Agenda item 16E was continued from the last council meeting when 4 council members shocked the community and voted no on a motion to extend the meeting past 11pm — without finishing the Agenda. We cannot ever remember a meeting where this occurred. Two former Santa Moinca Mayors weighed in on the shocking vote here:
Kevin McKeown | Denny Zane, plus a community opt-ed here.
Please join us – again- along with our Santa Monica Safe Streets Alliance partners to support Santa Monica City Council Members Zwick, Torosis, and Mayor Davis’ Item 8K (formerly 16E) that proposes we prioritize timely and effective solutions to make our streets safe for everyone.
Voice your support in directing the City to measures that prevent dangerous motor vehicle incursions into our current and future bike infrastructure. Please join us and send your support to Council in advance of the meeting Tuesday, September 26th with this “One click to Email Council.” We encourage you to personalize, add your own stories or comments – and please don’t forget to sign your name and add your zip code.
View our letter of support here
Santa Monica Safe Streets Alliance is a collaboration of local and regional advocacy organizations and community members that together promote and support the implementation of our community’s shared goals of complete streets that are designed to be safe, equitable and welcoming to everyone.
Easy One click to Email Council
Feel free to personalize, add your own stories or comments – and please don’t forget to sign your name and add your zip code.
Council item emails:
gleam.davis@santamonica.gov, phil.brock@santamonica.gov, christine.parra@santamonica.gov, lana.negrete@santamonica.gov, jesse.zwick@santamonica.gov, Caroline.Torosis@santamonica.gov, oscar.delatorre@santamonica.gov, councilmtgitems@santamonica.gov, david.white@santamonica.gov, council@smgov.net
Hi there,
Just once again voicing our support of Santa Monica City Council Members Zwick, Torosis, and Mayor Davis’ Item 8K (formerly 16E) that proposes we prioritize timely and effective solutions to make our streets safe for everyone. While I don’t live in Santa Monica, I not only work for a street safety non-profit (SAFE) I frequently take my teenage daughter shopping down on the Promenade and they often walk and ride bikes all around Santa Monica. It’s imperative that SM continues to enforce the safety of the bike lanes and safety of it’s pedestrians in a manner that shows people that the laws are to be obeyed when it comes to street safety.
Dear Santa Monica Mayor Davis and City Council,
We here at SAFE, Streets Are For Everyone, support item 16E by Council Members Zwick, Torosis, and Mayor Davis to direct the City Manager to study and prioritize timely and effective solutions to improve street safety and prevent the dangerous motor vehicle incursions into Santa Monica’s protected and unprotected bike lanes.
Specifically, the City Manager should consider enhanced enforcement by parking and traffic officers, photo enforcement to the extent allowable by law, a targeted curb management evaluation and space reallocation to reduce double parking in bike lanes, and the deployment of quick-build infrastructure to protect bike lanes and reorient parking on streets in the City’s existing and planned protected bikeway network whenever feasible.
Research and experience show again and again the same thing: protected bike lanes are good for everyone and reduce collisions and injuries for all road users (including drivers) by 30-50%. Item 16E prioritizes measures to improve the efficacy of these road safety investments for both current and future projects. The City’s investments in Protected Bike Lanes encourage healthier active transportation options, provide a choice to move around Santa Monica without driving a car and reduce GHG emissions helping move us toward our climate goals. Please unanimously support Item 16E.
Best, Jane Stuecken
Policy, Legislative and Advocacy Coordinator
Streets Are For Everyone
StreetsAreForEveryone.org