Eyes on the Street: Santa Monica Gets Creative with Its Crosswalks
Last night, the City of Santa Monica painted the first of its "creative crosswalks" designed to improve both safety and fun for people walking across the street. Last night's painting was at the intersection of Ocean and Broadway. A second installation is planned for Arizona and Second Street tonight.
September 12, 2016
#DamienTalks SGV 17 – Marisa Creter and the Future SGV Bicycle Superhighway
Today, #DamienTalks with Marisa Creter, the Assistant Executive Director of the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments. Our discussion mostly covers the excitement Creter, the CoG, other government officials and advocates have for the over 200-mile greenway plan.
September 8, 2016
DamienTalks 40 – Michael Manville on Automatic Road Widenings
It's been a while since we recorded a #DamienTalks specifically for the California website, but now we're back with a good one. In this week's edition, Damien Talks with Michael Manville, a professor and researcher at UCLA.
September 7, 2016
Who Is Lining Up to Fight Measure M
So far, most of Streetsblog L.A.'s coverage of Measure M, Metro's sales tax proposal that will be on the fall ballot, has been positive. With our eyes fixed on graphics showing the growth of our rail and rapid bus network, a robust active transportation funding program, and some flexibility in the language allocating highway funding; there's a lot to like in the proposal.
September 1, 2016
West Hollywood Officially Launches WeHo Pedals, Region’s Newest Bike-Share
Yesterday at noon, the City of West Hollywood officially launched WeHo Pedals, the fourth bike-share system in the region operated by CycleHop. WeHo Pedals has 150 bicycles at seventeen stations throughout West Hollywood with rates ranging from $7 an hour to a yearly pass at $99. There is currently a discount for the yearly pass, $69 until September 6. For more information, visit the official website.
August 31, 2016
LACBC’s Tamika Butler Honored by Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals
On Friday, the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition (LACBC) announced that Executive Director Tamika Butler will receive the 2016 Professional of the Year - Nonprofit Sector award from the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP). A statement from APBP noted Butler’s growing role as a national leader in the movement to create safer, more attractive, and complete streets and a "more inclusive movement at the local, state, and national level.”
August 30, 2016