Bike Share for Santa Monica?

By Damien Newton
Jul 16, 2011

Is a shared bike system the next big thing for Santa Monica? Come ride one of the newest models of shared bikes, hear how this program would work, and give us your feedback on whether or not this
system is right for Santa Monica.

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While researching the Streetsblog Los Angeles story concerning the new regional push for bike share, I had a chance to talk with Santa Monica Mayor Pam O’Connor about what role Santa Monica has in the regional effort. As Gary Kavanagh reported last month, Santa Monica leaped Long Beach and Los Angeles in the race to […]

SaMo Next Predicts Santa Monica Will Have First Bike Share System in Greater Los Angeles

By Gary Kavanagh | Sep 26, 2013

On Tuesday Night, the Santa Monica City Council approved a motion by a 5-1 vote (Bob Holbrook the dissenting vote and Pam O’Conner absent), to move forward with soliciting request for proposals (“shopping” as city attorney Moutrie referred to it), for a city-wide bike share system. The Council also voted to seek an extension to timed […]

Santa Monica Pushes Timeline Forward For Its Own Bike Share Plans

By Gary Kavanagh | Jul 20, 2012

The Santa Monica Lookout News recently reported that Santa Monica is speeding up its bike share plans from the 2016 date originally in the city’s bike action plan, to possibly by the end of next year. I felt the original goal date was unambitious, so I was really excited to read the status update the […]

Provide Input on the Santa Monica Blvd. Reconstruction Project

By Damien Newton | Jan 4, 2014

Via LACBC: Do you bike, walk, or drive through the Beverly Hills portion of Santa Monica Blvd.? If so, then you know how fast cars drive and how difficult it is to walk and bike along this portion. Help make Santa Monica Blvd. safer and more people-oriented by: coming to an upcoming meeting filling out […]

Santa Monica Celebrates Opening of Bike Corrals

By Damien Newton | Mar 26, 2012

(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 […]

Santa Monica Bike Update: Pedicab Ordinance Passes, Kidical Mass This Weekend, & The SMC Bike Club Goes Camping

By Gary Kavanagh | Apr 12, 2013

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