hall as deputy mayor in charge of budget and...
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“An Exemplary Model”: An Interview with Santa Monica City Manager Rick Cole,...
City Manager Rick Cole talks about his new job on Santa Monica’s CityTV. Santa Monica Next sat down to talk with Rick Cole, who took the reins as Santa Monica’s city manager on June 29 after leaving...
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Eyes on the Street: Breeze Bike Share Is Operational in SaMo
One of seven bike-share hubs that are part of Breeze bike-share’s month-long test run. This hub serves City Hall. (Photos by Jason Islas/Santa Monica Next) Los Angeles County’s first public bike-share...
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Can High-Density Housing Solve Our Regional Housing Crisis? The Answer: It’s...
Southern California Public Radio affiliate KPCC, in partnership with the Milken Institute, assembled a panel of experts Wednesday night to answer the question: can high-density housing solve the...
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Westside Urban Forum Tackles “Healthy Communities”
The panel discussing healthy communities at the Westside Urban Forum Friday morning. From left to right, Sahra Sulaiman, Clare De Briere, Jean Armbruster, and Fred Zimmerman. Photo via Rick Cole. What...
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Lessons From UCLA’s TransportationCamp
Joshua Schank, Metro’s new chief innovation officer, speaking at TransportationCamp at UCLA on Saturday. Photo by Joe Linton/StreetblogLA What do you get when dozens of transportation professionals,...
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Santa Monica Could Tap Hulu as “Presenting Sponsor” for Breeze Bike Share
Update: Hulu bike-share sponsorship was approved by the Santa Monica City Council at its October 13 meeting. The Santa Monica-based online entertainment company, Hulu, may become the “presenting...
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